The sketch group made its usual Saturday afternoon excursion today. We meet at a designated spot, negotiate where we will paint, and then spend about two hours working together. The group has been meeting for fifty years or more (obviously with a changing makeup), making it perhaps one of the oldest art groups in the city. The weather today was beautiful--sunny, windy/warm and breezy.--and perfect for plein air painting. A half-dozen of the ever-rotating group made it for the outing, vaccinated and now free of masks.
We spent two hours today at Maffitt Reservoir, an artificial lake that's a backup water supply for Des Moines. As a man-made lake, it has a kind of snaky profile with arms reaching into small valleys southwest of town. The lake is old for an artificial one, dating to before the mid-20th century. The land is rolling, covered with beautiful mature trees, and spots to put in watercraft, picnic, or just chill out. We painted a small inlet on the south side. On the lake, boaters and others in flotation rafts lazed in the sun. It was a thoroughly wonderful afternoon.
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