Sunday, October
2, 2016
As expected, we woke
up to rain. It was more mist than rain drops, and it had stopped
after breakfast. Even the fog started to lift. Hélène
and I decided to stay close to the cottage, so we went to the swamp
next to the entrance. Hélène wanted to paint a second painting of
the starting tree, and I decided to paint the beautiful red wine
leaves in front of the barn.
Unfortunately, the
rain started again and continued on and off. While I was pretty dry
under my umbrella, Hélène was more exposed under hers and went back
to the cottage while I continued painting until 2 p.m. When I arrived
at the cottage, I was starving. I never feel hungry when I am
painting because I am so focused on my image, but as soon as I stop,
I am usually famished.
For the rest of the
afternoon, I prepared my Tuesday drawing class, read, wrote parts of
my newsletter, and took a quick nap.
Tonight, everyone
was so tired that we skipped the Trivial Pursuit art game we had
brought for the evening entertainment. Instead, we had lively
discussions which was nice to see. As an organizer, it is always very
rewarding if the people get along well. That makes our work really
easy.
Monday, October
3, 2016
We were quite
disappointed this morning when we woke up to rain. The weather
forecast had promised sun with the occasional shower, but not mist
and fog.
Hélène and I
decided to drive around a little bit hoping that it would clear up.
Even though the sun did not appear, at least the drizzle stopped. We
drove towards Cormac, then turned towards Foymount. Unfortunately,
the mountainous area was totally enclosed by fog. We returned to
Cormac, and we continued through marshes and fields all the way up to
Killaloe.
At the end, we went
back to another swamp on Cormac Road, where the colourful fall trees
and a view of the mountains caught our attention. We had an early
lunch. Afterwards, we spent the rest of the day at the swamp. When we
started painting, there was a complete cloud cover, then a couple of
patches of blue sky and a little bit of sun had peeked through, but
disappeared quickly again. However, by 2:30 p.m. the sun came out at
full strength. Temperatures climbed to about 20 degrees. It was hot
in the sun. I was glad that I had an umbrella. Unfortunately,
painting the scene got really tricky as the bright sunlight changed
the colours of the scene. I continued to compare colours with the
areas of my painting that I had already worked on. There is still
some work to be done but I am quite happy with what I painted. I
found it quite hard to capture the foliage successfully. As we only
had less than an hour left before we had to leave for the cottage, I
just started a small painting of a tree stem overgrown by a red wine.
When we finally
returned to the cottage, we were amazed how calm Lake Clear was.
Neither this year nor last year had we ever seen the lake that quiet.
There was absolutely no wind. What a beautiful sight! I took pictures
not only of the big mountain on the other side of the lake, but also
of a grey heron, and later of the beautiful sunset that tinted the
water light pink and blue.
Tonight was our last
evening together. Everyone put up some of their paintings from the
weekend. We had the vote for the most creatively decorated name tag,
and lots of discussions about the paintings and the beautiful spots
everyone had discovered during the trip.
Hélène and I are
extremely happy that everyone had a good time. We are looking forward
to the spring trip at the end of March to Orford in Quebec. If you
would like more information about the Plein Air Ensemble please
contact me at kpeters@DomingoInformatics.ca.
I hope you enjoyed
my travelogue. If you would like more information about the Opeongo
Mountain Resort please go to the website:
www.omresort.ca.
Katia and Niels Klauk offer a very welcoming atmosphere.
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