Inktober Day 6

The Inktober prompt for this sketch was "varied line weight." I went down to Cedar Beach in Babylon which is along Ocean Parkway.  The weather was lightly spritzing off and on. Something for kids must have been going on inside the concession area. Families kept going inside and some of them were coming out with pumpkins. I liked the view outside so I didn't bother going in.

While I was there I also did a small painting (I needed to use some color.) of the dunes. If you look thru the break in the dunes you can see there is what looks to be a sandbar or a small area of land that since the nor'easter last week is now sitting out in front of the beach. Apparently several of the beaches have had their landscapes changed quite a bit.

 

Inktober Day 5

 This Inktober sketch for Day 5 is a self portrait with minimal lines. I was sitting in my car with the sun visor down. I used the mirror that was there to do a rather quick sketch of my face not using too many lines.

Inktober Day 4

My sketch for today is a time limit 5 minute sketch that was on Koosje's Inktober Prompt List. I made sure I had a good view from the front seat of my "mobile studio," set the time on my phone for 5 minutes and started sketching this view at The Farm on Lakeland in Sayville. My pen was moving quickly!

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Inktober Day 3

 Today's sketch does not follow any Inktober prompts. I did this sketch with the Patchogue Sketch Club and our theme for the evening was "cosmetics." I tried to compose my items into an interesting still life. Of course I later added some color to my ink sketch.

Inktober Day 2

 For today's Inktober sketch I followed Koosje's prompt list for "non dominant hand." Although I do this once in a while for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunts, I haven't done one in a long time. It is so awkward to hold the pen in my left hand and also to make sure I am not smearing the ink as I sketch. This time I sketched the decorative shark hanging outside Claws Seafood Market in Sayville.

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Inktober Begins

 Inktober has just started and I am once again participating. The goal for the month is to do one ink sketch each day this month. Various people have come up with a list of prompts for the event. I sometimes follow the suggestions but most of the time I select my own subject to sketch, but it is fun to combine my ideas with other prompts. I'm including two of the Inktober lists below that I may refer to just in case you'd like to see some of the ideas that people came up with, or maybe take part. It is fine if you don't do an ink sketch every day this month, but it is fun to try and include a few.

My first sketch follows the first prompt on Koosje Koene's list - "continuous line, no lifting the pen." I really enjoy sketching that way. Kingston's Clam Bar in West Sayville is one of my favorite places to sketch...architecture, boats, foliage...

Here are Koosje's Inktober prompts and what is probably the more "official" list.

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Farmstand Sketch

After being indoors for 2 days during our nor'easter I needed to head out. Since I wanted some fresh veggies I stopped at The Farm on Lakeland in Sayville to sketch a bit of their selection of plants. This was done in a small sketchbook...maybe 2 1/2 x 3 1/2.