Beach Scenes

When I am at the beach I usually sketch some of the people. Here are a few.

Clouds Over the Bay

Last week when I was on the way over to the beach I decided that the cloudy sky looked so interesting that it was begging to be painted. So I pulled into the Smith Point Marina and went down by the water. This is 5 x 7.

Musicians and Singers

Here are more of the my sketches for the "Paper, Paint, Pencils, and Pens" blog for our "Music and Musicians" theme (see the link on the right side of the blog).

This woman was singing in the chorus.

This duo was entertaining at the beach I go to.

The sax player was part of a big band orchestra I went to hear.

This was done from one of my photos taken in Ireland.

This sketch I did from a video I had taped of a French singer in a club when we were in  Paris.

Sayville Garden Tour

My plein air group, PALS, was invited to participate in the Sayville Garden Tour that took place today. We previously did quick pen and pencil sketches for their brochure, but today was the actual tour. People picked up their tickets at the Gillette House in Sayville where we had a show hanging of mostly floral themed paintings.

There were 6 gardens in the tour and artists were assigned for morning sessions or afternoon sessions at the different gardens. I chose to do one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

From 11 -1 o'clock I was at a garden on Sunrise Avenue in Sayville. When I was there originally I sketched a cherub near the pergola that goes to the koi pond. 

Today I focused on the pergola itself with the view through to the tree and the koi pond. If you look closely you can see the cherub on the left.  Why did I select that view? I just loved the pergola with the pink flowers on top and winding through it. 

Here is the view I saw.

And here is my painting (8 x 10) which was purchased by the homeowners. Yay!!!

Another artist, my friend Jean, was painting at the other end of the garden.

While we were painting we were serenaded by musicians playing on the patio.

At 1 o'clock I moved to the second garden on Seville Blvd. When I was there the last time I sketched the fish water feature by the pond in the yard.

Today I never got past the front view of the house which I think was just lovely. There were beds of flowers, unusual trees in greens and reds and a great house with great windows.

Since I got a bit of a late start here I decided to only do a 5 x 7 painting, but I was very happy with the way  it came out. Here I am at work in front of the house.

The owners both loved it but didn't offer to buy it. 

They already had a painting from one of the artists who painted there in the morning.

I did go around the back of the house when I finished painting and found my friend, Muriel painting in the back garden by the musicians.

It was a really nice day at lovely locations!

Avalon Park

My plein air group has gone several times to Avalon Park in Stony Brook. I usually avoid the lake itself and focus on the mill house there, but this time I decided to tackle the lake and some of the birds that are always around there. This is 8 x 10.

The Bayard Cutting Arboretum has such wonderful wisteria on its porch. Every year when it is in bloom I do one or two paintings of it. I already posted the first one and this is the second one I did.

This is 8 x 10.

Rainy Day at Starbucks

Last week we had a few days of rain. One of the days I decided to do a bit of shopping so I headed over to the Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove. When I was done I stopped in Barnes & Noble to have a coffee in their Starbucks inside the store and do a sketch. I loved these colorful ladies in their rain gear. They were just begging to be sketched.