Crit site Monday June 22 1pm

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• From Pawlet (intersection of rte 30 and rte 133) take Route 30 south 9.7 miles
  or From Manchester take Route 30 north 4.6 miles
• Turn on to Kelly Road (left from Pawlet, right from Manchester)
• Park on Kelly Road and walk over to the marble quarry, find a suitable place to paint

This quarry is the locals favorite swimming spot so we will be able to paint figures in the landscape. Bring a hat, sunblock and water. You will probably need to set up in the sun and midday can be rather hot, but it will be worth it.

Thursday June 18th crit update

It looks like it is going to be raining early in the day. So the new plan is to meet at the Southern Vermont Arts Center at 11am. I think it is a good lesson to see how all the principles we have been talking about are used in a creative way. I will analyze the Mason & Winslow paintings and happily answer any questions you might have about them or about landscape painting in general. If the rain lets up we can then go and draw at Merck, so bring your sketchpads. Oh what the hell, bring your painting stuff too, you never know.

Directions to the Southern Vermont Arts Center.
If you are in Manchester:

• Follow Routes 11/30 to the flashing light in the center of town (known to the locals as Malfunction Junction)
• Turn left on to Route 7A
• Go 0.3 miles and turn right on to Ways Lane
• Follow Ways Lane to the end (0.4 miles) and turn right on to West Road
• Go 0.1 miles and turn left into the SVAC

From Pawlet:

• Follow Route 30 south (through Dorset) 11.7 miles
• Turn right on to the West Road
• Follow West Road 2.5 miles
• Turn right into the SVAC

Crit site Thursday June 18 10am

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• From Pawlet (intersection of rte 30 and rte 133) take Route 30 south 6.2 miles
  or From Manchester take Route 30 north 8.2 miles
• Turn on to Route 315 West (right from Pawlet, left from Manchester)
• Follow rte 315 for 2.6 miles
• Turn left into Merck Forest & Farmland Center and follow the dirt road 0.5 miles to the parking lot
• Walk down the path to the right of the Joy Green Visitors Center until you come to the farm

BRING YOUR SKETCHPAD For this class we will work on drawing animals

Crit site Tuesday June 16 5:30am

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• From Route 30 in Pawlet turn on to School Street (school st is the street in front of Mach's Market)
• follow School Street (through Pawlet village, then over a one lane bridge) for 0.25 miles
• after you cross the bridge bear left on to the Rupert Road for 0.9 miles (there will be a pond to your left and a speed limit sign to your right)
• turn left on to the trail next to the pond and park, you will see a lovely view looking back to Pawlet village
  
  This is private property. Do not paint here unless we are meeting as a class.

Tuesday June 9 crit update

It looks like it will be raining at sunrise tomorrow so we can all sleep in. Instead of meeting at the Mettowee Valley Community Center we will meet at my studio at 10am. If it is not raining we can paint on my property. If it is raining we can go into my studio and I will do a demonstration.

Crit site Tuesday June 9 5:30am

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• From Pawlet (intersection of rte 30 and rte 133) take Route 30 south 3.4 miles
  or From the Dorset village green take Route 30 north 4.9 miles
• Turn into the Mettowee Valley Community Center (left from Pawlet, right from Dorset)
• find a suitable place to paint

Crit site Thursday June 4 10am

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• Take Route 30 to Pawlet
• turn on to Route 133 North (to Middletown Springs)
• follow rte 133 for 1.3 miles, instead of bearing left to stay on rte 133 continue straight on the Pawlet/Danby Road
• take first right on to Robinson Hill Road
• find a suitable place to paint on this road