We had a mostly overcast day but I wanted to head over to the water. I found myself at Captree State Park which is across the Great South Bay from Fire Island. I found a small opening in the dunes where I could see the fishing pier in the background. Captree also has one of the largest fleets of charter fishing boats on Long Island.
The prompt for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt was "apart or in pieces." The zuccini I was planning on having with dinner worked perfectly for that prompt.
Next we headed over to the other side of the bridge to Lambertville, NJ. I remember it being small with a few antique shops when we used to go there, but now it is wall to wall shops and restaurants and is a little less commercial than New Hope. After lunch we found a spot along the canal with a view of a restaurant with a number of open umbrellas and a small bridge.
We arrived in Bucks County where we met up with another sketching friend of Suzala's who came up from Maryland to meet us. New Hope, PA has changed a lot since I was there last. It used to be a small town with shops that sold hand-made leather items, pottery, jewelry, etc as well as some small, quaint restaurants. The number of businesses has increased tremendously. It is nearly impossible to park. It is no longer the fun town I remember. We headed over near the New Hope Train Station. I started with a sketch of the train station itself. The colorful train pulled in and out of the station about every 20 minutes to go on a scenic trip. I ended up sketching it little by little since it didn't stay for long. I finished the station on location but painted the train when I got home.
Rick is the husband of my friend, Suzala, and he is a prince. He often drives us to our sketching locations in the city and very conveniently drops us off as close to where we are meeting as possible. This time he and Suzala invited me to join them on a trip to New Hope, PA and Lambertville, NJ. The towns are across the river from each other. I haven't been down there in at least 25/30 years. The trip down took about 2 1/2 hrs, so I entertained myself by sketching my view of Rick from the back seat of their car. For some reason the sketching in the car seems bumpier than sketching on the train. I think the car is an up-down motion and the train is side to side. That's my theory anyway!
This sketch covered two promps for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt...striped and open.
