Inktober Day 11

 The prompt for these Inktober sketches was to "use a big fat brush." I used a flat brush that was bigger than I usually use. These were done on a trip to Young's Farm in Brookville with my friend, Suzala. She wanted to sketch the sunflowers that were still in bloom there. I worked with Lexington Gray Ink.

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Since we were sitting by sunflowers I had to do a few small sketches in color too.

Before we left we moved down by the sales barn and sketched the field of flowers there.

Inktober Day 10

 I've been able to keep up with the prompt from Koosje Koene so far. The prompt for day 10 was "draw with sticks and twigs." I have a small collection of twigs to use, a stirrer from my coffee this morning and a small bottle of Noodler's Lexington Grey Ink and I was set. I stopped at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River and sketched one of the paths down near the water. It is definitely a loose way of sketching. It is hard to control the amount of ink the twig releases.

Sketching at Toyota

My car needed an oil change and I had received a notice for a recall on something that I didn't need to understand. I knew I would be there for close to 2 hours, so I went prepared with sketching materials.

I needed a sketch for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt. This fit for "a machine" and also "stacked." I had my brush pen with me so that is what I used.

There was a gentleman sitting almost in front of me...just a back view and a mostly bald head...a perfect model. I'm glad I painted him when I did because he was gone before me. This is tiny...about 3 x 4 maybe.

 

I hadn't done any sketches in Procreate in a while so this seemed like a good time to sketch on my iPad. This gent was also sitting across from me. He had on some decorative pants for sure.

There was also a couple nearby. I sketched them with Procreate on what I thought was the closest ink line to a brush pen.

I think I made the best use of the time I had there.

Flowers

This week the Patchogue Sketch Club was indoors at the Pat-Med Library. The sun was setting around 6:30 and we meet around that time so sketching outdoors won't happen with them again this year. Our theme for the night was artificial flowers. People brought an assortment of interesting fake flowers including Hawaiian leis and orchids. These are supposedly pansies, although until I read the label I wouldn't have guessed that. I thought they made a nice grouping.

Fire Island Lighthouse

I will catch up on Inktober shortly, but I didn't want other work that I've done to end up lost in the shuffle. This past week I did a small (7 x 7in) painting of the Fire Island Lighthouse. It was a windy day so I sat where a building blocked the wind. I think otherwise this would have blown all the way to the lighthouse. I am lucky that this lighthouse is so accessible at Robert Moses State Park. I can see it from the parking lot and there is a nice boardwalk that leads to it...and provided about a 1 1/2 mile walk round trip.

Inktober Day 9

 This sketch fits the prompt "dip pen + brush pen." I sketched it outside the Sayville Bean Coffee House. I used a dip pen with Noodler's Lexington Gray ink and a gray Tombow dual brush pen.

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Inktober Day 8

 Koosjie Koene's Inktober prompt for day 8 was "use a dip pen." As you can see I have a fancy glass one from Venice, but I really rarely use a dip pen. I find dealing with the ink bottle and pen to be rather messy unless I'm working at a table. This was done at Frank Melville Park in Setauket. The building is a water mill that is no longer working. I sketched it from the front. For a while it was the park office, but I don't think it is used at all now.

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