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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Here are a few more small sketches for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt.
A bell found at the Long Island Maritime Museum.
