Plein Eire Boyne Valley

That was a fantastic day Gerry.  Thanks for organising it.  Can PEBV party or what!

Yes thanks Gerry, its wonderful to be made feel so welcome in an amazing location.

Lets see more people posting their paintings ? sometimes I come home and wipe them out completely and maybe you all do the same ? 

Just want to thank BVPA  Group for a lovely paint out on Saturday last.  Ger and I are  new members but we were made so welcome, a particular thanks to Dee who was the first person we met and who filled us in on quite a lot.  What beautiful weather too for October.  We look forward to meeting you again  DV.   Eileen

Wont be available for next few weeks. Pity.

Many thanks to Norah for organising yesterdays paint out at St. Stephens Green. It was a good idea to leave the comfort of our little Valley and head

into the city centre to paint. The benefits for me were. 1. The 10am start got me out of bed early. 2. I was able to make a quick visit to the National Gallery and stand in front of Masters such as Goya, Van Gogh, Caravaggio and Vermeer in an empty gallery. 3. I got to have tea in the Shelbourne with some very nice people. 4. I got to paint all day in the company of the great Pat the Painter and pick up many wonderfull tips on how to improve my painting. 5. I learned how to paint with the constant awareness that people were looking over my shoulder. 6. I got a lift home in the Pat the Painter Van. Fantastic - why do I feel like I have arrived.

It was a great day yesterday. As long as I have lived very close to the Shelbourne, I have never had coffee there! Lovely to experience. Was going to go back to Green today, to do an Oil Painting of scene I was working yesterday, but it is still raining. Great to meet up with everyone again yesterday, and I saw some VERY NICE work being worked on!  I went out painting on my own to Portobello Bridge a few weeks ago, and will continue working on that painting today.  A venue for another outing for the group??

Sounds like a return trip is called for Patrick and Caroline - especially as I have just poured white spirit all over my effort as I was trying to fix it and it is now a blank canvas again.  That was a great lot you fitted in yesterday Patrick - I didnt have my camera so hope some of you will email them or post them on a blog ? We must have made an odd bunch in the Shelbourne with all our various attire for painting !!!

Thanks Norah for posting yesterday. What a great location to paint in especially with the gorgeous autumn colours! Shelbourne htl was very posh if a little expensive!

Congrats to Carmel on organising a great day.  She must have some influence somewhere to get the sun shining like it did. Fantastic location and the citizens of Dublin seem to appreciate it too.

Thanks Carmel for Saturday. That was a great day, even if I did forget to bring my brushes!!

You should try those memory lapses more frequently, Frank, if it means producing brill paintings like last Saturday's one just painting with that little piece of plastic that you used as a substitute for your brushes.  A new genre is born!

Sorry i missed those great paintouts, We havehad illness in the family and i have been otherwise occupied.

Cant make this Sat as got a relapse of that virus. Would love to see the place. Might make coffee with Dee

Thank you for the invite. I will be there!! Going to try out new watercolour pencils that I have. See you all tomorrow

Thanks everyone for a super day painting in Lucan (my effort below...). Hope to make it to Ardee next week, Sam

Ardee is off this sat but I will be painting locally in Leixlip/Lucan if weather is ok and Ill post it later - we will have to do like David Hockney and bring a few bigger canvas's !

Botanic Gardens 1/12/12  30x23cms

Good day in the Botanic Gardens yesterday, nice and warm in the cactus house! Thanks Norah for organising.

Nice one Frank.

Very very realistic.  Love the flower pot.

keep them coming frank.

Love those greens Frank - and the pot is beautiful and great to get a warm spot to paint but still feeling like you are outside !

Thanks guys. I sent an email to Felicity Gaffney in Bot Gardens asking her for a slot for BVPA to exhibit, either before or after Christmas. Will keep you posted

Thats great Frank - that would be a challenge with all that space to fill, its a lovely place all year round and I was amazed at all the flowers still in bloom last week - I had to resist heading straight for all those lovely geraniums in the greenhouse at the entrance !

Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year to all BVPE painters

You beat me to it Patrick!! I was just about to text everyone.  I hope all BVPE have a Happy Christmas and a good New Year. See everyone in the New Year for more painting outings, and hopefully some exhibitions for the coming year. 

Happy christmas to you all , hope to see you all in the new year when we take up the brushes again.cheers to 2013..

Happy Christmas looking forward to some more paintouts with you all in the new year.

Happy painting in 2013 - maybe we will paint in snow soon as thats the only weather we havent painted in yet !

I have painted in the snow, apart from the cold, it is a lovely challenge. Hopefully we wont have a repeat of snow we had a few winters ago! (It would be too hard to get out to paint!)

A very happy Christmas to you all! Thanks guys for your great company during our paintouts.I have been doing lots of knitting and stitching  recently and I am so looking forward to doing much more painting in 2013.

Happy new year everyone. Ok, I know looking out the window today Plein Air

painting is the more than likely the least important priority on every ones mind, but i just thought of testing the waters. Has anyone got suggestions? This being a collective enterprise I am loath to come up with a location which may suit me but might not be too attractive to others. (i.e. Summerhill my local village). Weather forecast for next Saturday is not great but Wednesday and Thursday look promising.

Happy New Year Patrick, I got out a few times last week, might be free during the week any location suits !

Happy New Year! Have been thinking over the last few days, of places we might paint in.  Hard to come up with new places.  It will be nice to get back into it, I was painting today. I should be free during the week.  Im easy where we go, Summerhill, Skerries etc. All we need are a few nice old buildings, water etc.  Is Rathdrum, Wicklow too far or somewhere in that area?  I could go out and scout during the week, if anyone is interested, or is too far?

Hello Caroline and Norah, Rathdrum sounds very interesting Caroline. Maybe we should hold off and put it up for either mid next week or this Sat week to give everybody a chance to consider if they want to travel. Well done on getting out painting to you both.

Wicklow sounds great but would need the evenings to be a bit longer for travelling ? Somewhere handy for sat ?

I agree, Rathdrum in the summer would be lovely with the long evenings. Will scout around that area when frost gone, as its VERY HILLY! A good suggestion of Patricks - Lucan again, or Summerhill, it doesn't matter, somewhere near coffee shop is VERY IMPORTANT!!  I don't mind.  Also, looking on map, wicklow is a good distance for a lot of Boyne Valley artists, but would be lovely in summertime.

Sals checking out ploughed fields over clogherhead area for sat.just trying to tie down a cafe near by. She will post it up asap. Happy new year guys and hope all your dreams come true for 2013.see you all on saturday og.

Happy New Year to all BV painter , hope it is a good one for painting ... can not make Saturday as I have another commitment but will be out n about soon. 

Looks like Boyne Valley Plein Eirers are looking for a ploughed field?  I'm told by a reliable source that there is a lovely one near Clogherhead with a fringe of chalets and the sea below.  Also a stubble field beside it for those who want the rougher look.

Coffee venue is a small problem. Nearest one is An Grianan GatehouseTearooms, inside the gates of An Grianan ICA College, Termonfeckin.  We'll meet there at 11.

 To get there from M1: exit at Exit 10 and follow signs towards Drogheda.

After three roundabouts watch for sign on left for Termonfeckin. Continue to Termonfeckin.

Before you go over the hump-back bridge at Termonfeckin turn right for Baltray/An Grianan. An Grinan  is about quarter of a mile on left.

Phone if you've any difficulties.

For 'afters' we could go to Seapoint Golf Club.

Looking forward to getting off to a (good) start in 2013.

Thank you to everyone for a really wonderful day - and especially Sally for organising it.   Great to see everyone and some lovely work produced.

Many thanks paddy for hosting a  brill days paintout in the gorgeous bettystown on the sea.great photos paddy.fantastic day and company.

Thank you Paddy for organising yesterday - what lovely weather!

Another great day painting and chat last sat in Leixlip - I have put a few more photos on a blog and thanks to Pat for bringing along our newest member ! I have put a few more photos on a blog !

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A wet and challenging day in Termonfeckin  -thanks to all who braved the elements. Lots of good conversation, and even a stranger in our midst! Who's your friend Dee??IMG_0257.JPG

This is from last Saturday in Summerhill. A good session, thanks guys1

Frank that is just wonderful - no more to be said ! why not post it on the main page as they are hard to find otherwise ? Great days work