Pampering

 A pedicure is one of my indulgences that I make sure to keep up with all year long. It had been a while, but Lee definitely helped my toes and feet feel good.

Hector

 The celebration of the 18th anniversary of the Patchogue Arts Council coincided with the night the Patchogue Sketch Club normally meets. Their party was held at Spy Coast a restaurant/bar in Patchogue. Since we are members of PAC we were invited to the party. There was live music, socializing, cake, and a model for us in the rear of the room. Hector, who we have sketched before, posed for us. He is really a good model and comes prepared. We didn't have the setup we usually had, but it was fun anyway.

Hector always take photos of the sketches we do of him. Here is Hector taking photos.

Assorted Sketches

 The other day I treated myself to a pedicure and foot massage. I brought along a tiny sketchpad to sketch the technician.

A truck and a car for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt.

This sketch was done from a photo of my grandnephew taking part in a lion dance for the Lunar New Year at his school.

Land's End View

 I'm still looking for snow scenes and ended up at Land's End in Sayville where I found some ice, boardwalk, fragmities, and houses along Brown's River.

Drawing Is Free

 Friends had told me about an online portrait group organized by Chloe Briggs called drawingisfree_org. The group meets on Zoom on Mondays at noon EST for an hour of portrait sketching. Chloe selects sketchers from the group to pose, and each pose lasts only as long as the song that is playing (3-5 minutes). Obviously you need to draw quite quickly. This was the first time I was able to join the group. I used Neocolor crayons and water for the portraits. It was a lot of fun, and I'm hoping to join in again.

Snow at Sayville Beach

 Since the bay is so nearby I ride down there quite often. This was the view at Sayville Beach the other day. A lot of the Great South Bay was frozen and there was still some snow remaining from the last storm.

The Met - Part 2

I didn't take a break for lunch. Instead I found another sculpture to sketch...bears this time. Again I used the colored pencils. Sorry but I didn't get the info about this sculpture. One of the fun things about the American Wing at the Met is seeing out into the park. It makes a great backdrop with that and the cafe.

Shawne Cooper was hosting our event at the Met. Those who were willing to participate moved over to the Greek & Roman sculptures where Shawne had us form into groups of three for an "Exquisite Corpse" game. We were given papers folded into 3. One person on each team did the head and shoulders from a sculpture in the room. Then we swapped with someone on our team and we each did a torso from one of the figures. Lastly we each did a sketch below the waist...being a bit naughty if we wished. It was fun to see all the different combinations that were made. Here is one from our team.

I had a little time before show-and-tell so I headed into another gallery.