Jana Matusz on Site

Longest day of the year, and I was up before dawn so I could scout out morning painting options. Did some sketching in the afternoon before heavy rains came again. Enjoyed taking such varied photos today…

Okay, yet another tease for Marta. Lovely soft bread with poppy, sesame, and a wee bit of cheese. Yum.

Did a couple paintings, but I’m going to hold off posting paintings for a while until I get things working a little better. Meanwhile, there’s always good stuff to look at around here…

Felt like I had to get out of the town for a bit, see new stuff. So I hiked to the top of Klet, the nearby peak visible from Cesky Krumlov, with radio tower and an old observation tower. Ended up hiking all day today.

Time for another tease for Marta. This time it’s “kulajda” (koo-LYE-dah), really wonderful soup with potatoes, mushrooms, cukes, etc. It gave me the fuel for my all-day hike.

Okay, it rained in the morning but then it turned out to be a gorgeous day. I sat on the courthouse steps (which I guessed would be okay on a Sunday!) and did a painting. I enjoyed a late afternoon/evening walk through the town.

Sukrarna u soudu (20×16″)

Here’s yesterday’s painting:

Signs and Shapes (20×16″)

Beautiful sunshine, delicious poppy seed roll for breakfast, painting in the morning, drawing in the afternoon, watching the crowds rafting on the river, resting, reading. A good day.

A breathtakingly beautiful day today. Still cool, but oh, that sunshine. It’s as if Cesky Krumlov became another town. And I was one happy painter.

Castle Garden Fountain (20×16″)

Yum yum. Speaking of tasty, here’s another teaser for Marta. Bez maku, bez smaku! (No poppy seeds, no taste!)

Kind hosts took me out for coffee. I was grateful for their very good English.

Here’s the painting from rainy yesterday.

Riverside Hostel (16×16″)

Rain all morning and most of the afternoon kept me from painting, but I still went out walking. I did a painting in the evening, but it’s not quite done. Perhaps I’ll be able to return to that spot tomorrow.

It started raining hard in the middle of today’s painting, and I had to dash for home. I returned later finish it up.

View from Plesivec (20×20″)

I headed out early and got a couple paintings done today.

First, this was from yesterday evening. Looks like fun!

Castle Gazebo (16×16″)

View from Castle Gardens (20×20″)

It was great to get painting. I still had to deal with ever changing weather. Put up the umbrella twice while I was working. But I managed okay.