Sunday was a beautiful, warm day so I headed down to the little beach on the Great South Bay in Sayville. I thought about the sketches I had done in the workshop I took with my friend recently and did this sketch in a similar manner. The sketch itself was mostly a continuous line sketch.
I was up in Port Chester for a memorial service for a good friend. Before I headed home I stopped to do a sketch in the area. It helped relax me after a day of journeying through special memories. This was done in the sketchbook that has the lousy watercolor paper. The color bleeds too much. I am hoping to remedy that. I bought a jar of "watercolor ground" which should add some sizing to the paper. I hope it helps.
I never mind when my car needs to be serviced. There is always something/someone to sketch. It would be nice if I could watch what the mechanics were doing, but that isn't possible at most service centers so I had to settle for the people in front of me. Finished this slightly before the oil change and tire rotation were finished.
The Patchogue Sketch Club finally got to actually go out and sketch recently. Our destination was Robinson's Pond in East Patchogue. It was a very windy day and we had a very small turnout. I sat on the sidewalk behind the bridge to skech one of the houses that overlooks the pond. The swans made an appearance but then floated under the bridge to the other side of the road.
On Mother's Day I thought it would be a good day to go out and capture some of the floral baskets that were on display in the local nurseries. I headed over to Olish's Farm in Eastport and was not disappointed. There were all kinds of baskets and potted plants for sale as well as numerous other decorative elements.
I love houses that have big front porches where you can sit and watch the world pass by. This house in Sayville had several chairs ready for some relaxing body to occupy them. I'm available!
Memorial Day and beach season are nearly upon us and the bridges to both beaches that I tend to go to are being repaired. I was able to sketch the bridge that connects Smith Point Beach to the mainland from the parking lot. I loved that I was able to see the big, yellow crane next to the bridge. They have been narrowing down the traffic to one lane open, so traffic is halted either going or coming there. Since this is the only car access to the beach as well as the campground there, it is really important that the bridge is repaired and stays open. I hope the finish the work soon.
I would love to sketch the work being done at the Robert Moses Bridge, but there is no place that I can see where I can legally park and see the work being done.
