Daily Life Sketches

Over on "Paper, Paint, Pencils, Pens" we have been sketching things that represent "Daily Life."

I began with my morning routine which includes coffee, oatmeal with berries...

and then I go off walking either alone or with friends twice a week.
I needed my walking sneakers.

Eating out is a fun part of daily life.

I was potting my herbs. I'm growing basil, rosemary, curly leaf parsley and dill this year.

My sketch group met in Patchogue to sketch one of the small corner parks.

Reu' ven was sketching on the right.

Food shopping seems to be part of every day for me.

And with the amount of driving I do to locations to paint and sketch I'm always getting gas.

EDM - Week 3

Here are my sketches for Every Day in May for week 3.

Sayville Sketches

Last Wednesday the Patchogue Sketch Club met outside Starbucks in Sayville. Luckily we had an umbrella to sit under because it was drizzling on and off and it was much too cold for a May night. We were all bundled up to sketch.

First I sketched the couple at the next table. It didn't look like they were drinking anything, but maybe they had already finished. lol

Once in a while I challenge myself to work directly in paint or ink without any pencil lines. 

I did that for this sketch looking down Main Street...paint first, then ink, then more paint.

Beach Rocks & Lighthouse

Last week I took a ride up along the north fork of Long Island to the Horton Point Lighthouse in Southold. After this weekend you need to be a resident to park in the area, so it was now or wait until the fall. I decided to go down to the beach which required walking down a staircase of over 125 steps. Of course that meant I had to walk up those same stairs when I was finished. It was a workout lugging my backpack and chair too. This was a bit of the rocky view down there.

Of course when I got to the top I had to sketch the lighthouse, which you can't see from down on the beach. You have to be a ways out in the water in order to see it.
Both of these are 5 x 7.

At the Arboretum

This was done at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Oakdale last week. The wisteria are in bloom!!!

This is 8 x 10.

Sketching in Washington Heights.

I met up with the NYC Urban Sketchers on Saturday. Svetlana organized a wonderful day for us in Washington Heights. We met at Bennett Park which is on the former site of Ft. Washington. Inside the park are some cannons which were fun to sketch...or climb on like the little kids did.

Next we headed down the hill to Plaza Lafayette which overlooks the river and the George Washington Bridge. I wanted to try to catch the height of the bridge down to the bike path down at the bottom so I used a vertical format.

We had some regular members of the group show up to sketch and welcomed a few new sketchers. We have members from France, Germany, Russia, and China sketching with us. Most of them work here in NYC or are finishing their education. It is an interesting group.

Here are John and Mark sketching the view.

Svetlana 

Jimmy 

Lucy

Michael

And the whole group from the morning.

Our next stop was lunch. Some of us sketched a bit. I did a woman at the next table. I used my ink pen and the crayons that were on the table. That waxy smell of crayons always takes me back to beijng a kid. I usually sketch directly on the table covering, but decided I wanted it in my sketchbook...just in case it came out good. 

After lunch we went down to the park by "The Little Red Lighthouse" also known as the Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouse. It is right at the bottom of the George Washington Bridge. It is no longer operating but is a popular spot, especially since a children's book had been written about it. I liked seeing this 40 ft structure contrasted against the huge bridge. I sketched the lighthouse with a view of the workings underneath the bottom of the bridge.

There was a group having a picnic nearby so I included them in a second sketch. I did this one directly in ink...no pencil lines first.

My thanks to Svetlana for organizing a great day of sketching and to all the sketchers who showed up today to make the day such fun!

I reposted most of this from the NYC Urban Sketchers blog...I don't know how/why it came out with a colored background and frames around the sketches. I wish I knew. lol

Path to the Water

I went back to Crab Meadow in Northport for a second time last week. This time I painted the path going through to the water. This is 8 x 10.