Busy time in sunny clime!!!

We are here in sunny FM and busily getting the last details done for Paint the Beach…Sandcastles to Shrimp Boats.  A plein air festival in Fort Myers Beach Fl.  This is the fifth year!!  And everything is getting bigger and better, with a lot of hard work on everyone’s part.  The artist roster has been full for about a month and we have a waiting list as well.  The Quick Draw event has about 30 adult artists and 27 students as well.  This will be the biggest QD ever!!

 

We kick off the event with a couple of days working with the students at Beach Elementary school, helping them to work on their own plein air paintings.  They will be displayed with the competition Nov. 7-9.  It is always fun to see what they create and also to eat a cafeteria lunch with the students afterward.  I ate with a table of kindergarten girls, dressed in pink..it was pink day, too fun!!

 

Still to be done, signs, goodie bags and getting my own gear together to paint.  I’m very rusty since I haven’t done much since Ireland in June, but it will be fun to be out there competing with them all.

 

If you are in the area be sure to come ….Nov. 7 is the gala collectors preview and awards party in the “propeller Lounge” or boat barn, where the lights will be strung on the props and the tunes will be lively with a jazz band and great food…and wonderful art.  Sat Nov. 8 is the Quick Draw competition in Times Square…2 hours to complete a painting.  They will move to the festival tent at Santini Plaza until Sunday at 2 when it all comes to an end with the FMBAA art raffle drawing.

 

And now, back to work……..

At the

Gellert spa  Budapest

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More photos from the last day

  "Buffet Room" at Opera

Notice the coke machine!!!

 

  Budapest Zoo entrance

  George at lunch on the lake

  Rooflines at the castle

  Budapest Opera House

  Theatre floor

FW: Photos from Budapest

 

 

Michele Barron Buelow

 

From: michele buelow [mailto:kzooartist@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 8:27 AM
To: 'kzooartist.paintnsail14@blogger.com'
Subject: Photos from Budapest

 

The castle, with it’s ornate style, small chapel  designed after Notre Dame and the moated grounds were beautiful.  I kept thinking how much the painters I know would love to spend a day painting throughout the grounds.  The photos will have to suffice.

 

As we walked around the park and the zoo entrance we were struck by the architecture there as well.  I imagine Dennis has a hundred photos from the inside.

 

As you can see the Opera House was incredibly gilded and painted.  (notice the coke machine..it should be gold)Most of the marble is faux finish but shines and is smooth to the touch so difficult to discern.  It is only slightly smaller than the one in Vienna. by the emperors decree it could not be larger.

 

This was the last of our touring and we rode the bus for the last time back to our hotel for a nice meal then early to bed.  The trip home is always grueling but movies on the plane helped distract us.  Our own comfortable beds were wonderful once we fell into them only to begin catching up the next day.  And thinking about where to go next!!!