Inktober - Day 7 - Pemaquid Point & Waiting for the Parade

Today's Inktober sketch was done at Pemaquid Point...one of my favorite places. Next to the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse is the Seagull Shop. I sat outside and sketched the corner of the building and the view out to the ocean.

This afternoon was the parade to go with Damariscotta's Pumpkinfest. The town was really, really crowded so I found a spot at the far end of the route near the church where I could sit and sketch the crowd. I knew sketching the parade would be a bit too much. I only sketched a few of the people. I had hoped to take a photo of the crowd to show you, but the battery in my camera was too low...typical. lol

Inktober - Day 6 - Ocean Point and Pumpkinfest

I decided to head down to Boothbay this morning and drove out to Ocean Point. It was drizzling by the time I got there so I had to sketch from my mobile studio. This was done with a twig and Chinese ink. #inktober #inktober2017

This weekend Damariscotta is having their annual Pumpkinfest. I've been here for this event in the past and it is a lot of fun. This morning I went out for my walk and the huge pumpkins were all on their bases waiting for the artists to decorate them. Just a few of them had started to work but one woman had and I stopped to talk to her. This afternoon I stopped in town to see her progress and sat and sketched her at work. The rain had washed some of her design off before it dried so she had to redo part of it. Her pumpkin has a haunted house on top made out of popsicle sticks and the pumpkin has white skeletons with a black design around them. The artist is Crystal McLain and she has done this for the past 5 or 6 years.

#inktober #inktober2015 - Day 12 - At the Races

Today was the day for the Damariscotta Pumpkin Regatta. The contestants made boats out of pumpkins and there were several kinds of races, solo with paddle, relay, and motorboats. The regatta was scheduled for 11:30 when the tide was high. In order to get a seat where we could see we were there at 10:30, which gave me lots of time to paint and sketch.

Here is my Inktober sketch for Day 12. This is a small part of the crowd watching the races.

So that you can get some idea of what went on here are some photos. I liked the solo and relay races best because their vehicles really were shaped like pumpkins, not boats.

And here is my painting I did while waiting for the regatta to start. There was a group that really got into the spirit with their orange pumpkin hats.

#inktober #inktober2015 - Day 11, Pumpkinfest Photos & Sketches by Bristol Mills

Today's Inktober sketch is of some trees. It was hard not to add color since the trees are such wonderful colors up here right now.

On our walk today it was much easier to get photos of the completed pumpkins than yesterday when you nearly had to wait on line to take a photo. Here are some of them.

The Mermaid

Donald Trump

Telephone Booth

The Witch

The Fish

The Tiger

Indian in a Canoe

Frida Kahlo

Hiding Behind the Hand

This one below is the one that I sketched yesterday and the woman was putting in the eyeball. It changed a  lot.

Old Fashioned Telephone

Since there were no events related to the Pumpkin Festival that we wanted to see today, we took a ride down to Bristol Mills to sketch and paint. I've always wanted to sketch at this spot in the summer, but it was too crowded.

This is where I sketched the Inktober sketch above and I also sketched my sister, Mickey.

We ended the day at one of our favorite places here...the Pemaquid Lighthouse...no sketching there today...just a few photos.