The Farm on Lakeland

 There is a farmstand on Lakeland Ave called "The Farm." I've sketched and painted there a few times. It gets crowded and I try to sit to the side so I'm not in the way.

Here are a few that were done previously.

Done in 2019.

Direct watercolor done in 2020.

My only front view of The Farm.

An 8 x 10 painting done for Paint the Great South Bay in 2017 and sold to the owner of the farm.

Flats of Flowers

 A few days before Easter I went out looking for a potted Easter plant as an interior decoration. 

When I pulled into The Farm, a farmstead in Sayville there were tables with flats of flowers calling to be sketched. For here on Long Island it is still too early to plant these in the ground.

The Farm on Lakeland

Today was a wet, rainy day, but I just needed to get out. I headed into Sayville and sat near The Farm on Lakeland Avenue. From where I was parked on the side of the property I could see lots of flowers and a pretty house across the street. My mobile studio came in very handy.

The Lakeland Farm

On Lakeland Ave in Sayville there is a really nice farm/farm stand called "The Farm." It has a field with lots of flowering plants that can be bought and this rustic lean-to where they sell produce and other plants. I only did a small sketch of part of it and it was mostly done in direct watercolor. I had sketched in the umbrella in pencil and then thought to myself that I should do direct watercolor instead so the rest of it was completed that way.

The Farm

For my Paint the Great South Bay location yesterday I went to a local garden center/farm stand called "The Farm" on Lakewood Avenue in Sayville.  I have sketched this spot several times in the past but the area where you can paint is small so usually I just sit in my car to paint so I won't be in the way of the customers. I did stop there the other day to buy tomatoes and asked the man behind the counter if I could come an paint. I explained what the event was and he told me it was fine to come during the week, Wednesday being their quiet day.

Since it was a small area I was glad that no other sketchers joined me. I think we might have been in the way. I thought I knew what I wanted to paint, but then I saw this display with sunflowers just calling to be painted. I introduced myself to the lady that was there who turned out to be one of the owners. She was very sweet and told me I could paint anywhere and if I wanted her to move things around she would happily do that. Here is the view I decided to paint.

And here is the finished piece. The owner liked it so much she bought it immediately. That always makes a plein air day extra special. Since the painting was done as part of Paint the Great South Bay I will pay a sales commission to the Patchogue Arts Council who is running the event.

She had some beautiful hibiscus that were as big as dinner plates. lol

While I was painting my friend, Michele DePaolo came to see what I was up to and took this photo of me while I was working. A celebrity also visited while I was there...Michael Kors the designer stopped by. He looked familiar but I didn't realize it was him at the time. The owner asked me if I had seen him.