Kittery Point

 When I head home from my sister's house in Maine I usually stop for a final lunch at Bob's Clam Hut in Kittery, Maine which is the southernmost town along the coast. I timed my departure so that I could have lunch and have a little time to sketch somewhere before heading south to catch my ferry from New London, CT to Long Island. Watching the time on my GPS it seemed like I had about an hour to do that. I've never checked out Kittery Point so I gave myself 10 minutes to find a location that looked good. I ended up at Fort McClary which is at the mouth of the Piscataqua River which separates Maine and New Hampshire at the coast. The fort itself looked interesting but would involve some climbing up the hill to find a good spot. I'd rather sketch the view of the water which is exactly what I did. There was even a bench for me to sit on. I finished in about 40 minutes and headed for Connecticut. Even with traffic backed up due to an accident I was on time for the ferry.

On the Ferry

30 x 30 is finally over and I can get back to using ink more often. I will still try to do some painting directly in watercolors. Our Maine trip came to an end today. We left Maine around 9:00 AM, stopped for lunch in Kittery, and reached the New London ferry dock early enough to catch the 4:00 ferry back to Orient Point which then is about 1 1/2 hrs from home. This was the emptiest ferry we have ever been on. Usually the cars are packed onboard, but there was lots of space today.

We headed upstairs but there were very few people around. I headed into the bar area and sure enough there was a couple seated at the bar. I figured they weren't going anywhere for a while and I was right. They were there for the entire sketch.

Inktober 2018 - Day 9

Our trip to Maine was coming to an end. We began our trip home around 9:30 and stopped at our favorite restaurant in Kittery for an early lunch. Then I sat outside for about 40 minutes and did a sketch of Bob's Clam Hut for my Inktober 2018 Day 9 sketch. There is always a colorful cast of characters to sketch there.

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I went for my walk this morning and found one decorated pumpkin that  I missed taking photos of. He was hiding by a shop by the back parking lot.

Yesterday afternoon after I had already done my blog post for the day I did a painting of a restaurant called Schooners Landing which is down by the dock.

Sketchcrawl #40 - Damariscotta, Maine

Today was the date of the World Wide Sketchcrawl which I usually take part in. However I was up in Maine since Tuesday and was driving home today. I knew I would be behind the wheel all day, so when I went out for my walk this morning in Damariscotta I took along some postcard sized paper and my pens. (I forgot my wc palette...would you believe it!) I had my Lamy pen filled with a nice brown ink that bleeds very nicely so I did these that way to get a watery effect.

First I sketched by the waterfront behind some of the shops in town where I was attacked by gnats while I very quickly worked on this.

Then I did a sketch of Pine Tree Yarns on Main Street.

Then I walked up Glidden Street on the Newcastle side of the bridge. 

This big tree caught my attention.

Then it was back to my sister's house for a shower, breakfast, and packing for the trip home.

I did have a nice time, and got to spend some quality time with family, especially my niece, Kathleen who lives and works as a dancer in Australia now and hasn't been home in 2 years. She took the trip back in the car with me so she can visit some college friends in NY before she flies home this week.

Here is a photo of Kathleen with our lunch at Bob's Clam Shack in Kittery, Maine on the way home.