Beach Life

 This was a direct watercolor done for the 30 x 30 challenge at Robert Moses Beach.

Ronkonkoma Train Station

 The Patchogue Sketch Club recently met at the Ronkonkoma Long Island Railroad Station. If I am going into NYC I often take the train from this station, but I don't have time to sketch there. It was nice to have the time to capture the architecture of the station.

Fantastic Gardens

Fantastic Gardens in Patchogue is a source of many good views to sketch. 

Carnival View

Over Memorial Day weekend there was a carnival over in the parking lot at the South Shore Mall in Bay Shore. It wasn't a very nice day so there weren't too many people around when I stopped at the carnival early in the day. I ended up parking my "mobile studio" outside the fencing and just drawing what I saw in front of me. I sketched rides, games, amusements and all kinds of fun things. 

 

Flowers by the Fence

These flowers were behind a wrought iron fence near the beach in Sayville. Doing direct watercolor I need to be more patient and wait for things to dry...something I tend not to do. lol

Mexican Entry

I've sketched at the Mexican restaurant, Viva La Vida in Oakdale several times. I like the contrasts of color in their architecture and decorative elements. This was done for the 30 x 30 Direct Watercolor Challenge.

 

Continuous Line Drawing

I hosted the last Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt. Each hunt contains 26 items to find and sketch. The sketchers can sketch as many or as few as they want/can. It has been a long time since I have been able to finish one of the lists, but I figured if I put the last of the items into one continuous line sketch I could do it. I think there are 11 items in the sketch...all fun to do.