THE ARTISTS RUN RIOT IN POINT LONSDALE

In August 2011- we headed off to Queenscliffe, Point Lonsdale and Barwon Heads.
Check out this post to hear what we got up to.....

Well i just got back from a fantastic weekend away!

We were extremely lucky to have the most wonderful weather for MOST of the weekend and our little group of friends was officially named by a roving photographer. The weather beaurea had forcast rain, rain and more rain, but apart from a little light drizzle on friday afternoon, the rest of the weekend was bright and sunny- (so we needed our suntan lotion rather than our umbrellas!

Wrap up of the weekend, as follows:

FRIDAY AFTERNOON- QUEENSCLIFF MARINA
After our mid-afternoon arrival, we headed out in search of some dry land to set up and start our masterpieces. We were able to soon overcome the cold, wind and rain at Queenscliff Marina, by huddling under the shade near a few vacant shops to do all our painting.

After we painted these wonderful boats at the marina, we were privy to the most beautiful rainbows as our reward for waiting through the rain and then we enjoyed a stunning sunset as we set off back to point lonsdale to our house.

Our night was finished off with fish and chips, and then we settled down to enjoy the serenading of Clive,

our paint teacher who had brought his guitar and harmonica.

Nibbles, a warm open fire, lots of wine and heaps of laughter was enjoyed by all.

SATURDAY- THE LAKE AND LIGHTHOUSE AT POINT LONSDALE

Our first stop after breakfast on saturday morning was the reflection lake just outside of point lonsdale (on the road to queenscliff). The morning started with a grey sky then turned to a stunning sunlit sky with just a dusting of clouds. And thats were we painted, chatted to the other visitors at the centre and then we just sat and watched the sky move across the water. We enjoyed the simply breathtaking views that our camera just snapped up so we could paint some more when we got home and back to class.



Kathy and Elwin hard at work.



During our paint out down at the lake we chatted to a photographer called scott haskins and he later went on to blog about our group in his 365 challenge later that night. Daryl ended up being the winner of the main photo that showcased our group in his blog. Scott's blog site is http://www.scotthaskinsphotography.com/blog/ 



Daryl in the forefront and Sue setting up in the background.



Then we headed down to the lighthouse after a quick lunch back at the shops at point lonsdale.

Me and my masterpiece. lol

Many of us set up along the pier to capture the wonderful lighthouse in all its glory.

Here i am with my masterpiece, that aparently i could have sold off to a few gentlemen who i thought were giving me a line. lol 

Clive reminded me later that night, that the men HAD NOT been telling ALL the ladies that their paintings were fantastic and that i should have seen the opportunity and pounced and got myself some money. lol







 Aparently i have to learn to be cheekly like Sue when people ask about her paintings. She asks for large sums of money as a joke. No-one has bitten yet, but one day they will, we all joke............... lol

Still painting as the sun starts to go down.

The end of the night was spent at Lombardi's on Hess, where we enjoyed a few bottles of the good stuff thanks to Graham the retired QC, who also provided the best laughs of the weekend. 

SUNDAY- Coffees at diver Dan's place- BARWON HEADS

We ended up (by special request) up at diver dan's place (from the TV show Seachange) on sunday morning, as we HAD tried to book a dinner at his main restaurant for saturday night prior to ringing Lombardi's, but the place was booked out for a wedding. So we all agreed to head to Barwon Heads for coffee on sunday morning for our last paint practice for the weekend.

We searched high and low for Diver dan, but unfortunately he knew we were coming, so he hi-tailed it out of Barwon Heads, as our reputation had preceeded us. lol

So we set up our easels along the sand in front of the pier or on the other side of the building and painted the actual heads. Many people stopped to chat and check up on our work. Some even painted themselves, and showed us their artwork on their phones.

elana and graham on the sand by the pier.

My masterpiece. lol

Sue and Vicki taking a walk to check up on the others.

Then we all packed up and some headed back to queenscliff to catch the ferry back to sorento, and others headed back to melbourne via geelong.