24 Bellport Lane

 Many of the big, beautiful houses on Bellport Lane are hidden behind shrubbery for most of the year. Right now the foliage is sparse and you can see the lovely houses behind them. A little snow adds to their charm.

24 Bellport Lane

 This sketch was done along Bellport Lane looking from my mobile studio to a great house (#24). During most of the year it looks different because the hedges in front block a clear view of the house. I thought it was an interesting view looking through the mostly bare branches of the hedges.

Color in Bellport

My ride to Bellport was very productive when I saw this colorful view on Bellport Lane.

On the Hill

 There are some large white homes along Bellport Lane in Bellport. Some of the houses art up on a hill from the street, like this one. It is up high with I'm sure what is a great view of the Great South Bay and the Bellport Dock.

Bellport Dock

The spring greens have taken over the foliage. 

This was painted looking up Bellport Lane from the dock.  

At the very end of the dock are a few parking spaces with a railing. There are a few benches too. I had planned to sketch the person who owned this bike, who was sitting on the bench right in front of the railing, but he took off before I could sketch him. I'm lucky I got the bike done before he left. 

To the Marina (SOLD)

 I am participating in a plein air event being held by the South Bay Art Association. We have had about a week to paint scenes in and around Bellport. I had already done one painting of the Bellport Historical Society, but wanted to do a second painting so I would have a choice of what I could put into the exhibition which is being held tomorrow at Bellport Day. The event will be judged.

Update: This painting sold the day after the exhibit.

For this painting I painted from an area on Bellport Lane where I've done smaller paintings before. I parked my car under a nice, big shady tree. Then I took out my easel and set it up in front of my car. I was able to lean against the hood of my car while I was painting. Looking down the street at the end is the Bellport Yacht Club behind the security gate. I always like the strong shadows across the lane in this area.

Here is the finished painting.

Here is my setup at the start of the day.

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The painting was nearly done here.


In the finished painting I darkened the building behind the security gate house to separate the buildings a little more. 

Bellport Pink

 I have been searching out cherry trees in the area. This one is on Bellport Lane in Bellport. It is at its best at this time of year and in the fall. You can barely see the beautiful house behind it.

Brown's Lane Closed

At the end of Brown's Lane in Bellport they have the street closed at the very end where it goes down along the water. They are doing some sort of construction between Brown's Lane and Bellport Lane along the closest street by the bay in Bellport Village. They've been working on it for about a year and I never see any real changes except that you can't go thru the street there.  There had been a backhoe parked behind the barricade but someone came and drove it away before I could put it in the sketch.

Bellport Lane Charm

This house on Bellport Lane is usually obscured by the hedges and the nearby trees. I was happy to be able to see this much of the building.

 

Direct Watercolor #2 & #3

 The 30 x 30 Watercolor Challenge is keeping me busy. I like painting directly with watercolor but some subjects are quite a challenge, especially if I have to be careful with the perspective. Here is my 2nd painting for the challenge. It helps if a bit of the architecture is hidden behind a tree like in this painting. I love this spot with the house up high from the street along Bellport Lane. I've painted it a few times.

For painting #3 I headed over to Meadowcroft Estate in Sayville. Small purple irises were growing in the garden there.

View to the Bellport Dock

This was sketched looking at Bellport Dock down Bellport Lane.

 

Bellport House

This small sketch was done sometime last week. Somehow I overlooked posting it. This is one of the homes on Bellport Lane overlooking the bay. It faces east so they must have lovely views from those windows upstairs.  I think the sign said the house was built over 150 years ago. I was going to write the date on the little black disc but forgot. I will have to check again the next time I'm there.

Inktober - Day 12 - Scarecrow

At this time of year I love going to Bellport to see all the scarecrow decorations they have. Most of the lampposts and trees along Main St and Bellport Lane have a scarecrow hanging. You can vote on your favorite. I checked out a few of them and picked "Skippy the Hippy" for my Inktober Day 12. Why did I select him? It was windy out and he was in front of a restaurant called Porters on Bellport Lane that offered a wall to block the wind and a cushioned ledge to sit while I sketched.

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As with most of the Inktober sketches I have the urge to add color, so after I photographed Skippy, I pulled out my watercolors. With all the patterns in Skippy's clothing I had to add the color.