Assorted Sketches

 On Wednesday I had to have my car serviced at Nissan...inspection, oil change, and a recall. I was there for a while so I got to do a few sketches of people in the waiting room.

Since I had Art Rage on my phone I did a sketch of a woman waiting for her car. I don't know how people do sketches so easily on the phone. My fingers block my view of what I'm doing.

Back a while ago I did a sketch of a small sailboat at the Sayville Marina.

I'm still doing sketching for the Scavenger Hunts although they have moved from Wet Paints (which is shutting down in the next few months) to crebativespark.art. It is a very welcoming, smaller art group. One of the items in the scavenger hunt was a cup/mug and something held in your hand. This was done with a sketch & wash pencil.

Still Life

 While participating in the Wet Canvas Scavenger Hunt I put together a sill life for two of the items on the list. The tomatoes are for "tastes good" and the perfume is for "smells good."

Cracked and Whole

Jerry likes eggs for breakfast and each time I make them I think to myself that I should sketch or paint the empty shells...but I end up throwing them in the trash. In the present scavenger hunt over on WetCanvas being hosted by my friend, Jo Castillo, eggs were on the list of items to sketch. So I pulled the cracked shells out of the trash and put them with a whole egg for a small painting.

Inside and Outside

These sketches were done for the WetCanvas Scavenger Hunt. Taking care of Jerry right now doesn't leave a lot of time to sketch...and it has to be inside or outside our apartment...or virtual. These were done on location.

Sketched on the patio with a Stabilo pen which only bleeds when it wants to.

  

Ink brush sketch of part of the living room.

Graphite sketch looking down the hallway to the bedroom.

Scavenger Hunt Sketches

Today I went out with my list of items from the Wet Canvas Scavenger Hunt. There were a few outdoor items I knew I could probably find. This hunt is being hosted by my friend Jo Castillo. The items I searched for were a steeple, a machine (which I found at a pizza place), and a fire hydrant.

Late to the Party

Back about a week and a half ago I started a sketch of some snowmen with the Patchogue Sketch Club. There were 4 snowmen in the set but I only had time to do 3 of them. I thought about finishing the last one at the library this week but I couldn't find the sketchbook the original sketch was in. I looked several times and finally gave up. Today I was rearranging my overflowing sketchbooks in the closet and guess what popped up. So I got out the figurine and sketched it before I lost it again. #4 is late but he has finally arrived at the party.

I am hosting Scavenger Hunt #611 over at Wet Canvas in the "Artwork from Life" forum. For those of you who don't know about the hunts,  each 9 days someone different posts a "scavenger hunt list" of 26 items for people to sketch. You can sketch 1 or all 26 in any medium(s) you want and we post them in the forum. For my hunt there are several thing that need to be foods. I like the way these quick sketches came out so I'm posting them here.
The avocado is "something I like to eat."

The pizza slice is "you eat it cooked" although it would also qualify for something I like to eat. lol

Small Sketches

One of the online groups I belong to is WetCanvas. They have an "Artwork from Life" forum where there is a Scavenger Hunt that takes place every 9 days. Someone hosts and gives a list of 26 items for the participants to hunt for and sketch in the medium of their choice. You can do as many or as few of the items as you want. I participate a lot in the hunts and sometimes really like a few of the small sketches that I do as part of the hunt. Here are two examples.

We were given "your most recent art supply purchase" in this latest hunt. I just bought a Sailor fude pen which has a bent nib that allows you to make thin and thick lines with the same fountain pen. I haven't tried it yet because I ordered the pen through Amazon Prime but ordered the converter (which allows me to use my own ink) from someplace else and it hasn't been delivered yet. So I used the pen as a model for this item.

Another hunt item was "your favorite corner in your home or office." Since I always sit in the same spot on my couch, where I can rest my feet on the coffee table while I sketch, have access to my laptop and phone on the table next to me, I guess this spot qualifies. I did this sketch using the Zebra colored fountain pen in black and my watercolors. It bled a bit but I like that effect.

I'm just showing you that artwork doesn't necessarily mean ending up with a masterpiece each time.

Still Life

This is a small still life that is about 4 x 6. I was doing a sketch of some items for the Wet Canvas Scavenger Hunt (fabric, metal, drink, coffee brewer, sweet). This was done directly in watercolor.

Inktober 2018 - Day 29 & Today's Tiles

Inktober is nearly over. Here is my Day 29 sketch done while sitting outside the Sensationally Sweet Gourmet Candy shop in Patchogue. It was too windy to sit outside...and I was too lazy to get out of my car. lol I did use my orange micron pen to give it a little Halloween color. I am hosting the Scavenger Hunt over on WetCanvas this week and one of the items I listed was "having to do with Halloween" so when I passed by this shop I pulled over and backed up to park in front of it. I didn't dare go in!

#inktober, #inktober2018

I've got to keep the alcohol ink tile momentum going. Here are two that I did today.

Bellport Garden Tour & #30x30DirectWatercolor2018 Quickie

Today was the Bellport Garden Tour. This year it only included homes with pools. There were 6 gardens but I only saw the ones I was assigned to. I had 2 hours to pick a scene and paint it in each garden.

The first garden's pool area attracted me...I was ready to dive in.

The second property had a pool and assorted small buildings and quirky things around the back of the pool. One was an aviary, one was a storage building, and one was a small guest cottage. Believe it or not, this building below is a storage area. I don't know what is stored inside, but I thought it was nice enough to live in. Don't you love the dog statue in front of it?

Both of the paintings above were drawn in pencil first, so I hadn't completed my day 9 direct watercolor painting for the #30x30DirectWatercolor2018 yet. I decided to paint something that would have a dual purpose...to fit the challenge and be something on the WetCanvas Scavenger Hunt which I'm hosting. This qualified as "something sweet."

Meeks Boat Yard & Digital Sketch

I've sketched at the Meeks Boat Yard in Patchogue before...but who could resist that red boat? Not me! This is about 5 x 7.

I was sketching some items for the WetCanvas Scavenger Hunt and one of the items to sketch was something sweet. I did a digital sketch of a brownie. A brownie still looks good in digital form. lol

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 7 - Lobster

Just because I'm doing animals it doesn't mean it also has to be a pet. Right now I am visiting family up in Maine, and a Maine trip wouldn't be right without having lobster for dinner at some point. I had no qualms about sketching the poor thing before his demise.

For this painting I used watercolors, my Elegant Writer pen which bleeds to a nice blue grey, and a black brush pen. 

You can check out the other paintings for the challenge here on Leslie Saeta's blog:

https://www.saetastudio.com/30-in-30-blog

Tonight I also did a sketch for the Wet Canvas Scavenger Hunt which I have been neglecting. We are given 26 items to sketch in whatever medium we wish. We post them as we do them. This sketch counts for a door, a corner of a room, a lamp, a comfortable place to sit, a pillow, and some books. It is a fun way to get in practice sketching all sorts of items you would probably never draw. 

Girls at the Dock

My friend, Ai, was hosting a challenge over on Wet Canvas in their Watermedia Forum. The host provides a group of photos and you have the entire month to do one or more of the photos as a water media piece. Her theme is "Friends" and the photo came from Flickr's Creative Common. This was done on watercolor paper using watercolors, inktense pencils, and oil pastels.

 It is 5 x 7.

For some reason this makes me think of camp counselors.

ATCs

Here are two more ATCs I've done for my landscape exchange on WetCavas.

This is "Ireland II" which was sent to my friend, Ai, in Thailand.

This was done from one of the photos I took in Ireland.

This was sent to Joanne in Oregon and is titled "Short Beach". 

It was done en plein air.

Landscape ATCs

I've mentioned before that I'm participating in an ATC (2.5 x 3.5) landscape exchange on Wet Canvas. 

Here are a few more that have been received.

This is "Beach View III" which was sent to Margarite in Washington.

This one is "Beach View IV" done for Nancy in New Jersey.

Next is "Ireland I" for Sue in Queensland, Australia.

Here is "Marsh View I" for Val in South Australia.

Marsh View II

I am doing an exchange on Wet Canvas of ATC sized landscapes (2.5 x 3.5).
I will post the paintings after they arrive at their destinations. Some are traveling a great distance.

The first one that has been received went to my friend, Eileen Cannon,
who lives in Costa Blanca, Spain.

This is titled "Marsh View II" and was done en plein air at the Maritime Museum in Sayville. In the background you can see across the Great South Bay to Fire Island.

Creatures

I have participated in a scavenger hunt on WetCanvas for the last few years. Every 9 days we get a list of items to hunt for and sketch/paint. The current hunt is all animals. Here are a few that I have found either at the Suffolk County Farm or the Holtsville Ecology Center.

These may not be large/small scale paintings but the practice doing the scavenger hunts has really improved my sketching and painting abilities.

 

This group was done at the Suffolk County Farm in Yahpank.

 

These were done at the Holtsville Ecology Center.

 



Colorful Buildings

On WetCanvas Virgil Carter is doing a class called, "Painting Buildings in the Landscape Loosely and Colorfully." I joined the class. His paintings are gorgeous...filled with really vibrant color. This pales in comparison to the color he uses, but I'm happy with it. This was my homework for the class, from one of the references he supplied. This is 8 x 10.