Newport "Cottages"

I continued taking part in the virtual sketching event that the NYC Urban Sketchers were doing yesterday. After my seascape along Cliff Walk I looked around Newport, Rhode Island to find one of the "cottages" to sketch. I liked this one a lot. It isn't as stuffy-looking as some of the big ones. I did this in my Strathmore Toned Tan sketchbook. This is the William G. Weld House on Bellevue Avenue. Again these are not "urban sketches" because they were done virtually.

The afternoon assignment was to do an interior view of one of the cottages. I didn't get around to that until today. This is one of the rooms in Hunter House.

Cliff Walk

The NYC Urban Sketchers did a virtual trip to visit the mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. These mansions which are referred to as "Cottages" are from the guided age when wealthy tycoons from New York and Philadelphia built summer homes along the coast of Rhode Island. We worked from various sources, including videos and photos of the cottages there.

In the morning the goal was to sketch the exteriors of the cottages. I visited this area years ago with my husband and checked out a few of the cottages. I remember walking along Cliff Walk which has beautiful views of the water. It is the same view many of those cottages have from the back of their property. My first sketch was from Cliff Walk looking out at the rocks and the water. This was done directly in watercolors so that it is part of the #30x30DirectWatercolor Challenge. This is not an urban sketch according to the Urban Sketchers criteria since it was not done on location. #nus

Beach Cottage

I took a ride out to Greenport on Monday specifically to go paint one of these cottages. I had been out there this summer and the cottages attracted my attention. Of course in the summer almost anywhere you really want to paint on the eastern end of Long Island has no parking except for residents. Once the season is over it is easier to park, but as it was there were signs everywhere telling me I was under "video surveillance" on Monday. I parked anyway figuring if an owner came over they should be flattered that I was painting their cottage. I sat in the car to paint so nobody got nervous. lol

This is 5 x 7

 

I really need to get out that way to paint more since I am joining a few artist friends in sharing wallspace in a gallery in Greenport starting in December. I planned to drop by the gallery and check out the space and the competition but by the time I finished 2 paintings the gallery was closed for the day. Looks like I will just have to go back out. lol