{"id":234,"date":"2008-01-10T01:55:02","date_gmt":"2008-01-10T07:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/?p=234"},"modified":"2018-12-15T15:33:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T21:33:12","slug":"menlo-art-league-demonstration-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/menlo-art-league-demonstration-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Menlo Art League Demonstration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just returned from doing a demo at the Menlo Art League in Menlo Park, California. I had been invited to do the demo quite awhile ago, and tonight was the night.<\/p>\n

Been debating on whether to paint a California seascape or a Lake Tahoe scene. Just before New Years, James Harold Galleries<\/a> called, said they were selling, and wanted more of my works…see this blog post<\/a>. So, that made my decision…paint Tahoe!!<\/p>\n

It was a small, but good crowd, maybe 20 total showed including a handful from the Peninsula Outdoor Painters, whom I paint with occasionally on location. They had learned about it either indirectly, or directly from one of my emails….yes, emails work sometimes!!<\/p>\n

I had about 90 minutes to work on the painting. As usual, I blocked in the basic painting prior to the event. When I demo, I try to use a fairly large panel so the audience can readily see it, usually a 16×20 (as this time), a hard canvas to cover in the allotted time, but I go for it and see what happens.<\/p>\n

It went smoothly, but with the positioning of lights in the room and where my easel was set, I had a little trouble with matching the color on my palette with what I wanted on the canvas…not unusual in an outdoor environment!!<\/p>\n

I got the painting about 60% complete, as I wanted to jump around to various parts to show my technique and how to do in certain areas.<\/p>\n

Josie took the below photos.<\/p>\n

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