Car Show in the Heat

 Long Island and parts of the east coast have been suffering through some very hot, humid weather recently. Usually I join the NYC Urban Sketchers in the city on Saturday, but due to the weather I knew it would be hard to tolerate the city. On Sunday the forecast was again for hot, humid weather with temperatures in the 90s. 

Sayville was having a festival which included a car show on Sunday. Two friends and I decided to meet and sketch at the show. We aimed to be there at 10:00 when the car show officially opened and stay until we got too uncomfortable. Each of us had our own car so it wouldn't be a problem if one of us wanted to leave before the others. There was an area with quite a few Cadillacs. The one I selected was from 1937 and was a beauty.

I found a spot in the shade cast by a building and a SUV. That worked for a while but the sun was moving slowly west and I had to keep moving to stay in the shade. Luckily the humidity kept the paint from drying too quickly so I didn't get a lot of hard edges. I worked on this for about  1 1/2 hours. I packed up my materials, said goodby to Susan and Suzala and headed home to have lunch and spend the rest of the day at the pool in my development. It was a successful day.

Sunflower Bouquet

 I'm often guilty of waiting too long to sketch flower arrangements that I have at home. I knew I really needed to get these flowers done. This fit perfectly for the #3materialsdrawingchalleng since I used watercolors, Caran d'Ache Neocolor II crayons, and watercolor pencils.

Grape Jelly

Here is another sketch for #3materialsdrawingchallenge using Posca markers, Caran d'Ache Neocolor II crayons, and watercolors. 

Red and Yellow

 This is another small painting done for the #3materialsdrawingchallenge. I used Caran d'Ache Neocolor II crayons, watercolors and touches of ink to capture this view at The Farm, a farmstand on Lakeland Ave in Sayville.

For Sale

 This boat for sale was located in Sayville at a small marina. It looks pretty good to me.

Open to the Bay

 This was painted down near the bay in West Sayville. I like the open area that shows the Great South Bay and Fire Island.

Peach and Blues for the Challenge

I saw another art challenge that has tempted me, the #3materialsdrawingchallenge. The gist is sketching from life and trying to use 3 different materials in the one sketch. For this sketch I used watercolors, pastel pencils (don't know where or how I got them), and Caran d'Ache Neocolor II crayons.