Open to the Bay

 This was painted down near the bay in West Sayville. I like the open area that shows the Great South Bay and Fire Island.

Peach and Blues for the Challenge

I saw another art challenge that has tempted me, the #3materialsdrawingchallenge. The gist is sketching from life and trying to use 3 different materials in the one sketch. For this sketch I used watercolors, pastel pencils (don't know where or how I got them), and Caran d'Ache Neocolor II crayons. 

The Mill at Cedarmere

 I finished my sketch of the lilly pond at Cedarmere before my friends so I walked down the slope toward the water and did a quick sketch of the mill. This was done in the sketchbook I had bought in Venice that had the paper without the sizing. I wasn't too happy with the result...but it is what it is. 

Lilly Pond at Cedarmere

 I visited Cedarmere Park in Roslyn with two friends recently. The park is on the property of the 19th-Century poet, William Cullen Bryant. There is a restored house, a pond, a mill, a garden, and a small bridge overlooking Hempstead Harbor. The only drawback is that it is on a slope and I found it difficult to walk around parts of it if I wasn't on the paths and keep my balance. lol I focused on the lilly pond for my watercolor sketch.

Drawing Challenge

I saw something the other day about #3materialsdrawingchallenge which hopes to encourage artists to use and explore and combine some of the materials they don't normally use. I did these items for the CreativeSpark.art Scavenger Hunt. 

I used Posca markers, Caran D'Ache Neocolor II crayons, and watercolors for the lemons.

Then I did a can of coffee for "something related to coffee." Again I used the watercolors, Posca markers, and Caran D'Ache Neocolor II crayons.

Ambulance Lane Water Tower

The Patchogue Sketch Club met to sketch the water tower on Ambulance Lane. In orderto get the entire structure I sat far back in the parking lot across the street. We were there for about an hour or so when it started to drizzle. Everyone gathered up their work, scurried to their cars, and left. I decided to stay and finish my sketch from inside my "mobile studio." I moved the car so that I was in about the sme spot I had been sitting in earlier and finished the sketch. I was rewarded with a lovely sunset that just kept getting better.

Look at the sunset reflected in the raindrops on my windshield!

Self Portrait

 I haven't done a self portrait in a while, but it was one of the items on the last Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt. This was done fairly quickly in graphite. When I do self portraits I usually use "photo booth" on my Mac which gives me a pretty stable way of viewing myself.