Digital Ocean View & Sketch

I visited Smith Point Beach the other day and brought along my iPad. I'm trying to use Procreate a little to get more familiar with it. When I don't use it for a while I forget what I've learned. lol 

While I was there I also sketched with ink & watercolor for the Creative Spark Scavenger Hunt.

Dune Sketch

 We were lucky to have a week with beautiful, mild days. I got together with 3 friends that I used to teach with. We met at Jones Beach for our last beach day of the summer. It was perfect weather, not crowded, and we actually put our feet in the ocean. lol It was a fun way to catch up with each other.

I went a little early so that I could do a sketch before my friends arrived.

Beach Entry

 I guess you can tell how much I love the beach. There is always something to sketch or paint. This was done at Smith Point Beach.

Beach Dunes

Give me a sunny day and a few hours and I will usually try to head over to the ocean or the bay. The bay is mere minutes from me, but I really do prefer the ocean with its dunes and waves. One of the scavenger hunt items on crebativespark.art was "dune" so how could I resist doing this over at Smith Point Beach?

 

Watching the Waves

 I a second visit to the ocean, this time going to Robert Moses State Park. I had planned on sketching the lighthouse but the striped umbrella was too much of a distraction.

Smith Point Park

I was busy for most of the early part of the day doing some cleaning that has been waiting to be done since Jerry got sick. But his afternoon I took a ride down to the ocean. I usually visit the ocean beach all year long, but haven't been down there yet this year. It was windy so I sat in my mobile studio and did a small painting of the ocean and the dunes at Smith Point Park.

Ocean View

I usually don't go too long without a trip down to the ocean since that is my favorite place. This was sketched from my mobile studio at Smith Point Beach.

Oceanfront at Ocean Beach

Yesterday two friends and I took the ferry from Bayshore to Ocean Beach on Fire Island. I've wanted to go there for a while, so I was happy. We walked up and down the streets in the town looking at the different styles of beach houses and cottages. We climbed the steps and the boardwalk going over the dunes. The water was really rough yesterday and no swimming was allowed. We sat on the boardwalk over the dunes and I sketched these two small pieces.

Here is a short video I made of the waves.