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spooge demon · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 1:49 am

I see a lot of people in LA, so i was wondering if anyone would be interested in painting around the Santa Monica mountains on Sunday afternoons.

I won't give it any more thought if no one is up for it. But if some do, I could post a map and time to meet.

hmm... rattlesnake season is almost here....

Twice · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 2:38 am

wish I could join you, but that could be a bit difficult for me living here in Norway.

Anyway, hope someone joins you. (and I hope the drawings will be posted here in the forum)

sacrelicious · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 2:48 am

Man, I would love to join you, but I'm a non-art major college student with no art supplies, no money, and no car. But some of you other guys who are a bit closer and better stocked better get your asses out there!

P.S. You're up late! I thought only college bums were awake at 4:00 on Sunday nights!

[ April 23, 2001: Message edited by: sacrelicious ]

Bugscratch · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 4:06 am

Sounds good, it's just too far away

Me and S4Sb had planned something similar for this summer in Germany. Check it out: http://www.sijun.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000899

Frost · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 4:15 am

(Hmm, I should have STAYED in LA instead of just visiting...)

EDIT: Fixed the "SATYED" typo. Thanks Bug. =)

[ April 23, 2001: Message edited by: Frost ]

Bugscratch · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 4:59 am

Yeah guess you should have SATYED there... whatever that is

YAZ · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 5:45 am

Hey Sensei Spooge, I would love to join you for a little sunday painting...just gimme about 2 months to move to LA. I would love to meet up with you.
-Michael Yazijian

Anthony · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 6:48 am

I'm in the same boat as Yaz, only a little later-I'll be moving to Santa Monica in Oct/Nov. Once I'm there, I want to organize as much art related shananagins as possible with you buds around there.

PlantMan · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 8:31 am

Lets see... if i leave on saturday....(puzzles) ... catch the ferry ..... jog across Death Valley ... i should get there some time August.

quaternius · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 8:55 am

@#*&^$%! So I hadda go and move back to Northern California...
What a great thing to do, Craig! I'm part of a Sunday afternoon group up here. Sometimes there's 10 people, sometimes 30. End of day we gather and look at the results. Nothin' like painting outside to learn to truly "observe". If you get this thing going I hope you won't mind a "visitor" or two every once in awhile!

Watercolor setup can be pretty inexpensive, using a photo-tripod as an easel. Oils are more involved of course, but you can get a smaller "pochade" box and paint on canvas-board without breaking the bank.

For those of you who haven't done this before, but want to and don't know where to start - go get Kevin MacPherson's book on plein air painting. Materials, methodology, etc. He's a shape-painter like Spooge, so it would be a good reference.

Good luck...makes me wish I was still in Santa Monica...

waylon · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 3:37 pm

I'll be in town next month for E3... I'll be sure to bring a sketchbook.

Waldo · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 3:45 pm

Have crayons, will travel.

SporQ · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 6:30 pm

*SporQ makes plans to move to california.

seriously. you guys shouldnt pass up a chance to paint with others if you have it. and the added bonus of getting some spooge insight should make you want to pay for the chance

just wish spooge lived in columbus still

Rage-lion · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 9:03 pm

Too bad I have to sit here and paint with Sporq ;P

endrigan · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 11:26 pm

an 8 hour drive to possibly paint with spooge ....hmmmmmm .

[ April 23, 2001: Message edited by: endrigan ]

DiXter · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2001 1:18 am

Damn!! Can Anyone invent an teleproter for me..

..

DiXter · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2001 1:21 am

teleporter, that is..

Cos · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2001 6:58 am

*grabs indiana jones hat, whip and set of crayons* I'm in!

Socar MYLES · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2001 7:34 am

I asked my boss, but I can't have any more days off this year. *Sighs deeply* I took a month off at Christmas, and fourteen sick-days last month, and I guess that just about ate up all my time off....

But if you (or anyone else, for that matter) ever find yourself in Vancouver...well, I'm too lazy to go out & paint au plein air on my own, but if someone went with me, I'd do it.

Mike · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2001 9:57 am

hey i'd like to come to paint or sketch... btw spooge, my friend ari says you might be holding a workshop at our school. are the rumors true?

Loki · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2001 10:03 am

Hey Craig!

I'd love to join you! I've got a little watercolor action pack, that fits easily in my backpack.
I've done this before and LOVE it. Let me know when you're planning to go.

Oh and shady places are preferred - last time we were on a spot in topanga canyon that nearly liquified my brains due to the heat ...

Darklighter · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2001 12:48 pm

my painting skillz are pretty weak, too much time behind 3d max, but if spooge and loki are gonna be there then hell yeah, i'm gonna watch 2 masters at work and try my luck doing some traditional stuff, about time i do anyway, just hard to resist 3d max's calling.... let us know time&place

6 hen 2 kids & a red · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2001 3:25 pm

Hell yah you'll go. Tear it up for the rest of us.

A.Buttle · member Member # Joined: 20 Mar 2000 Posts: 1724

Hey!!! I think I finally got it!! Spooge is like the sound of paint, and not what I thought...

Here I was thinking you were some sort of twisted pervert the whole time...

I guess the pervert is me. Sweet.

Anthony · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2001 6:41 pm

spooge is a sound?

Plop · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2001 7:23 pm

A.Buttle · member Member # Joined: 20 Mar 2000 Posts: 1724

Sure spooge is a sound. It's an onomatopoeia.

spooge demon · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 12:14 am

Well, I guess we will have a lot of people in spirit.

As I have it, loki, mike, darklighter. Did I miss anyone? If any one else wants to show...

I will be doing this every weekend until July. I am moving then.

1:00 PM april 29, here

The parking area for the Malibu Bluffs State Rec area is right across the street from where malibu cyn road dead ends into PCH.

Park in there and let's meet by the vistors center.

I feel I have forgotten something. It can't be that easy. Please speak up if I screwed something up or it is not clear.

S4Sb · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 4:47 am

Where do you move to then? Germany is pretty good for inspiration. Weather is almost always rainy. But we have nice places on both coasts. Eastcoast is better tho

A.Buttle · member Member # Joined: 20 Mar 2000 Posts: 1724

I just want to know if I was right about the the name....