Wednesday 27 May 2020

Friday May 29 - Saxe Point Park

Ne y windiga Alfrescoes! This Friday May 29, 2020, we will be resuming the weekly Friday plein air paint outs. We are painting at Saxe Point Park in Esquimalt. Directions to Saxe Point can be found  here .

Everyone should continue observing social distancing rules, remaining at least 2m apart from others.

For now, there will NOT be a Show'n'Tell at Noon. If you wish, you can take a picture of your own work and send the image file to Ron Wilson, who has offered to post your work. Here are his instructions:
  • send JPGs only on Friday afternoons between noon to 5pm
  • email to ronjbw@gmail.com
  • If possible, the images should be cropped and reduced to 800 pixels on the longest edge, and 72dpi.
Ron can publish between 10 and 20 such images weekly.

Remember, we cannot control the public, who may wish to approach you without you noticing. Therefore, this is at your own risk, and you can choose not to participate. The COVID-19 virus remains a serious public heath issue. If you require further information on how to keep yourself and others safe, please visit the BC governments' website.

Thursday 21 May 2020

Notice: Resuming the Friday Plein Air Paint Out

ManahĂșĂș Alfrescoes. Now that the province is beginning to relax lockdown and social distancing measures, we are planning to resume the weekly Friday Plein Air paint outs.

You will receive your first location email early next Wednesday morning, for a location on Friday May 29.


Everyone should continue observing social distancing rules, remaining at least 2m apart from others.

For now, there will NOT be a Show'n'Tell at Noon, so each artist is responsible to taking a picture of their own work and sending the image files to Ron Wilson, who  has offered to post your work. Here are his instructions:
  • send JPGs only on Friday afternoons between noon to 5pm
  • email to ronjbw@gmail.com
  • If possible, the images should be cropped and reduced to 800 pixels on the longest edge, and 72dpi.
Ron can publish between 10 and 20 such images weekly.

Remember, we cannot control the public, who may wish to approach you without you noticing. Therefore, this is at your own risk, and you can choose not to participate. The COVID-19 virus remains a serious public heath issue. If you require further information on how to keep yourself and others safe, please visit the BC governments' website.