Roaring 20s

This weekend the NYC Urban Sketchers sketched from virtual images from the 1920s. There were a lot of good reference photos to use. I love the fashions and the cars from back then. This one was fun to do!

 

Parking Lot View

The other day I went out food shopping and on the way out of the Stop & Shop shopping center I stopped at the bagel store. When I got back in the car I noticed these three cars with the trees bending over them providing some much needed shade. I did a quick sketch with a brown ink pen and then left. The bagels smelled too good for me to sit there for long. lol I was going to add some shading when I got home but I decided to leave it as it was.

Spring Is In the Air!

Yesterday I met my friend, Suzala in Northport to sketch. On the way I noticed they had quite a bit more snow than we did on the south shore. Sitting in the car with the sun shining made us decide to give plein air sketching a chance. So we parked down by the water where the kayaks are stored and found a patch where the snow had already melted and wasn't muddy. It was warm enough to sit our wearing a coat...and no gloves or hat!!! There were still kayaks out which seemed unusual with the snow still on the ground. This was my first watercolor sketch of the day.

When I finished I turned slightly and did a quick ink sketch of Suzala.

Here is my sketch against my subject and a photo of Suzala at work.

Suzala had about an hour before she had to leave so we headed into the center of town. We sat in the warm sun on the steps of a closed office to sketch the view across the way. I started with the car in the foreground and as soon as my pen reached to sketch the roof the owner got into it and of course left. lol That's one of the hazards of plein air painting. lol I continued with the cars across the street and then the buildings. I didn't have time to add color so I think I'll leave this just as a line sketch.

All in all, our sketching day was a pleasant surprise.