On Saturday, July 19th, I participated in the Fool Hollow State Park Paint Out. The Arizona State Parks sponsor a series of monthly paint out across the year. Each month's paint at is scheduled at one of the state parks across the state. Although I have done a lot of plein air painting this was my first competitive plein air outing.
Fool Hollow State Park is a small park surrounding Fool Hollow Lake just outside of Show Low, AZ. There is a great campground, fishing docks, a boat launch, nice ramadas with views of the lake shaded by the towering pines. Truly a great place for a paint out!
Thirteen artists from various locations around the state 
met at the identified ramada at 8:00 am to sign in and have our paper or canvas stamped on the back. We then had four hours to select a site and complete a painting. At noon we met back at the ramada where the paintings were laid out on picnic tables identified only by a number. The participating artists voted for the first, second and third place paintings. The three paintings will be a part of a year end gallery showing at a gallery in Tubac, AZ
met at the identified ramada at 8:00 am to sign in and have our paper or canvas stamped on the back. We then had four hours to select a site and complete a painting. At noon we met back at the ramada where the paintings were laid out on picnic tables identified only by a number. The participating artists voted for the first, second and third place paintings. The three paintings will be a part of a year end gallery showing at a gallery in Tubac, AZ I am not a fast painter, so my primary goal for this first competitive paint out was to bring a piece to a level of completion within the given amount of time. This I accomplished! My second goal was to have fun and meet new people. This was also accomplished! It truly was a great experience. I am looking forward to participating in future state park paint outs! 
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