Fantastic Gardens

Fantastic Gardens in Patchogue is a source of many good views to sketch. 

The Line for Coffee

 Rain was expected but I wanted to sketch. I headed over to Fantastic Gardens in Patchogue hoping I could get a parking space facing the tables of flowers, but no such luck. I checked along the fence outside but there were no spaces there either. I did notice that there was a coffee truck with a long line, but there was no parking along the fence there. I ended up driving down the street, making a u-turn and coming back in the direction of the nursery. Ahead I saw someone pulling out of a space heading in along the fence. Perfect! I was facing the coffee line. I started with the guy in the leg brace figuring he wasn't going to leave. Then I just continued to add people until I ran out of space.

Right after I finished painting the sketch it started to pour. Everyone vanished and the coffee truck shut down. I'm glad I was able to capture it before the rain came.

Garden Display

 Fantastic Gardens in Patchogue always has a big display of plants and flowers at this time of year.

Inktober Day 16

 My Inktober Day 16 sketch was done at Fantastic Gardens in Patchogue. I love seeing all the tables filled with plants outside the greenhouses. This was done with a dip pen and sepia ink.

We're Off!

I am posting a little early in the day for me since we are off to the airport shortly.

As I hinted at before here on the blog, I will be traveling. Our "home" for the month of April will be Venice. My husband will be working on recording his music there so I am going along to make sure someone sketches Venice...it is a job someone has to do. lol Our flight leaves tonight from Kennedy Airport where I will be sketching later today. I absolutely detest packing and can't wait until the suitcases are zipped and waiting to go.

This was sketched on Sunday which was a damp, nasty day. I needed to see a little color so I sat in my mobile studio in the parking lot of Fantastic Gardens in Patchogue and sketched this scene.

I am hoping that all will go well with the internet we are supposed to have in our apartment in Venice, and that my next post will be from there. I've already made arrangements to meet up with a friend who lives in Rome. She is coming to spend a day with me next week.

Ciao!

Fantastic Gardens

The other day I headed over to Fantastic Gardens, a local nursery in Patchogue. They always have a nice collection of plants and flowers. I've sketched there before but I made sure to ask if it was OK. I don't want to be in the way and interfere with the business going on. Of course they didn't mind. This is one of the greenhouses and "check-out" building, so everyone that was there passed by and commented on my sketch. They were amazed that I had so much done in the short time they were shopping.
This was done in my Stillman & Birn Beta Sketchbook. I like that I was able to let it grow a bit across to the other page.