The sky has been somewhat overcast lately. I sat in my mobile studio all the way at the end of the West Sayville dock looking back toward the land. This view is of the grounds of the Maritime Museum. I've painted it many times before from the other side.
After sketching from the boardwalk at Cedar Beach (see yesterday's post) I decided to go down on the sand. Right by the bottom step of the board I found a spot to sit where I could see down the beach along the dunes and grasses. The sky was getting some interesting clouds and color. Along the water's edge there were several fishermen with their rods. In addition to my regular watercolors I used a soft charcoal pencil and a few watercolor pencils. The headlands in the background are part of Port Jefferson.
I don't get tired of sketching beach grasses. This was done over the weekend at Captree State Park in Islip.
This is a fairly quick ink sketch done down by Miramar Beach in East Patchogue.
When I go to Robert Moses State Park there are some wonderful beach grasses to paint when I am looking away from the ocean. These always fascinate me and the sky in that direction is usually interesting.
It seems like I've been doing a few small sky paintings lately. I love looking at the patterns of the clouds over the beach grasses here.
