Saturday, August 1, 2009

Milwaukee Sketch Club Saturday Plein Air on KK ave & Bay St. in Bayview




Well we actually started going to Barnacle Bud's & Milwaukee Harbor Yacht Club but we couldn't find them near Stewart & Gilbert, so we met at KK & Stewart by this real cute building that might have been a Northwestern station at one time. North of this building was a bridge that opens, St. Mary's Cement factory (2000 s KK) & riverboats but it was pretty windy on the bridge so we went a couple blocks south on KK ave to this little park at Archer & KK. The houses were very neat looking there. Then it started to rain so we went next door to the out of business Omega Burger and stood under their overhang facing the Bay Street Pub on Bay street and painted the neighborhood. It didn't rain very hard or long but remained overcast at a comfortable temperature. Lot of bikers & walkers.

On the way home saw Cupertino Park http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=cupertino+park+milwaukee&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&view=text&latlng=11701061983635392207 and thought that might be an interesting place to paint. A quick search on the internet gave only the following information.
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/at/af/Open/accessible_fishing_piers_ser.htm and http://dnrmaps.wisconsin.gov/imf/ext/apps/boat_ext/shorefishing_results.jsp?strID=85