Inktober Day 28 - Day of the Dead Character

One of my art groups, the South Bay Art Association was supposed to have a demo the other night but due to illness the woman had to cancel, so the group had a "creative night" instead. It coincided with my Wednesday night Patchogue Sketch Group so we had a number of people show up with art materials. The husband of one of the members dressed first as a ghost (I missed that pose.) and then in his Day of the Dead mask. I was late to the meeting because I was at a political fundraiser for a friend. By the time I chatted with everyone I only caught the last pose. Here is Rob posing for my Inktober Day 28 sketch.

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Starbucks

The Patchogue Sketch Club had plans to paint outside last Wednesday, but Mother Nature had other ideas. Due to the rain we headed inside the Starbucks in Blue Point.

Flo's

Tonight the Patchogue Sketch Club met at Flo's in Bluepoint. We've sketched there many times before and it is always fun. I usually focus on the building but this time I picked a table. Some of the people I included were sitting at the table but left over time, so new people were added. I loved sketching the two little kids...but they moved a lot.

My friend, Pat took a photo of me sketching along the street.

Fountain in the Mist

After painting the fountain I posted yesterday I must have had fountains on my mind. The Patchogue Sketch Club was meeting at Post Morrow in Brookhaven on Wednesday evening. There is a fountain there too, although I've never seen any water in it. I debated about not going because as I pulled out of my garage it was already starting to sprinkle. Our weather had been iffy for days with showers popping up quite often. I ended up driving to the location only to find that it was misting there too.  I started to paint directly in watercolor figuring that if I worked quickly I might be able to complete something before the weather was too bad. I went back to my car and got my painting umbrella which helped keep part of me dry but wasn't doing anything for my paper. I stayed for about 40 minutes and I did as much as I could before it got worse. I took the sketch to the car before I packed up and when I got home I notices there were all tiny water marks on the painting from the mist. I could have worked on it more but I like the effect.

Inktober - Day 14 - Protest & Hoptron Brewtique

The activist in me surfaced for a while today. Some organizations here on Long Island joined together to do a "Stop the War on Women - The Handmaid's Resist & Rally" in Melville. We had a drizzly start to the day so when it stopped raining I went over early for the rally and sketched the people arriving for my Inktober Day 14 sketch. People were asked to wear red shirts and some people were in red capes like in the show "A Handmaid's Tale." It was good to see some men and children at the rally. #inktober #inktober2017

On Wednesday evening some of the members of the Patchogue Sketch Club went to the Hoptron Brewtique in Patchogue to sketch. Wednesday is a slow night for them so they didn't mind us commandering a large table and staying for a while to sketch. We did have either beer or hard cider as well as snacks. I sketched some of the people standing up at the bar.