Sunday, January 10, 2010

Some possible places for Plein Air






Drove along the lakefront on Lake Drive in Milwaukee yesterday around 4pm. The sun was shining and it was very beautiful. Turquoise water with ducks & ice floating in it, wind sculped snow. Shadows cast by the snow fences and tall weeds. Knarley trees. People were walking their dogs and sledding down North Point Tower Hill. There are places to park and still get a decent scene to paint.

Some other possible Plein Air places from Wisconsin Trails magazine, http://www.wisconsintrails.com/ , Jan/Feb issue 2010, Places of Solitude article p. 22:
  • Joan of Arc Chapel, N. 14th St., south of Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee
  • Pike lake Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest, State Hwy 60 between Hartford & Slinger
  • Holy Hill, 1525 Carmel Road Hubertus
  • Schlitz Audubon Nature Center Beach, 1111 E. Brown Deer road, Milwaukee
  • Aztalan State park, Jefferson County on Hwy Q south of Co Hwy B
  • The North Point Lighthouse, 2650 N. Wahl Ave, Milwaukee
  • Montello Waterfalls, Hwy 23 in Montello
  • Scuppernong Trail, office 3 miles west of Eagle on Hwy 59