Town Hall at the Patchogue Theater

Two weeks ago I attended a town hall with a few friends ad the Patchogue Theatre. Congressman Jaime Raskin held it since our two congressional representatives have not held one for their constituents. It was excellent and he is a great speaker. I wish he represented our district. I was with two other sketchers so of course we sketched a bit. I did most of this before the event started but I left a space where I could quickly sketch him in either behind the podium or next to it. Then I colored Congressman Raskin in when I got home. This is reportage sketching.  

Storm Damage

We had "tropical storm" Isaias head up the east coast this week. It never reached hurricane status but did an awful lot of destruction on its way through. It reached the tri-state area on Tuesday. From what I was seeing outside my windows there was a lot...I mean a LOT of strong wind, but not much rain like they had predicted. However, when I watched the news there were tornado warnings, power outages, and downed trees and power lines all over. Five minutes from where I live several towns lost power for nearly a day and there are some places on Long Island that still don't have their power restored. A friend of mine in NJ was told his area would be without power probably until Sunday. We were very lucky!!! Today I went out to the bank and to do some food shopping. I passed this house in Sayville with a handicapped ramp in front and I had to stop. Luckily I keep a small sketchbook, pens, and a paint palette in the car so I was able to do a quick sketch of this from my car parked across the street. It looks like the downed tree got the car too. I hope nobody was hurt!