SCAPE (Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment)

PAINT OUTS

PAINT OUT NEWS for ApriL 2025

by Your Paint-out Team

Paint Out for April

Santa Barbara Mission Park

April 12th, 9:00 - 12:00, 2025

Is anything any longer sacred? Even the old Santa Barbara, mission is threatened by a proposal to build a large apartment building on the space adjacent.

So let’s go Saturday, April 5 to the Mission grounds and paint. There are many options, including the old Mission itself, charming houses along Plaza Rubio, the rose garden and the adjacent dairy open space.

We hope to see you there.

March 2025 Paint Out

by Your Paint-Out Team

Paint Out - Saturday, March 8, 2025 9:00 am -12:00 pm

Taft Gardens and Nature Preserve

Taft Gardens and Nature Preserve
Saturday March 1, 9AM-12
!Registration Necessary!
If you are interested read the following and respond asap.
A Preregistration and payment of a fee of $15 per person is required and car pooling is encouraged.
The paint out for March 1 will be near Lake Casitas, off of Route 150. It takes 50-60 minutes from SB.
The Taft Gardens and Nature Preserve is 252 acres of native California open space with a large Mediterranean garden filled with impressive South African and Australian plants. The setting is in a wide canyon with meadows, the garden area, a year-round creek and pond and mountains with large sandstone slabs further up the canyon. Even the drive is beautiful including the jaunt up the driveway off of Rt.150. If you haven’t visited Taft Gardens you will be rewarded for the effort. This is an opportunity to enjoy.
Bring your walking shoes if you are interested in looking around which can take up the hours that we will be there in itself.
So go to the website Taftgardens.org and enjoy the offerings and the photos and then register to join us on the 1st.
The Gardens has limited permits for visitors and traffic due to the sensitive natural environs. Carpooling is recommended.
Upon arrival please sign the waiver for the Gardens and for Scape.

REGISTRATION: you will need to send me, Jerry Martin, j.p.martin@cox.net, no later than February 26; 1) Your name, 2) Your Email, and 3) $15 by either cash or check made out to SCAPE.

I will then send the Garden this information. You will then receive back an email with a code to the entrance gate and explicit directions to the Gardens.

Jerry Martin 1450 Tunnel Rd, SB, CA 93105.

Cell. 805 8865616

We hope to see you there.

We hope to see you there.

j.p.martin@cox.net

THE JOY OF SCAPE PAINT OUTS

By Jerry Martin

One of the great perks of being in SCAPE is having monthly collegial paint outs with like-minded nice people. If you haven't been to one, you will be hooked once you do! It is always fun to paint in new and interesting locations of urban-scapes, landscapes and seascapes. We meet at a location of scenic beauty often chosen in conjunction with an upcoming show. Whether you are experienced with plein air painting, interested in taking photographs or perhaps drawing for use in the studio later, or just want to share being in natural settings with others, it is worth checking out.

We have enjoyed gathering at Naples with ocean bluffs, agricultural land and mountains; a private organic farm in the Santa Ynez Valley near Buellton; Lake Carneros; an historic adobe and farm on the Gaviota coast, Arroyo Hondo Preserve; and a hilltop avocado ranch in the foothills. We like to explore new venues, classic locations, and beautiful sights.

There are certain paint outs that require a reservation as they are being held on private land or lands managed by one of our beneficiaries such as EDC: Coal Oil Point, Sedgwick, Salt Marsh.

As a SCAPE member if you have access or live in a spot that offers an enticing view and would accommodate around a dozen painters to set up, please contact Filiberto Lomeli or Jerry Martin. We would all much appreciate new ideas and new locations. Join Us!

REMINDERS WHEN ATTENDING PAINT OUTS

Release of Liability:

Please remember to always sign the Release of Liability at a Paint Out. Look for Jerry, Fred or Fil, or whoever else may be in charge of the Paint Out.

What to Bring

Bring sunscreen, a hat, maybe an umbrella, and a water bottle so that you can stay comfortable and hydrated throughout the day.

PAINTOUT COMMITTEE

Jerry Martin, Chair

Filiberto Lomeli, Co-Chair

Fred Powell, Committee Member

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