SCWS member Linda Lord, naturalist and artist, has been a frequent visitor to Cozumel, Mexico for many years where she has an annual solo exhibit of her brilliant watercolors. In Cozumel she enjoys diving. Her love of the island and its people prompted her to start gratis art classes during her stay. These classes have been ongoing since 2004.
Travel always provides much excellent material to paint, and travel abroad is especially rich in new and interesting scenes and images to paint. SCWS member Dale Johnson has been especially keen on travel in Asia, which has given him fresh themes to incorporate in his work:
Linda and Dale are both active participants of the Tuesday Critique group that meets at 1PM at the Santa Cruz Art League, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz. This is a friendly, constructive group. Here paintings are put up for discussion and members all benefit from each other’s vision and expertise.
Here you can also purchase supplies.
Ocassionally members like to stay after Crit session to paint. This is a casual occurrence. Just attend the previous week’s crit session and announce your desire to participate in group-paint. That way others will know to bring their materials to the next Tuesdays session and keeping the room open can be planned.