Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Here's a zentangle heart I created today.

And a gelli print I did for Valentine's Day.

 And a Valentine's Day still life I did last Wednesday with my sketch group.

I hope your Valentine's Day is or was great!

Challenge Days 5 & 6 and Stony Brook House

These next two were done for the World Watercolor Group's February Challenge. They are ATC sized (2 1/2 x 3 1/2).

Day 5 - Marsh View at Captree Island.

Day 6 - a bee

I drove up to Stony Brook the other day. I painted this house once before from the other side. I liked the lighting on it and the fact that you could see the hill more on this side. This is 5 x 7.

I forgot to mention...on Saturday I successfully registered for the Urban Sketching Symposium to be held in Chicago in July. Only about 400 people are allowed to register. Saturday was the "early bird" registration and it sold out in 10 minutes. The regular registration (which has the bulk of the 400 spaces) is this coming Saturday. I'd bet it fills up just as quickly. I am excited!!! This will be my first time going.

Challenge Days 3 & 4 and Sayville Scene

Here are two more ATC sized paintings done for the World Watercolor Group February Challenge.

Day 4 - fruit, done from life

Day 3 a fossil, done from a photo taken by my friend, Mythili.

When it was bitterly cold I sat in my mobile studio behind the shops in Sayville. Sometimes the back views of stores are more interesting. Luckily I was able to find a spot in the lot that had a pretty good view.

Stony Brook March and New Challenge

I've been getting a little active politically and attended a march for unity at Stony Brook University recently. I sketched while people were getting organized.

I mentioned I might be starting another challenge. These were done for the February Challenge by the World Watercolor Group. Each day there is a subject for a painting. I am doing small, ATC sized (3 1/2 X 2 1/2 inches) paintings.

Day 1 was sealife.

Day 2 was flowers.

With Laces

When the Patchogue Sketch Group met last week at the library, we were sketching "footwear with laces." I brought the snow boots (which came in very handy today), someone brought an old fashioned boot, and someone brought a sneaker.

Seamus

Seamus has been a model for us several times on Wednesdays. He is fun to paint.

We had a lot of snow today...probably somewhere between 12 and 13 inches according to the weather reports. I haven't been any further than my front door to take a few photos. 

Here is what it looked like about 3 PM. I stayed inside, did some cleaning, and some art.

In and Out at Starbucks

This was sketched from my car in Port Jeff. I saw the woman sitting on the curb outside and loved that I could see the people inside too. I guess she was using the Starbucks wi-fi signal.