North Fork Delights

I recently took a ride out on the north fork of Long Island to buy flowers for my patio. Of course I did some sketching too. White Flower in Southold caught my attention with all the lovely merchandise inside and outside the store. 

When I got hungry I stopped at the Southold Fish Market. I wanted to do a quick sketch of my sea scallop lunch but realized I had no sketchbook and no paper. Everything was out in my car. All I could find in my bag was the receipt from the lunch I bought so I turned it over and sketched on the back with the ink brush that I had in my bag. My small set of watercolors were luckily in my purse. The scallops were delicious!

Beach Rocks & Lighthouse

Last week I took a ride up along the north fork of Long Island to the Horton Point Lighthouse in Southold. After this weekend you need to be a resident to park in the area, so it was now or wait until the fall. I decided to go down to the beach which required walking down a staircase of over 125 steps. Of course that meant I had to walk up those same stairs when I was finished. It was a workout lugging my backpack and chair too. This was a bit of the rocky view down there.

Of course when I got to the top I had to sketch the lighthouse, which you can't see from down on the beach. You have to be a ways out in the water in order to see it.
Both of these are 5 x 7.