Swezey Avey House

This is the front porch of the Swezey Avey House in Yaphank. My plein air group will be holding our annual exhibit and sale there in November. The patriotic bunting makes this historic house look so welcoming. 

La Plage

 A new restaurant opened this spring in Bellport called La Plage. Passing by it today I saw this scene by the outdoor seating area. I quickly sketched the woman outside the fence just in case she moved away sooner than the other women. It was a smart move to draw her first because she moved off quickly.

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Small Sketches

As you know I do sketches for Creative Spark's Scavenger Hunts. Some of the sketches are really small like this sketch of a golf court. It is about 2 inches by 2 inches. 

A friend invited us for Rosh Hashanah dinner and for dessert she made a wonderful blueberry pie. We came home with a bit of the pie, but it got a bit mangled on the trip home. I sketched it anyway.

"Fruit" was one of the promps. I sketched my clementine using dry Neocolor II crayons.

Vendors at the Farmers Market

I stopped at the Sayville Farmers Market last Saturday. The vendors were set up around the perimeter of the field so I aimed for the vendors right actoss from where I was parked. 

Umbrella in the Flower Field

 I had an appointment up in Wading River and when I was done I stopped at Andrews Family Farm to so a quick painting. I liked the view of the umbrella and table in the middle of the flower field.

Sayville Beach Entrance

 This was sketched down at Sayville Beach looking toward the entrance. The flag was flying at half-mast since it was the 25th anniversary of 9-11.

Continuous Line Sketch

An easy way to get some of the listed items for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt is to put several of the items into a still life. Then I like to do a continuous line of the whole thing...

and then add a bit of color.