With the nor'easter expected to hit Long Island and most of the tri-state area over the weekend, I headed out to get some supplies, food, and enjoy a bit of sketching before I would be stuck home. I stopped at the Bayport - Blue Point Library and sat in their reading area to sketch. It is a bright area even on dreary days. A few other patrons were in assorted places, but I only captured one lady in one of the comfy chairs near the window.
Long Island was expecting showers and the views near the Great South Bay in Sayville looking toward Fire Island were a little grey.
I like sketching the rides at the carnival...so many great colors. A good part of this was done with Posca markers. I sketched it the day after the carnival so there weren't any riders. I'm sure the packed this up for transport soon after I finished sketching it.
This boat was being worked on at Shellfish Marine by the West Sayville Dock. They always have such interesting looking boats on the premises. According to Google this is a tugboat and the tires make a good fender for the bow.
I've sketched this fountain which is in front of a home in Sayville so many times. I love fountains and the aren't very common. This was done in the sketchbook from Venice that seems to have no/not enough sizing on the paper. I'm trying to use it up anyway.
On Sunday a friend and I went to see the North East Watercolor Society's Members' Show in Garden City. The work was really good and inspiring. Since we were in the area we stopped at the Blick store in Carle Place. I bought a few tubes of watercolor and gouche as well as a few Neocolor II crayons since they sell them as open stock. I skeched some of the supplies when I got home since "bought recently" was one of the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt prompts.
I couldn't visit Smith Point Park without sketching the actual ocean view. This was done directly in watercolor. I tried to catch the waves.
