Thursday, August 15, 2013

Painting aboard the Celebrity Millenium

Hanging Cloud at Icy Strait

   This was the scene aboard the Millenium on the day we anchored in the harbor near Icy Strait in Hoonah, Alaska.  The tender boats were busy taking guests back and forth the the island.  It was a little misty that day and after teaching my class in the morning, Gary and I decided to spend the day in the Solarium.
       The clouds we hanging around the tops of the surrounding hills and created interesting subjects to paint.  I decided to paint the hanging cloud above the canning factory on shore.  The red buildings were a nice contrast to the green hills. The hanging cloud was a challenge to suggest the soft edges surrounding the hills behind.

         
        John and Lis Chamberlain, who were
traveling with us, spent the day on the island on a
rain forest walking tour with a local historian.
After spending an interesting day at Icy Strait, they decided my painting of Icy Strait would make a great keepsake of their trip to Alaska.
                                                                                 
                                                                                   

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Watercolor classes aboard the Celebrity Millenium to Alaska

     Gary and I just returned from a wonderful adventure in Alaska.  I was accepted by a third party company to participate in the Celebrity Life program while cruising the inside passage from Vancouver to Seward on the Celebrity Millenium.  My classes were scheduled on "at sea" days and one day when guests were tendered ashore to excursions at Icy Strait Point.
     The company supplied a watercolor kit for each attendee that included a pallette, 3 brushes, 6 tubes of paint, and several 9x12 sheets of watercolor paper.  After my proposal for the 3 claasees was accepted, I was responcible for any additional supplies.  We did a whales tale and a penguin so I supplied black watercolor which was not part of the kit.  I also brought templates for drawing and graphite paper which sped up the drawing process and guaranteed a successful result.  Classes were set up in lounges or in the disco and I always had a table to demonstrate on.  Several guests attended all 3 sessions and we always had 20+ guests for each class.   Several parent and children groups attended as this as this was something families could do together.  When I wasn't teaching, Gary and I were regular passengers on the cruise.  We enjoyed visiting all the ports on the cruise.  I will be evaluated for my sessions and it is my hope that we will be able to do this again.  Here are some pics from the classes.










Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Thank you for your understanding

       I set this blog up in 2010, just before we left on our tip to Lake Como and our tour of Germany , Austria and Switzerland.  I thought it would be a fun way to share our travels with our friends and family back in the states.
        Since then, Judie Stang's World has been a great way to journal my adventures of travel and painting.  I have appreciated all the replies I have received from followers along the way.
That is why it was so disheartening to have my followers receive the horrible post, written by another blogger with a similar name.  It is difficult to navigate around the "Blog world" but after this horrible post was sent a third time, I went to a chat room on Google Blogs and posted my problem to the blogisphere.  I have been chatting with a blogger from Finland who seems to know what the problem is and has helped me fix it.   If it happens again, I am going to have to delete my blog, but hopefully it is fixed.  Thank you for your help.  I hope you will continue to follow my posts and reply when the mood strikes you.