Post Morrow

 Last Sunday the South Bay Art Association finally had a meeting in person. In fact it was a "field trip" on a different day. Usually we meet on Wednesday evenings once a month and for most of the last year we have been doing Zoom general meetings. With things slowly opening up this visit to Post Morrow was planned for the weekend. 

The Post Morrow Foundation works to preserve the rural, cultural and historic character of the hamlet of Brookhaven and surrounding areas in Suffolk County, New York. This includes undeveloped areas to be kept in their natural state as a sanctuary and open space or natural garden. We were scheduled to have a tour of the property which includes trails and a boardwalk along the creek. Unfortunately the guide never showed up or contacted anyone. That was a bit of a disappointment, but I hadn't planned on taking the tour because it involved too much walking for me right now. Instead we had a short meeting and someone in the group led the way around the property. We were asked to bring art materials and do a piece of art while we were there. Quite a few members remained and painted.

I've sketched at Post Morrow several times. This piece turned out too green for me. I should have used the sketchers as my center of interest and made them larger and just did some of the greenery as the background. But here is my sketch/painting from the day.

Several members took photos and here is one of me working on my sketch.

And here is Krystle, who is the President of the South Bay Art Association taking a photo of my work for social media. Krystle is one of the great photographers in the group.

Fountain in the Mist

After painting the fountain I posted yesterday I must have had fountains on my mind. The Patchogue Sketch Club was meeting at Post Morrow in Brookhaven on Wednesday evening. There is a fountain there too, although I've never seen any water in it. I debated about not going because as I pulled out of my garage it was already starting to sprinkle. Our weather had been iffy for days with showers popping up quite often. I ended up driving to the location only to find that it was misting there too.  I started to paint directly in watercolor figuring that if I worked quickly I might be able to complete something before the weather was too bad. I went back to my car and got my painting umbrella which helped keep part of me dry but wasn't doing anything for my paper. I stayed for about 40 minutes and I did as much as I could before it got worse. I took the sketch to the car before I packed up and when I got home I notices there were all tiny water marks on the painting from the mist. I could have worked on it more but I like the effect.

Inktober Day 27 - Post Morrow &

I wanted to do another twig and Chinese ink sketch, so today I headed over to the Post Morrow Foundation's preserve. It is along one of the small rivers in Brookhaven that lead out into the Great South Bay. #inktober #inktober2017

The other night the Patchogue Sketch Club met at Bowl Long Island in Patchogue. Wednesday is League Night so it gets pretty crowded and noisy. We grabbed a few tables and waited for the bowlers to get organized. That gave me time to sketch in the lanes and some of the surrounding details. The guy who is bowling had come over to see what we were doing and told me I could put him into the sketch. I told him I had already left a space for him so go bowl. lol It is really hard to catch the movement since it changes so quickly and then you have only one other chance before another bowler replaces the first one. I try to combine the actions of several bowlers, and then "dress" the bowler with what they were wearing and maybe some detail that is recognizable about them. He thought it was great. People kept coming over to see what we were doing and are always amazed that we are there for the sole purpose of sketching, not bowling. We try to visit there once a year to sketch.

"30 Paintings in 30 Days" - Day 22 - Lady Slipper

My reference for day 22 of "30 Paintings in 30 Days" was taken at the Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay. I think the name is fairly appropriate because it looks like a little foot could slip right into it.

#30paintingsin30days

This is one of the buildings at Post Morrow in Brookhaven, part of public land that has been set aside.  The little bit of snow we had the other day added to the charm.

Post Morrow Views

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Both of these were done on Wednesday evening at Post Morrow in Brookhaven.