This was a busy day, with us going into the country to Chilcatotora, attending a Catholic mass baptism, going to an art show, a wine tasting, and finally having guests over for dinner for two experimental dishes. First though, we have noticed a surprising number of “closure for tax fraud” signs going up lately. I […]
Palm Sunday and Cajas Art
Today was Palm Sunday for the Catholics in town, but we started the day by returning to Lake Zorrocucho in the Cajas, where we spent last Sunday. Alberto drove us there again, and then Evelyn painted en plein air. We were joined this time by Shimi — an artist friend from Danville, back in the […]
Cajas – Lake Zorrocucho
Today Evelyn went painting with Alberto Soriano again, and I tagged along with my camera. We went to Lake Zorrocucho this time. While walking around the periphery of the lake, there were plenty of photographic opportunities for me, though I had left the “right equipment” back in the car… Evelyn and Alberto set up in […]
Applesauce
Gloria Uyaguari, Evelyn’s favorite Spanish teacher, requires her students to write a diary in Spanish. Evelyn takes private Spanish lessons twice a week at Gloria’s home. Here’s a recent page from Evelyn’s Spanish diary: 29 de Marzo, el sábado Gloria y Adrian nos invitaron a su casa de campo cerca de San Bartolomé a recoger […]
Day In The Country
We were invited to a day in the country by a Peruvian family now living in Cuenca. Alberto Soriano is a well known Peruvian artist that Evelyn took painting classes from on our first trip here in 2012. He speaks almost no English, which means we get to practice our Spanish when talking to him. […]
Plein Air in Déleg
Two paintings completed by Evelyn on this trip (post by Evelyn) It has been 10 years since I painted with acrylic paint in plein air, and my experience with the paint was so frustrating that I switched to oil. This time the experience was different… I painted in the shade and used larger puddles of paint. Plus, […]