{"id":423,"date":"2008-10-25T11:16:58","date_gmt":"2008-10-25T17:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/?p=423"},"modified":"2008-10-25T11:16:58","modified_gmt":"2008-10-25T17:16:58","slug":"sequoia-art-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/sequoia-art-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Sequoia Art Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was invited to do a demo at the monthly meeting of the Sequoia Art Group last night.\u00c2\u00a0 The organization is a lively and friendly group of 25 or 30, and it was a great time.<\/p>\n<p>I started the demo around 8 o&#8217;clock and painted until about 9:30.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t quite finish the painting, but will probably only take me another hour or so to complete.\u00c2\u00a0 The demo was a 16&#215;20 seascape of the Big Sur coast around <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parks.ca.gov\/?page_id=579\">Garrapata State Park<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Below are a few pictures from the evening.<\/p>\n<p>I had blocked in the basic composition and painted the sky in my home studio before the demo.\u00c2\u00a0 Starting the demo&#8211;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sequoia1.jpg\" id=\"image419\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/sequoia1.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Here is a picture of the group during the demo&#8211;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sequoia2.jpg\" id=\"image420\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/sequoia2.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Some of the group crowds around to watch&#8211;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sequoia3.jpg\" id=\"image421\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/sequoia3.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Towards the end of the demo&#8211;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sequoia4.jpg\" id=\"image422\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/sequoia4.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ll try to finish the painting in the next couple of days and post an image of it.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks to the Sequoia Art Group for having me, and I hope they took away something from the evening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was invited to do a demo at the monthly meeting of the Sequoia Art Group last night.\u00c2\u00a0 The organization is a lively and friendly group of 25 or 30, and it was a great time. 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