Tag Archives: Cuba

More iPad/ArtRage Art – Practicing with the Watercolor Brush

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Maureen

I feel much less comfortable using the ArtRage watercolor brush (and oil painting tools) than I do with chalk, pen, pencil & paint roller.  So I’ve been trying to trudge up the learning curve in watercolor.  Here are my two … Continue reading →

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The Third Exhibit is Kensington’s ‘Paint the Town’, with Montgomery Art Association

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Maureen

The Kensington Armory/Town Hall is the site of my third show over Labor Day weekend.  The hours are noon to 4 pm Saturday and Sunday, and 9:30 am to 4:30 pm on Labor Day. There will be a public reception … Continue reading →

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Interesting Things on the Way to Havana . . . Hemingway and More!

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Maureen

We saw some memorable things on the day we traveled from Vinales to our Havana hotel — especially Hemingway‘s house with its lovely view of Havana.  We weren’t able to go inside and had to content ourselves with ogling through … Continue reading →

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Vinales Finale ~~ on to Havana!

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Maureen

We had beautiful days in Vinales, sunrise to sunset.  I took lots of photos and, while waiting for evening activities, made a couple more paintings.  A gouache of the valley below our balcony (the black paper didn’t photograph well): and … Continue reading →

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More Vignettes of Vinales, Cuba

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Maureen

After our time at the tobacco farm, we met up with the non-painters in our group.  Most of them had visited a tobacco farm that morning via horseback, while we painted the ‘bull boy’. Back together, we meandered through the … Continue reading →

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Touring and Painting a Cuban Tobacco Farm

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Maureen

For the next cultural-artistic adventure, we bused to nearby Vinales town and hiked to a small tobacco farm out on the valley floor. In the thatched kitchen — an outbuilding, so as to minimize the risk of fire — we … Continue reading →

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