Inktober Day 23

 The Inktober prompt was to sketch my food. Here's breakfast...

Later in the day I was out and couldn't resist sketching a few Halloween decorations on someone's front lawn.

Newly Purchased

 On Sunday a friend and I went to see the North East Watercolor Society's Members' Show in Garden City. The work was really good and inspiring. Since we were in the area we stopped at the Blick store in Carle Place. I bought a few tubes of watercolor and gouche as well as a few Neocolor II crayons since they sell them as open stock. I skeched some of the supplies when I got home since "bought recently" was one of the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt prompts.

Continuous Line Sketch

An easy way to get some of the listed items for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt is to put several of the items into a still life. Then I like to do a continuous line of the whole thing...

and then add a bit of color.

 

In Pieces

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. 

Elegant

 One of the prompts for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt recently was elegant. What can be more elegant than a wedding dress? I've sketched Sayville Bridal before and it still called to me. This is the back of the store. Some day I'll have to go around to the front and see what the display is like.

Drawing Challenge

I saw something the other day about #3materialsdrawingchallenge which hopes to encourage artists to use and explore and combine some of the materials they don't normally use. I did these items for the CreativeSpark.art Scavenger Hunt. 

I used Posca markers, Caran D'Ache Neocolor II crayons, and watercolors for the lemons.

Then I did a can of coffee for "something related to coffee." Again I used the watercolors, Posca markers, and Caran D'Ache Neocolor II crayons.

Sketchbook Cover & Tool

 The Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt that is going on now had hand, sketching/writing tool, and the cover of a sketchbook as hunt item. Many of my sketches are done in a Canson XL Watercolor Sketchbook and often drawn with one of my 3 Lamy Safari pens.

Bellport Street Corner

This ink and wash sketch was also done for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt. The prompt was a street. 

Scavenger Hunt Items

Here are a few sketched done for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunts, 

A gate

Ceramic & Metal

 

Scavenger Hunt Sketches

 I had gone out early to get lobsters for 4th of July dinner (a tradition our family had for my mom's birthday which is the 4th of July). I hadn't had breakfast and I had left Jerry sleeping so on the way back home after picking up the lobsters I stopped at Mc Donald's to pick up Sausage and Egg Mc Muffins. One of the prompts for the current Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt was "yummy" so I thought this fit. 

yummy

shoes

fruit and a bowl

Continuous Line Sketch

 One of the items for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt was "condiment." I had fun sketching the bottle of ketchup and trying to keep the line going. Of course I added color when I finished the line sketch.

Quick Sketches for Creative Spark

Here are a few quick sketches done for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt recently. 

Something full, something empty, and a vegetable.

Shelving

Related to Exercise

 A prompt for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt was "related to exercise." I pass this banch of LA Fitness in Patchogue quite often and it fits the bill.

Gardener

One of the promps for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt was "having to do with gardening." I took a ride over to Mama Farm owned by the actress, Isabella Rossellini in Brookhaven. Imagine my excitement to find a young woman actually sitting with flats of plants to go in the field. What a find! 

Continuous Line Practice

The Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt date was coming to a close so I decided to put some of the items into one still life and do a continuous line. The items were something in a box (toothpicks), used for cleaning (Simple Green), used for cooking (wooden spoon), soft or squishy (the duck), smooth (the Keenex box), and crunchy (tortilla chips).

In a Can

One of the items for a recent Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt was "something in a can." I had bought a few cans of anchovies as a treat for Jerry to have on his pizza. I wanted not part of them...just the colorful can. That color was hard to resist. I made sure to hide this one so it would still be around when I was ready to sketch it. I used mostly Posca markers for this. 

Procreate at the Beach

 I get rusty when I haven't used Procreate in a while. The Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt item was "calming" and since the beach is my refuge when I want to feel calm that's where I headed. Luckily there is a small local town beach in Sayville that I go to a lot. The weather was warm so I happily sat on a bench while I created.

Assorted Sketches

 I've been keeping up with the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunts as much as possible.

Here are a few recent sketches for the hunts.

Scavenger Hunt Items

 Here are a few more small sketches for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt.

A bell found at the Long Island Maritime Museum.

Animals that seem to be everywhere.

A statue that I found outside my church.

Digital Veggie

 It felt like I hadn't done a digital sketch with Procreate for a while. I played around with the colors which seemed to work well for the red pepper. I was happy with the result. This was one of the items in the latest Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt.