What's Inside: 

- This week's Paint Out: Friday, February 6th @9am, Huntington Beach Central Park

- Omnivision Member's Show 2026 

- Info on the upcoming Cambria 2026 Paint Away

- Save the Dates for February 2026 Paint Outs

- Guest Artist Demo by Keiko Tanabe February 21st

Shown: Club Member Jeff Preston paints out at Shipley Nature Center

Saturday, February 14

9 am

Shaws Cove, Laguna Beach

Take PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) to any one of three entries of Cliff Drive. Park on the street near Shaws Cove stairway to the beach, stairs are across from where Fairview Street ends at Cliff Drive. Paint the beach views towards the Gazebo and South Laguna, or North to the cliff. 

Restrooms are over in Crescent Bay a block over, where their ramp ends at the sand.

ARTIST DEMO - Keiko Tanabe

Friday, February 21

2-4pm

Please join us for a Special Guest Artist demo by award-winning Watercolorist, Keiko Tanabe on Saturday, February 21st at 2pm at Seabridge Park (16252 Countess Dr. Huntington Beach).

Mostly self-taught, Keiko embarked on a professional art career in 2005 and started exhibiting publicly. Since that year her paintings have been juried into many exhibitions across Americas and in Asia and Europe. Her work has been purchased by private and corporate collectors from all around the world. She also had her paintings published in leading art magazines in the U.S., Europe and Japan. Since 2011, she has been invited to and completed successfully hundreds of workshops and numerous live demonstrations around the world. She has served as a juror in a number of art exhibitions including but not limited to major watercolor/watermedia shows around the world such as the National Watercolor Society, the Watercolor USA Honor Society, the Transparent Watercolor Society of America, the Watercolor West, Splash 22, the International Watercolour Masters, and many regional or state-wide watercolor societies and art associations such as the San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild. In 2018, she was appointed to the advisory board of the American Watercolor Weekly. In 2018 and 2019, she was invited to be a faculty member for the Plein Air Convention & Expo, the world's largest plein-air painting event. Keiko currently lives in San Diego, California.

Friday, February 27

9 am

Montage Resort, South Laguna Beach

This is Mentor day, and our own Amy Jackson will be patrolling the walkway seeing if anyone would like help, or suggestions for good views to paint. Take PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) South to Wesley, go towards the beach down to the parking garage, pay parking at the Kiosk. Or park across the street at the mini lot, or use metered street parking. 

Paint views using bench turnouts, along the path South towards Aliso Beach, or North by the Wedding Ring (Keyhole), or if the tide is right, views of the rocks down the ramp to the sand.