Watercolor by Sara Kahn, Shelter Cove, October 2014, all rights reserved.

This watercolor painting I made in Shelter Cove, won the second place prize for watercolor in the "Lost Coast Plein Air Paint out"

Watercolor with California Watercolor Association: Baker Beach

This is a watercolor I made on April 19, plein air on Baker Beach. The day started Sunny and beautiful, I walked around to find the spot where I wanted to paint from. There were four other artists from the California Watercolor Association who attended this paint out as well.

I finally decided to paint the view from top of the hill, where Juanita was standing. A little breeze started, and it got worse over the next hours, finally at about 5 pm, I had to give up because the wind broke my tripod setting! I rushed home to put the final touches on the painting, while I still remembered the colors. This was the very first plein air painting that I was not able to completely finish on the site.

While I was painting, at one point I heard a group of young girls and then suddenly there was silence, I looked back and saw four girls ages sixteenish, with their "hello kitty" phones, getting a film of me painting in the wind, with my hat flapping wildly and me trying to stabilize the panel with one hand while I painted with the other! I hope I did not look totally hilarious!

Anyways, here is the painting: It is 23 x 12 inches on Arches 300 lbs rough surface.

Plein air Painting during Oregon Lavender Festival 2013

I painted five paintings en plein air in Oregon

Cascade Lavender Fields, Madras, Oregon

Lavender Fields Forever, Jacksonville, Oregon

Applegate Lavender Farm, Grants Pass, Oregon

Helvetia Lavender fields, Hillsboro, Oregon

Helvetia Lavender fields, Hillsboro, Oregon

Here is the map of my trip and pictures added to it:

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