View from Smith Point Marina

 It was a drizzly day but I wanted to get another sketch done for the sketchbook project. I sat in my mobile studio at the Smith Point Marina and painted the view looking toward the Smith Point Bridge.

The Shed

 I've been working on a lot of pages for the sketchbook project. This is a sketch of the outside of The Shed, a restaurant in West Sayville. It is a hilly place for table service but it seems to work. I always feel sorry for the wait staff that has to carry food outdoors.

Brookhaven Free Library

 The Brookhaven Free Library is tiny but packs a punch. They often let the South Bay Art Association hold their sketching sessions there. The art group has partnered with the library on a special sketchbook project. Our interested members have purchased 6 x 6 Arteza sketchbooks and are filling them with sketches and artwork.  Your sketchbook can have a theme or not have one...the choice is yours. The sketchbooks will be completed and returned at our annual potluck and election in November, so there is plenty of time to work on them. Then the library is going to catalogue the sketchbooks and keep them as a permanent display at the library. I have completed quite a few pages in mine and this sketch of the library is included. All of my sketches have been done on location and are of the local area.

Pine Neck Dock

Yesterday after visiting my friend I made a quick trip down to the Pine Neck Dock in Patchogue. A guy was just pulling up to the dock and by the time I got my supplies out he was off the boat. So I started sketching it while he was taking his dog for a walk. Before I knew it he had backed his truck down the ramp and was ready to take the boat out of the water. Some people are just too much in a hurry. lol I got enough sketched to complete this little painting.

I finally mailed out my journal for the Sketchbook Project. It was mighty thick...just a hair under the 1 inch thickness allowed (or I hope it was). If the Sketchbook Project tour comes your way look for my book.



Stony Brook Harbor

I'm sorry I haven't posted or commented for a few days. Apparently BlogSpot has been having problems with the site and I couldn't get in.

On Sunday I went to Stony Brook Harbor and painted a double page spread for my journal for the Sketchbook Project. Now I only have the cover and title page left to do before I mail it out.

 



Panera Bread

Yesterday it was too cold to sit in the car and sketch and I really needed to get to work on my journal for the Sketchbook Project which is due Jan 15. So I went to Panera Bread in Bohemia to have a coffee and sketch. It worked out well. I'll have to go back another time to sketch the people at the tables. I found a tiny table in a corner and nobody even noticed what I was doing. Someone even came around with a tray of cupcake samples to try. lol A perfect sketching spot.

 

On another note, as of 3:00 today I officially have the internet at home!!! Yahoo!!! I am working off my new Samsung laptop that Jerry got me for Christmas. Working on the laptop will be a long learning curve for me.



Pumpkin Patch

This is the final page in my journal for the Sketchbook Project. It is a view from Route 25 in Jamesport on the north fork of Long Island. It looks like you are in a real quiet country setting, but I did this from the front seat of my car because the view is on the side of a 2 lane road with a small shoulder to park on. Traffic moves along at a pretty fast pace, and I'm always afraid of being hit by a speeding vehicle or flying gravel or something. Now that all the pages in this book are finished, I have to design a cover and a title page. I hope to post a slideshow of it when it is all done.