Sea Shells

In my guest bathroom I have a glass jar with a collection of shells from assorted places. Some of them are complete shells and some of them are imperfect and may have cracks or holes. I find those interesting too. I sketched just a few on an ATC sized card.

ATCs

Here are two more ATCs I've done for my landscape exchange on WetCavas.

This is "Ireland II" which was sent to my friend, Ai, in Thailand.

This was done from one of the photos I took in Ireland.

This was sent to Joanne in Oregon and is titled "Short Beach". 

It was done en plein air.

Sunsets

In the summer when I go out on Wednesdays with the Patchogue Sketch Club we are usually in a location by the water and we get some really nice sunsets. We meet at about 6:30 and stay until the sun sets. Some of the sunsets are just amazing. I've started doing tiny ATCs each time, because it is impossible for me to do a bigger painting since the sky changes so quickly. This time there was color in every direction I looked...not just to the west.

Here are the two ATCs (2.5 x 3.5) that I painted and a photo I took. I'm going to have to read my manual for my camera because the sunsets don't come out as good as they should.