{"id":4812,"date":"2018-05-23T14:52:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T20:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/?p=4812"},"modified":"2024-03-03T11:32:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T19:32:42","slug":"this-year-was-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/this-year-was-different\/","title":{"rendered":"This Year Was Different"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>AKA Dronin&#8217; the Festival<\/h3>\n<p>This year was different. For the thirteenth year, I participated in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carmelartfestivalcalifornia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carmel Art Festival<\/a>. But this year, I have a drone. So I produced a short video of the spectacular California coast around the Carmel\/Big Sur area while I was painting. It is one of the spectacular coastlines in the world. First, enjoy this short video &#8220;Dronin&#8217; the Festival&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mmE0eCfZQP4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In plein air competitions such as this, you have several days to paint at least two paintings, which are then auctioned off. The festival coordinators stamp the back of the canvas to ensure all work is done in the two days allotted. I won&#8217;t go into a detailed diary of the week like I have in past weblogs, but just a synopsis and a few pictures below, some of which are also in the video.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday<\/strong> evening, after having my canvases stamped, I headed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofpacificgrove.org\/living\/recreation\/parks\/perkins-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perkins Park in Pacific Grove<\/a> to start a painting of the sunset. I only had enough time to block in the major areas before the sun went down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel05w.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4824\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/this-year-was-different\/neffcarmel05w\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel05w.jpg?fit=864%2C648\" data-orig-size=\"864,648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel05w.jpg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel05w.jpg?fit=864%2C648\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4824\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel05w.jpg?resize=864%2C648\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel05w.jpg?w=864 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel05w.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel05w.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the crack of dawn <strong>Thursday<\/strong>, I headed down the coast to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parks.ca.gov\/?page_id=579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garrapata State Park<\/a>, one of my favorite places to paint. I decided to do another Vertical Water scene, a bit like the one which won an award last year. The morning sun was lighting up Point Sur many miles down the coast and made for an interesting composition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel01w.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4818\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/this-year-was-different\/neffcarmel01w\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel01w.jpg?fit=864%2C649\" data-orig-size=\"864,649\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel01w.jpg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel01w.jpg?fit=864%2C649\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4818\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel01w.jpg?resize=864%2C649\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel01w.jpg?w=864 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel01w.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel01w.jpg?resize=768%2C577 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, in the afternoon, I went up nearby Palo Colorado Road and painted the redwoods. It was nice to get out of the wind along the coast and hug a tree for the afternoon (at lease figuratively!).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel03w.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4822\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/this-year-was-different\/neffcarmel03w\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel03w.jpg?fit=864%2C649\" data-orig-size=\"864,649\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel03w.jpg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel03w.jpg?fit=864%2C649\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4822\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel03w.jpg?resize=864%2C649\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel03w.jpg?w=864 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel03w.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel03w.jpg?resize=768%2C577 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday<\/strong> morning, an old friend, Scott Loftesness visited, and I did a small piece in Perkins Park again. It was a cloudy day with a little drizzle, but the sun was hitting some spots in Monterey Bay which gave the painting more interest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel04w.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4823\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/this-year-was-different\/neffcarmel04w\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel04w.jpg?fit=864%2C648\" data-orig-size=\"864,648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel04w.jpg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel04w.jpg?fit=864%2C648\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4823\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel04w.jpg?resize=864%2C648\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel04w.jpg?w=864 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel04w.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel04w.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That afternoon I spent touching up, and framing the four paintings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel06w.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4825\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/this-year-was-different\/neffcarmel06w\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel06w.jpg?fit=864%2C1152\" data-orig-size=\"864,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel06w.jpg?fit=225%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel06w.jpg?fit=768%2C1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4825\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel06w.jpg?resize=864%2C1152\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel06w.jpg?w=864 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel06w.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel06w.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I sold two at the festival&#8230;not the best year, but good enough! Click on the thumbnails to see the title and size of each painting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.donaldneff.com\\\/blog\\\/this-year-was-different\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:63146684}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 396px;\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"396\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 298px; height: 396px;\" data-original-width=\"298\" data-original-height=\"396\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/this-year-was-different\/neffcarmel02w\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"294\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"392\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"4819\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel02w.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"864,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel02w.jpg?fit=225%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel02w.jpg?fit=768%2C1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel02w.jpg?w=294&#038;h=392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel02w.jpg?w=864 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel02w.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffCarmel02w.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w\" width=\"294\" height=\"392\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"294\" data-original-height=\"392\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 294px; 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\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffptsurw.jpg?fit=152%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffptsurw.jpg?fit=437%2C864\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffptsurw.jpg?w=198&#038;h=392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffptsurw.jpg?w=437 437w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffptsurw.jpg?resize=152%2C300 152w\" width=\"198\" height=\"392\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"198\" data-original-height=\"392\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Point Sur, 24x12,oil on canvas\" alt=\"Point Sur, 24x12,oil on canvas\" style=\"width: 198px; height: 392px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Point Sur, 24&#215;12,oil on canvas <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 242px;\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"242\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 242px;\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"242\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/this-year-was-different\/neffperkiinssunsetw\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"496\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"238\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"4816\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/neffperkiinssunsetw.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"864,415\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Perkins Park Sunset, 8&amp;#215;16, oil on panel\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Perkins Park Sunset, 8&amp;#215;16, oil on panel&lt;\/p&gt; 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