IT’S MAY!!!!!

This is probably my favorite month in Tucson.  It was dry for a month.  Three nights ago we got heavy rain.  We have had marvelously low temperatures (like 85° as a daily high).  It’s sunny with clouds.  On Sunday we are predicted to go over 100° Then it may rock back and forth to the end of the month.  This is fun!  June will be solid heat, no clouds, totally boring and dreadfully hot.  Time to get out of town!

But for now we have gardens and Trader Joe’s has peonies for sale. Both disappear in June. Flowers that you grow in summer, we grow in winter and they thrive in May until it gets hot. Here’s my back yard. It’s an oasis for the time being

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Workshops & Classes

Weekly Classes

Now, about teaching weekly classes.  I’m not adapting.  People don’t show up, there’s no enthusiasm, no electricity, no excitement, no connectivity.  No anticipation. No sign of continuity. It’s probably my bad attitude, but I miss you guys!!!!  My workshops are so exciting!!! I get off on your learning, enthusiasm, amazement, joy…You can’t believe how rewarding it is to have you learning, excited, happy, for three solid days.  I really appreciate you, all your work, enthusiasm, dedication, and more!  Thanks for the blessing of getting to have each of you in class for workshops and in many cases, as friends after workshops.  I am so blessed!!!!!

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PBS

With current government un-funding, many PBS stations are closed or limited.  A great way to get extra PBS Episodes is to go to PBS.org/pocketsketching - if your station is still available.  They have many Episodes there and you can revisit.  We have 39 Episodes for sale as downloads on the website: www.pocketsketching.com.  And Susan is putting the subscription videos together so you can subscribe in the near future and watch them live...day or night!  We currently have 3 Seasons available (39 30-minute videos) with Season 4 available soon (13 more). We’ll announce that soon.  I expect to do online workshops in the Fall.

Last are the live workshops for this summer. (Yeah, we’re getting out of Tucson!)

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​Live Workshops...in a nutshell:

​July 10,11,12   Basic at Pacific Northwest Art Center in Coupeville, Washington

July 20,21,22   Refresher at Pacific Northwest Art Center in Coupeville, Washington

July 28,29,30   Basic at Lakewood Center for the Arts in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

August 3,4,5    Basic at Sunriver Homeowners Aquatic & Recreation Center in Bend, Oregon. To register and for info on housing: 57250 Oveerlook Rd, Sunriver, Oregon
Contact:  Julie Barrett: (203) 232-8243    [email protected]

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I expect to visit the Oregon Coast on the way home. Here is a watercolor from last summer. If you’ve never been, plan a summer vacation: awesome! Can you imagine I’m from western Oregon, land of rain and gardens???? ​

Then we come back to Tucson, hopefully for part of the monsoon which generates magnificent thunderstorms and ends very early September (another hot and dry month). Do come visit here October through May.  We own the winter!
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Happy Sketching!​