Clark Botanic Garden

 I was meeting friends for lunch last week in Nassau County, so I decided to go a little early and sketch at the Clark Botanic Gardens in Albertson. It is a small arboretum so I figured I could find a good subject without having to walk far and search for too long.

30 x 30 Direct Watercolor - Day 2

 Somehow I forgot to post this yesterday for the 30 x 30 Direct Watercolor Challenge. My Day 2 was painted on location at Clark Botanic Gardens.

If I don't post this now I know I will forget about it. This was done last Wednesday with the Patchogue Sketch Club at the Terry Street Garden in Patchogue. It is nice to get outside sketching with the group. Our indoor sessions and Zoom sessions seemed to last forever.

30 x 30 2022 - Day 1

 You know how I love challenges. Once again this year Mark Holmes and Uma Kelkar are hosting the 30 x 30 Direct Watercolor challenge. I have participated several times and the goal is 30 paintings done in 30 days directly in watercolor with no pencil or ink lines as a guide. I am hoping to do my paintings on location rather than from photos if at all possible. This was done at Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson.

Clark Botanic Garden & Sketch Night

You know I'm just loving the colors in the trees right now. I had been to Dick Blick in Carle Place to do some retail therapy. About 5 minutes away is Clark Botanic Gardens. It is a small garden but I was hoping that their magnolia trees would be in bloom...no luck. It seems I missed them...but...this beauty was sitting there crying out to be painted.

The South Bay Art Association held a sketch night last week with a model. Seamus models for us quite often on Tuesday mornings and he was our model for the evening. We were hoping to get more members interested in coming to the sketch group by letting them experience it in the evening. I just don't think most people are available from 10 - noon to sketch. There were about 15 people who showed up in the evening and they all seemed to have a good time. Rather than doing a watercolor portrait which I do on Tuesday mornings, first I did just an ink sketch...not my best.

This one was done with a bit of water-soluble pencil.

I had more fun sketching some of the other sketchers concentrating. This was done directly in ink. The woman on the left said she hadn't sketched from a model since the 1950s and she had a great time.

Magnolias

After painting the small square magnolia the other day I wanted to go back and paint a larger version. This was done at Clark Botanic Gardens in Albertson. It is about 5 1/2 x 15.

Since today is the last day of the month my fake journal, "Floral Fantasy" has come to an end. You can check out the last sketches and post here.

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