#inktober, #inktober2015 - Day 26 & October Still Life

Today I had an appointment over in Nassau County, and I decided to go sketch in Bay Park in East Rockaway. It is near where I used to live. I haven't been over to the park since long before Hurricane Sandy and they are still doing a lot of repairs in that area. This was a view by the boat dock across the water.

The other evening my sketch group met at the Paper Cup Studio to work indoors. People brought all kinds of Halloween/October related items. This is what I sketched.

New Portrait & Paint the Great South Bay Reception

On Tuesday evening our portrait goup met and Paul kindly posed for us.

Sunday was the reception at the Paper Cup Studio for the Paint the Great South Bay plein air event. Each of the 32 artists who participated were able to put in 2/3 pieces which will hang until Sept 27th. 

If you look on the back wall, this is where all the paper cups we created are displayed. Here I am talking with another of the artists.

Marianne Thorvaldson & Me

Gina (chairperson) gets an orchid from Pauline Hazard.

"The Lane"

"By the Dock"

Gina Lento (chairperson) and LuAnn Thompson (gallery owner)

Gina with her painting "Varneys"

Pauline Hazard with her painting.

Me with my painting.

Ann Baum with her painting.

There was a great turnout for the reception and three paintings sold. Yay!! The paintings will hang for a few more weeks so we are hoping there will be more sales. The commissions from this show go toward our student scholarships.

Paint the Great South Bay 2015 - Part II

Thursday was the second day of the plein air event, "Paint the Great South Bay." The gallery where we are hosting  the show is in Bellport, so I decided to spent my day there doing local scenes. There is a house that I sketched several years ago that I always wanted to go back and do a painting of....and now was my chance. I set up my easel and materials across the street from the house and painted away for about 2 1/2 hours. The woman in the house came out twice to her car that was parked in the driveway and then a third time drove out of the driveway and right past me. Wouldn't you at least wave to a person who is obviously painting your house? It seemed strange.

Here is my 8 x 10 painting titled "South Shore Charm." This is one of the pieces that I ended up putting into the show.

Here it is on the easel with the house behind it.

My friend from SBAA came by to take photos for our organization of the artists she could find. (We were all posting our locations on the Facebook page for Paint the Great South Bay. Here is the photo Michele DiPaolo took of me.

I stopped at the Paper Cup Studio in town to eat my lunch and cool off. It was a hot, humid day! Then I headed out to do a second painting. This is also 8 x 10 and is of one of the local restaurants...Porters. Because this was in town it was more difficult to sketch because cars kept coming and parking in front of it. We could only put in 3 paintings, so this one is not in the show.

Dogs Night Out

Tonight the town of Bellport had a fun event called "Dogs Night Out." There was a parade of pooches along South Country Rd that were available for adoption. The businesses were having raffles and auctions to benefit the Brookhaven Animal Shelter and help raise awareness for Clear the Shelters Day on Saturday when free adoptions will be available. In addition I think everyone from Bellport came into town with their own dog/dogs all primped and fluffed to visit all their neighbors. Outside the Paper Cup Studio where my sketches are on display several of us sat and tried to sketch some of the pooches. They move around a LOT!!!

I finally gave up and did one dog with several people who were waiting for the pooch parade to start.

Painted Paper Cups

One of the art galleries in Bellport that our groups use for shows has closed. My friend, LuAnn owns the building which also includes her shop, Bellport Art and Framing which is next door. LuAnn is reopening the gallery as the Paper Cup Studio which will have exhibits, classes, and gatherings. When the gallery reopens next month one of the things she plans on exhibiting for the opening are hand decorated/painted paper cups. I picked up four cups from LuAnn and have finished the first two. I am painting them with what else...watercolors. It is a challenge because the watercolor drips and pools as the cup edge turns so I have to paint it slowly and let it dry a bit before I turn it to continue painting.  I am showing a few views around each cup. You can see one is a floral and one is an undersea design. I haven't decided if I'm going to spray them with a fixative or not. I'll have to test it out on a sample cup to make sure it doesn't drip and ruin the design. I'll keep you posted.