Yaphank Lake

 My plein air group was getting ready for our annual exhibit and sale in Yaphank. We were dropping off our paintings at noon, but planned to sketch/paint by the lake before that. Between the autumn colors and the restaurant in that colorful red it was a good view to work on.

East Moriches Waterview

 I love the golden marshland that leads to the background in this water view in East Moriches.

Halloween in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn

 

The NYC Urban Sketchers had a wonderful location for us to sketch on Halloween. This historic house on Albemarle Road in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn is well known for their Halloween display with a huge collection of life-sized animatronics and skeletons that climb all over the Victorian architecture. There is a wrap-around porch with 6 different sections, each with their own related cast of characters. My first sketch was of the sinister, spooky clowns. One had a monkey in a box that would pop up at set times, another had a wheel connected to his head that would spin round and round. Complete with noises and music this porch section was very entertaining.

 

Later I went around the corner to sketch another porch section. The location is so popular that there are metal barricades closing the street to keep the side section free from vehicle traffic.These characters were even more scary than the first group. The front lawn by each section has tombstones and statues peeking out between the foliage.

It must be really something to see at night when it is lit up. The home owners love doing this for the community to enjoy and update it a bit each year for the neighbors to see something new added.

Halloween Mice

 I have a small collection of Annalee dolls. Most of them are Christmas related, but I do have two for Halloween. The Patchogue Sketch Club had "Monsters" for a Halloween theme last week. I don't have any monsters, so I brought along these two instead.

Stony Brook Harbor

 Stony Brook Harbor has some nice autumn colors right now. I enjoyed painting there.

Autumn Colors

This was sketched down by the bay beach in Bellport. 

Inktober Continued

 

My Inktober sketches continued. (I've lost track of the days these fit.) 

#inktober #inktober2026

Fill a page repeating the same subject.

Your hands while they're drawing.

Combine two random objects.