317 Main Street

 My friend, Suzala and I were on Main Street in Farmingdale and saw 317 Main Street with the colorful orange umbrellas out front and had to stop to sketch. The restaurant was in the middle of the block and there were parking spots along both sided of the street. Luckily when we sat down to sketch the parking spot right in front of the restaurant was empty and so was the spot right in front of us on the other side. But for how long?? Suzala said just sketch fast...so I went directly in with watercolors. We painted for about 30 minutes before any cars blocked our view but eventually there was a large SUV parked right in front of the restaurant. Luckily I had mostly finished the bottom and was able to see the sign above the restaurant so I was able to continue working on the view.

Hecksher State Park View

Hecksher State Park is on the bay in Suffolk County. To me it seems like it isn't kept up well. There are areas that have beach access on the bay but there is little access to those beaches. A certain parking lot has been partly flooded for years. You have to drive through gigantic puddles to get into the parking lot. That was where this sketch was done. I used watercolors and Neocolor II for this painting. 

Fairy Model

 My sketch group had a model dressed as a fairy this week. She did an assortment of 2 and 5 minute poses for a warm up, then a 10 minute followed by 2 20 minute poses in the same position so we would have one longer pose.

This was the longest pose for a total of 40 minutes.

Garden at the Suffolk County Farm

 My plein air group met at the Suffolk County Farm recently. They did a little bit of work on the grounds since I was there last. They had little garden areas set up mostly for the kids that come there. I liked the gate and the flowers.

Fishing Pier at Captree

We had a mostly overcast day but I wanted to head over to the water. I found myself at Captree State Park which is across the Great South Bay from Fire Island. I found a small opening in the dunes where I could see the fishing pier in the background. Captree also has one of the largest fleets of charter fishing boats on Long Island.

In Pieces

The prompt for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt was "apart or in pieces." The zuccini I was planning on having with dinner worked perfectly for that prompt. 

Town Stroll

 I seem to be on a roll for forgetting to bring one or more of my needed materials. This time I forgot my paint palette. Luckily I had watercolor pencils with me so I settled for those and a bit of ink. Sketched along the street in Sayville.