Double Portrait Day

Last Tuesday I was able to do two portrait sessions again. First I painted in the morning with the SBAA Portrait Group. We almost always have "mature" ladies or gents pose for us. They are the only ones who seem to be free in the morning unless college students are home for breaks. LOL

Eileen graciously posed for us.

In the evening the WetPaints Sketch Group met. One of the women brought her 2 nieces along and the older one posed for us. She was a teenager and had never posed before but she was fantastic.

This is Olivia.

Girls at the Dock

My friend, Ai, was hosting a challenge over on Wet Canvas in their Watermedia Forum. The host provides a group of photos and you have the entire month to do one or more of the photos as a water media piece. Her theme is "Friends" and the photo came from Flickr's Creative Common. This was done on watercolor paper using watercolors, inktense pencils, and oil pastels.

 It is 5 x 7.

For some reason this makes me think of camp counselors.

Kingstons Clam Bar

Down by the water in West Sayville is Kingstons Clam Bar. Right now it is closed because it hasn't opened for the season yet. It did have some interesting light and shadows on it, so I did a small painting of it.

Time Away From Home - Part 3

Here are a few more paintings done for the "Time Away From Home" theme.

This was done from a photo taken at Sebago Lake when we used to go up there for vacation as kids.

It was rustic...but heaven!

I was in Hawaii only once and we visited Haleakala Crater for sunrise.

It was beautiful!

On a trip to Washington, DC I got to see a Calder exhibit at the National Gallery.

His mobile was in the lobby.

The red rock formations in Sedona, Arizona are just wonderful to see.

Flowers For Sale

I love all the stands that are finally popping up with an abundance of flowers for sale.

It finally feels like spring here on Long Island but we are far from free of frost, and the bushes and trees are mostly bare. There are some weeping willows that are starting to get leaves and are a pale yellow green. Hopefully these last few warmer days will help the buds move along.

This was done at a farm stand in Sayville. I maneuvered to get a fairly good view of the plants and the stand and was busy sketching from the car. I was partly finished when the man from the stand came over to see if I had a problem. I showed him the sketch and he told me I should have parked in the lot. I just didn't want to take up space for customers, and besides...from this spot nobody could get in my way. lol

Time Away From Home - Part II

For the "Time Away From Home" theme I have been going through my photos from many of my trips. The top two were done from photos taken on the beach in Malibu, California in 1969. The figure on the blanket is supposed to be me (when I still would wear a bikini).

In 1973 I backpacked through Europe with my sister. One of the places we visited was Athens, Greece. This is a section of the "Porch of the Maidens" in the Acropolis.

I took a trip with friends to Florida in 1977 and we visited Disneyworld. 

This was done from a photo of the parade there. I hope they have better costumes for the Seven Dwarfs now...this one looks like his beard was plastic.

There will be more to come.

Bayside Jamesport

I can only go for so long without painting near the water. This was done on the north fork of Long Island at the Jamesport Town Beach. It happened to be one of those sunny, warm days that made me think that spring is actually here.