Boat Storage

 Just an update. My painting of the sailboats for Bellport Day SOLD. Not only that, but a woman contacted me after seeing the sold sticker on the painting and said the boat and the young man are her son and she was disappointed to find it had sold. She is interested in having me redo the painting.

We have several places where I've found these stacked boats at marinas. These look like they are quite a bit past their prime but I thought they made an interesting subject. This was at a marina in Patchogue.

Wrapped for the Winter

 Boats lose a bit of their charm when they are wrapped for the winter. That's what we are seeing all over by the marinas here since it is that time of year.

Port Jeff Marina

 For some reason no matter where I go I seem to find the marinas. I drove up to Port Jefferson the other day. It was bustling with people and parking wasn't easy. I ended up in a far parking lot near the harbor that had a marina at one end with lots of wrapped boats and many, many masts. I found a spot to sketch from and nobody seemed to care that I was there so I just kept on working. 

Sayville Marina

Yesterday I sat outside the gates of one of the marinas in Sayville. 

Inktober Day 19 - East Islip Marina

Today's Inktober sketch was done at the East Islip Marina. This piece of equipment has been sitting in the same place for several years. At one point they were redoing that end of the marina but it has been finished for a long time. I used my twig, Chinese ink, and a stencil brush. 

#inktober #inktober2017

When I finished the sketch I decided to add some watercolors to see what it would look like. Some of the ink ran which surprised me since I thought it was permanent...which it was in most of the sketch.

The color changes the look of it a lot, doesn't it?