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.

 

Dahlia Garden

 My plein air group always heads to the Dahlia Garden at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum at this time of year. I usually do a closeup of a dahlia or two but I did a more encompassing view of some of the flower beds this time.

Driving Range

I am not a golfer and it took quite a bit of studying as I sat there to capture the correct stance of these models. This was sketched at the West Sayville Golf Course. 

Lobster

This is not my best lobster sketch. I made the body too thick, but I'll post what I've done anyway. For this one I used Neocolors and watercolor. 

Joe's Ginger

 When we were in Chinatown we met an elderly Chinese gentleman who invite us to an art reception nearby that he was participating in. We spoke to him for a short while before he continued on to where the show was taking place. We stopped by to be polite and were amazed by all the gorgeous artwork. Much of it was in the Chinese style, but most of the paintings were large and lovely! I was so happy we stopped and viewed the show.

After viewing the reception I walked down to sketch Joe's Ginger, one of the Chinese restaurants with large lanterns in front.

It turns out this restaurant is connected to Joe's Shanghai which is where we were heading for dinner...which was absolutely delicious.