We had registration, orientation and scheduling on Sunday afternoon. I have lived in this area for almost 19 years, and have never gone down to this National Park! It is quite a drive, I must say, but very nice. Lots of wildlife (racoons and armadillos, eagles, dolphins, manatees, etc), and palms. And mosquitoes!!!!
This morning the mayor of New Smyrna Beach welcomed us at Eldora House and announced the start of the weeklong event.
Endlich hat es angefangen! Nach kurzer Orientation und Anmeldung am Sonntag nachmittag hiess uns der Buergermeister von New Smyrna Beach willkommen. Obwohl ich schon fast 20 Jahre hier wohne, habe ich diesen Nationalen Park noch nie besucht. Es gibt vor allem viele Palmen, und Wildtiere: Waschbaeren, Guerteltiere, Adler, Dolphine, Manatees, und ein Haufen Schnaken!
Then the 26 artists dispersed and decided on a place for the morning session. Some of the artists had already started very early to do a beach sunset painting. The central point of Eldora features a map with pins of artists' painting locations, so guests and visitors can find a particular artist. We also were allowed to hang one painting so our walls wouldn't be bare for the first day.
Heute war es sehr windig, doch noch ziemlich warm und wolkenlos. Es koennte nicht besser sein. Alle 26 Kuenstler markierten ihren Malplatz auf einer zentralen Landkarte, wo uns dann die Besucher finden und besuchen konnten. Ich hatte ziemlich viele geschwaetzige Touristen, was mir jedoch nicht viel ausmacht. Man lernt immer viele nette Leute kennen...
The day was blustery with warm sunshine, cool shade and breezy wind off the lagoon. We had quite a few visitors, which was great!
I will post my paintings of today in a separate post, as I will post the schedule for this week here:
Meine Gemaelde werde ich im naechsten Post vorzeigen, da hier unser Zeitplan fuer die Woche ist.
Today: painting at the Park.
Tuesday: painting at the Park.
Wed/Thu: painting downtown New Smyrna Beach, at Canal St and/or Flagler Ave, or at the Park.
Thu evening: painting the sunset at JB's Fishcamp.
Fri: painting at the Park.
Sat: morning painting, gala/reception in the evening. Tickets available for $25 advance/$35 at the door. Ticket purchase goes towards purchase of painting. The gala is at Eldora House.
I am out of my element painting in the park, as there is pure nature and way too many trees LOL. However today's results made me very comfortable and I am looking forward to the days in the park, however more to downtown NSB. As I have painted at Canal St. already 3-4 times this year, I will try Flagler Ave. I also look forward to the sunset painting. We will all be at the same spot, painting the same sunset. Should get very interesting. Plus, the sun sets so quickly here, we have less than half an hour to get the colors!
Das Malen im Park ist etwas "Neues" fuer mich, da es Natur pur ist, und viel zu viele Baeume! Haha, ihr wisst ja, dass ich lieber Haeuser und Boote malen. Ich fand meine Gemaelde von heute jedoch sehr gelungen, und werde mehr "landschaftsmaessiges" in den naechsten Tagen malen. Am Donnerstag abend treffen wir uns alle an einem Restaurant am Fluss, bei der Lagune, wo wir alle am selben Platz den Sonnenuntergang malen werden. Da die Sonne hier schnell untergeht, haben wir weniger als 30 Min. dafuer. Das wird interessant werden!
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