Assorted Sketches

 I've been keeping up with the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunts as much as possible.

Here are a few recent sketches for the hunts.

Drawing is Free_org

I joined in with Chloe's group on Drawing Is Free_org again this week. Here are some of the portraits I did. The models seem to like posing with their hands near their faces. Most were done with a mix of watercolor, watercolor pencils, and Neocolors. All were sketched in the space of one song.

 

 

The Presbyterian Church of the Moriches

I've passed the Presbyterian Church of the Moriches many times and always decided before that it was too big to sketch. But this time I decided I would see how much of it I could get onto my page. I started at the top of the steeple and kept going until I ran out of room. The church has a lovely bottom too, but there was no way it would all fit on the page. Maybe some day I'll go back with a long sketchbook where I can work across a double page.

No Kings Protes

Two friends and I headed to the No Kings Protest in Mineola last weekend. I was good to be among so many people that feel the same way about what has been happening. There were some great signs by individuals in the crowd. I sketched in mostly black and white on location. It was too much to manage watercolors since I was standing up (and not leaning against anything). I added the color at home and you can see what a difference it made.

 

Reaching Out

 This large, bumpy tree in Sayville caught my attention the other day. The trunk had such great texture...a good excuse to add a bit of Neocolors to it. 

Flower Power

Our spring flowers have barely started appearing from the ground, so I headed over to the Bayport Flower House and did a direct watercolor of one of the flower pots that were outside. It had a little bit of a few different flowers. I will go back and make sure to get some Easter flowers to bring home.

Tiki Float

 It seemed a little early to see this along the street in West Sayville parked near a small area park. This floating Tiki Bar was on a trailer with a small orange vehicle in front of it. The vehicle pulled away and left the Tiki Bar float sitting there. As far as I know there isn't a waterfront bar in that area that uses one of these, so I am thinking that is probably belongs at one of the waterfront bars/restaurants in Patchogue or Fire Island itself. Since it is only March it seems a bit early to use it. Maybe it was brought to have repairs done at one of the local marinas.