Beach Dunes

The sun came out and I headed down to Robert Moses Beach one day last week. Although it was sunny it was still very windy, so I sat near a building to block the wind. This dune was in my line of sight. 

Figure Sketching

 Recently the Patchogue Sketch Club had a costumed model.

These were 2 minute poses.

Then we moved to 5 minute poses.

I believe these were 10 minute poses.

Magnolia Blossom

 I only found one magnolia tree that I could sketch this year. It was at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum and most of the blossoms were sort of past their peak. It was pretty anyway.

Flowers X 3

 Flowers have been front and center lately. These are the tulips my husband bought me for Easter.

I looked for some daffodils outdoors and found these in Sayville.

The tulips made another appearance as a continuous line sketch...hard to do with so many overlapping leaves and flowers.

Pinks!

 It is hard to resist the cherry trees when they are in bloom because the time is so short. Here is another tree sighted in Sayville.

Remembering Lk Bing

 I as taking a little time out from posting my own work. Yesterday I found out the sad news that Lk Bing, who was part of the Urban Sketcher community, passed away. He was and Urban Sketcher, International workshop instructor, and painter. I really admired his work and was lucky enough to take a workshop with him at the USk Symposium in Amsterdam. The sketching community has lost a great artist and a really nice, generous man.

Here are a few photos I took during and after his workshop in Amsterdam.

Lk Bing doing a presketch.

Lk Bing with a few of the many students he affected.

One of his beautiful paintings that he did on location during the workshop.

RIP, Lk Bing! Keep your brush wet up there. Thank you for your time and the information you gave to so many students.

Wading River View

There is a road in Wading River that goes right along the Long Island Sound with homes tucked between the dunes. I'm not sure how often they flood, but it was nice when I was up there.