Return to the Eastport House

On Tuesday morning we made a return to the same house in Eastport as in the post below. The owners are such nice people. They put out cold water in a cooler for us and fresh picked blackberries. It was another hot day so I found a spot in the back of the house that was in the shade for most of the morning. I liked the collection of pots in the back garden. Again they had fencing around the garden to keep out the deer which will eat everything they can get.

Eastport House

Last week my plein air group went to paint at a house in Eastport. The owners have this historic house which is surrounded by gardens in the front, the back, and on both sides. There was a big area that was a vegetable garden in the front of the house, surrounded by 10 ft high wire fencing to keep out the deer. I ignored all of that and focused on the side of the house, the side garden and the flag. It was a very hot day, close to 99 degrees and I was painting out in the sun...with very little shade.  I ended up leaving before this was completed because I was just too hot. I had to finish it up at home. I am really happy with the way it came out.

Pine Neck Avenue

The Patchogue Sketch Club met the other night at the end of Pine Neck Avenue in Patchogue. There is a small beach area, a boat launching area, and a dock. Right after I sat down a family with a few children came along to do some fishing and crabbing. This young man stayed nearby most of the time.

Sunday in NYC

On Sunday I went into NYC with two other artist friends. We met at the Met Breuer which is a small museum that is part of the Metropolitan Museum. The exhibits here are more modern/contemporary than you would find at the Met itself. We viewed sketches that were in the exhibit Obsession: Nudes by Klimt, Schiele, and Picasso from the Scofield Thayer Collection. It was a great exhibit and you could easily see the influence of each on the work of the other.

Then we went to the Neue Galleri where we had lunch and then saw another exhibit of the works of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. These included some nudes, portraits and landscapes. It was wonderful. This was one of the paintings on exhibit by Klimt and the detail and amount of gold and silver in this was just so impressive. I had only seen this in books and it just amazed me.

We had a little time to walk through a bit of Central Park and stop by the boat pond to do a quick sketch. I did the ink on location and started to add the color with watercolor pencils but we had to leave to head to the next part of our day.

Our final stop was the Flute Bar for a Dr. Sketchy session. I have posted some sketches from their events before. Basically they have what is a burlesque model that poses in several outfits. Our model for the afternoon was Tiger Bay who I believe was Miss Coney Island 2017. Several other NYC Urban Sketchers happened to be there too. Costumes, music, a model, contests and friends. What more could you want? Here are a few somewhat risqué sketches from yesterday afternoon. Quick poses and longer poses. Tiger Bay posed in one costume made of tiny pom-poms, one made of feathers, and a final one of leather.

We left here on a 7:40 am train and  got back at nearly 10:00 pm. It was a full day!

Catching Up - Varney's & Hog Farm

It seems I have somehow managed to get back in here and post. I don't know what happened, but I'm glad to be back. I will post two images today to try and catch up.

First is Varney's, a restaurant on the outskirts of Bellport. I liked the cheery sunflowers on the left. I've eaten here and they have great mussels.

On Saturday some of the sketchers from the Patchogue Sketch Club met at Hog Farm in Brookhaven for a bit of sketching. One of our members has a farm share there so she goes there a lot and asked if we could come along with her. I decided the produce looked too good to resist. I made sure I was standing out of the way of the customers while I worked. I did buy some tomatoes before I left...yum!

Welcome to Patchogue

My Wednesday night sketch group met near Harbor Crab Restaurant in Patchogue this week. There was a nice view of the restaurant and marina...and we were lucky to have a breezy night and no skeeters.

Pondering the Ocean

This was painted at the beginning of the week when I was at Smith Point Beach. I like capturing people in their beach poses.