Dappled Sunlight and light breezes-Wilson Harbor, NY

Whether the painting or weather is good or not, everyone enjoys getting together for lunch and talking about the art.

 

NFPAP June update schedule

 

 NFPAP Members 

Up- coming June paint outs 

Please sign up with the host for any paint out you plan to attend. 

Tifft Nature Preserve 

Monday, June 7th 

Meet up: 9:30 am 

Sign up: Kath Schifano (kathyschifano@gmail.com) 

1200 Fuhrmann Boulevard 

Rambling paths, a huge pond and lazy creek water, swans and ducks, turtles sunning themselves, graceful willows, boardwalks and trails, picnic benches and shade trees. Did I mention birdsongs? The paintings I have completed at Tifft wind up with titles like “Calm” or “Peace”. It is just plain wonderful, an oasis nestled off Route 5 in South Buffalo. 

There are clean outhouses if the visitor center happens to be closed. 

Tifft Nature Preserve - Nature Next Doorhttps://www.tifft.org 

Kath 

Confirm to kathyschifano@gmail.com OR your name in a text or voicemail if attending…491-9245 

Buffalo History Museum 

Tuesday, June 15th 

Meet up: 9:30 

Sign up: Diane Goupil dianeggg@roadrunner.com Jean MacDonald (kjm1656@gmail.com) 

Buffalo History Museum is located off Nottingham near Elmwood Ave. meet up at 9:30. Behind the museum, a shaded walkway bordering the lake and the Japanese Garden, with flowers and view of the back of the museum and Japanese statuary. Bring a bag lunch. Diane and Jean 

River Bend Park – Elevator Alley 

Wednesday, June 16th 

Meet up: 

Sign up: Margaret Walker mjbwalker@roadrunner.com 

Erie Basin Marina 

Monday, June 21st 

Meet up: 

Sign up: Paulette Rozwood (sparklep@roadrunner.com) 

Wilson Harbor from Break- Wall 

Thursday, June 24 

Meet up: 9:30 a.m. 

Sign up: Carol Mathewson mathewson96@yahoo.com 

(H) 745-9672. (C) NEW NUMBER !!! 345-4440; (C) OLD NUMBER STILL ACTIVE 622-0479 

Cannot wait to get back to this great setting by the water; convenient parking; restroom available; several vantage points to consider at the mouth of this harbor looking into the marinas and inner harbor, across the "channel" to Sunset Island and even some close-up opportunities of nearby cottages and small gardens. 

We will gather for brown bag lunch around Noon and show off our masterpieces. 

Becker Farms 

Wednesday, June 30th Meet up: Sign up: 

Donna Hale (donnah482@roadrunner.com 

So many places to paint at the farm. Barns, Farmland, Grape Vines, a Creek, etc. They may still have strawberries and cherries are beginning at the end of June. 

Becker Farms photos by Donna Hale 

Burchfield Nature Center 

Tuesday July 6 

2001 Union Road, West Seneca 

Meet up: 9:30 am 

This is another jewel of a park hidden in suburbia. A very short walk takes you to the edge of the very shallow Buffalo River passing between huge trees, a tall wall and paradise. There is a lovely curve in the water and gentle flowing rivulets in one direction, the bridge over Union in the other. Right at the parking lot is a playground, giant rocks and a landscaped (mostly closed) park building. Charles Burchfield home is on the side street there-this was his playground. 

Kath 

Confirm to kathyschifano@gmail.com OR your name in a text or voicemail if attending…491-9245 

Community Garden during the Buffalo Garden Walk 

NEW JULY JULY JULY! 

Saturday July 24 th 

9am until 4:00 pm 

We have been invited to join the BSA at a public paint out, part of the Buffalo Garden Walk. At this time the Buffalo Garden Walk is a go. This paint out will be at Vermont Street and the 17 th Street connection. There is a community vegetable and flower garden there. It is nestled in a neighborhood of worker’s homes with a few businesses, and there is parking on the street. Painters can come anytime during those hours and stay as long as they like. (From Nancy Mariani who is in charge of this event-Please give them my email so they can get a hold of me. They can also call me or text me. At:716-870-8047) 

Kath 

Confirm to kathyschifano@gmail.com OR your name in a text or voicemail if attending…491-9245 

Beaver Island Marina is for summer days

Most of us painted in the shade of our cars or near the few shade trees. It was like summer at the beach with a lovely breeze and almost all chose to paint similar views  of this inlet. Liz was sunscreened and hatted, with a lovely painting! 

Reinstein and the Lily Pond crowd.

The painters lined the shore at Reinstein Park and captured lily pads, the shore and a lot of attention from the walkers. So nice to be out and about in beautiful late Spring weather

Gathering at lunchtime, there wasn't much room left after collecting most of the paintings for 'sharing  time'.

Bond Lake never fails. Super day.

Serenity and quiet abound at the lakes of Bond Lake park

Jean with other artists in the distance 

Martha and her new En Plein Air Pro set up

Frick and Frack Duck

Linda

Diane

Joan

Sharon
 

Lots of visitors at the Botanical Gardens.

Painters, flowers and a few deer as well. Here is a fearless faun.

Painting at the Buffalo Botanical Gardens is quiet and peaceful. Often, the disturbance to that peace is welcome. Donna had a front row seat to a pod of deer, munching their way through her composition. We all  enjoyed nature close up, these deer didn't seem disturbed by our pastel strokes or swishing brushes. 

Paulette, who was our host for the day here.

The southern wing of the greenhouses in South Park

Sharon has a nice setup under her car 'umbrella'. We did have a few sprinkles, but this works well in the sun, too.
 

Gentrifying Chandler Street

Trains slowly roll by, delivery trucks rumble past, neighbors wave hello, and there is action in every direction. This street is changing quickly and there are cool buildings and vacant lots about to be built up, gardens and a future that is coming fast. Our painters spread out over about a half mile of interesting scenes, mostly to capture history on the move. Thanks to Doreen Boyer DeBoth for inviting us all!

Doreen with watercolor in front of her wonderful gallery

Two art works in progress, the back of a home and the street scene in pencil and an oil of a business in the distance

The towers-and next is Doreen's painting of that view.

Roy found shade in the middle of a lot! Cool building across the street to paint.

Diane's shade kept moving. 
 

Just some of us!

Lunch is an important part of our ‘dates’. 

Found on Facebook!

LaSalle Park by the North Bridge to Niagara Falls

Glen Falls in Williamsville

Not the sunniest day in May, but it wasn't freezing and it was a calm day. We all chose to paint the falls in this park as there had been a lot of recent rain and it was thundering down in a most dramatic way. Later, we realized that Sandy was halfway closer (behind that tree!) and also painting the falls.

 

Our vantage point.

This gentleman asked Paulette if he could take a photo he said he liked her watercolor painting. She untaped it from the board and gave it to him. What a gal!!! He was thrilled. 

L-R; Roy, Paulette, Kath and Liz's painting. Liz took the photo.

Photo by our host, Paulette. Liz made it into this one.

A gorgeous park in the spring, we plan to return in summertime. 

NFPAP May 1st _ paint outs

 NFPAP Members

 

Up coming May paint outs are listed below. Stay tuned for details on each paint out.

If you have photos for your paint out to share, send to Joan Shaw.

Thanks folks. Happy  painting!😊

 

Please sign up with the host for any paint out you plan to attend. Weather has been very unpredictable lately. Only those who have signed up will be notified of last minute changes.

 

Glen Falls – Williamsville

Monday, May 10 

Meet up time: 10am                 

Paulette Rozwood (sparklep@roadrunner.com)

 

LASALLE WATERFRONT PARK - North Grand Island Bridge- Entrance is well-marked off Buffalo Avenue just East of the bridge

on the North side of the River

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

10:00 a.m.

Host: Carol Mathewson mathewson96@yahoo.com

  HELLO SPRING !!

  Fairly new public park with clean, comfortable open spaces;

  views looking across river to Grand Island, and up and down the Niagara River

  with spans of North Grand Island Bridges

  Picnic tables; parking with level surfaces

  With COVID, I am not sure if the restrooms will be open.

  Brown Bag lunch 12 Noon

 

Chandler Street – Buffalo

Monday,  May 17   

Meet up time:                                                                    

Doreen DeBoth artsphere@verizon.net

 

Bond Lake

Thursday,  May 20 

Meet up Time: 10:00   jelshaw@applewoodstudio.net

                                                                   

Beaver Island Marina, lagoon and island                                

Tuesday,  May 25  

Meet up time:                           

Jean Macdonald and Diane Goupil dianeggg@icloud.com