Creepy Clown

On Wednesday night the Patchogue Sketch Club met at the Pat/Med Library. We were invited to display our sketches in the library's display case. I will post photos of that down below. Because we had to be at the library to fill the showcase we sketched in the library and the theme was "Dolls and Mannequins." My friend, Mariann brought in this sort of creepy old clown puppet. He was calling to be sketched. lol

Here is a photo of the display case with our sketchbooks as well as the bottom shelf where most of mine were. You can probably guess which ones are mine (the two on the right and the one on the left).

In the Garden

My plein air group met at a private garden in Sayville on Tuesday to paint. I was attracted to the purple flowers.

Beach People

Sorry I didn't get to post yesterday. My husband and I went out east to visit friends overnight. I was going to post after everyone went to sleep but couldn't remember the wifi password. lol

Now that the summer is over I have to catch up on my beach people. There are a few of them still around.

Oyster Bay Scenes

On Sunday my friend, Suzala organized a NYC Urban Sketchers' trip to Oyster Bay which is on the north shore of Long Island in Nassau County, about 35 minutes north-west of me. It was nice to have a location where I didn't have to spend nearly 1 1/2 hrs on the train. I was able to drive. Some of the sketchers came by car but most of the sketchers who live in the city itself took the Long Island Railroad out to Oyster Bay.

I've been to Oyster Bay a few times before so I was looking for a view I hadn't sketched yet. We met at the gazebo in the center of the town but spread out as each person headed to the location of their choice. Since I am near the water a lot I wanted to do town sketches. First I went and sat across from the North Shore Assembly of God. I always like when there is a welcoming open door to a church. There was a choir inside that was singing for a little while too.

We got together for lunch and then I was hoping to sketch the motorcycle museum/shop that houses many, many of Billy Joel's bikes, but there was too much of a glare on the windows of the shop. In the sketch below the shop is the building on the left. None of the bikes are for sale but people are welcome to come inside and look...but there isn't enough room to sit and sketch. So instead I did the view of the town looking down the street. I got to practice my car sketching too.

We were meeting for show and tell at 3:00 but I finished the above sketch with about 25 minutes to spare so I did a quick direct in watercolor sketch of the gazebo before we gathered. One of our sketchers was sitting on the bench sketching from there.

Here I am sharing one of my sketches as well as photos of a few of the other sketchers sharing their work. There were probably about 25 of us there. Quite a few of the sketchers went up to the waterfront to sketch.

Me sharing my sketch.

Anna

Kathy Gutterman

Karen sketched as well as doing some journaling.

Starbucks

The Patchogue Sketch Club had plans to paint outside last Wednesday, but Mother Nature had other ideas. Due to the rain we headed inside the Starbucks in Blue Point.

Avalon Preserve

Last Wednesday my plein air group met at Avalon Preserve in Stony Brook. We have painted many times at this location so I looked for something different to paint. The last few times we painted up the road at the flower field, but I checked there and the yellow flowers were quite a bit past their prime. I took the walkway that meanders around the back side of the lake and up to several ponds. There was a nice bridge that caught my eye as a subject.

Paint the Great South Bay - Part 8 - Boat Yard View & Reception

Somehow I missed posting this painting in order with the other paintings from "Paint the Great South Bay." This was painted across from Weeks Boat Yard in Patchogue, which if you follow my posts is a place I sketch and paint at often. "Boat Yard View" SOLD at the show...yay!!

Last Sunday we had the reception for "Paint the Great South Bay." Then the show was at the gallery until today. In the past the show only hung for one day. Having it hang for the whole week gave more people a chance to see it. Counting my painting there were 7 paintings that sold during the exhibition.

Here are a few photos from the reception.

Me with my two paintings. The top one sold.

Rosi Berry and her work.

Regina Halliday and her paintings.

June Long-Schulman and her work.

Pauline Hazard and her paintings.

Debbie Taylor Meekins and her artwork.