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Irma

Well Paint the Great South Bay is a wrap. It went very well and I even made it on the cover of our local newspaper. We sold paintings, we got tacos and ice cream for sketches, whose better than us? Now I am on my way to Chincoteague to participate in their plein airContinue reading “Irma”

Paint the Great South Bay Quick Draw

Today was quick draw day. I checked the artists in and stamped their canvases/paper in front of the Patchogue Theater. It was a good morning for painting! The artists were given a timed painting session from 9 am and had to be back by 12 pm to be judged. Because I was doing administrativeContinue reading “Paint the Great South Bay Quick Draw “

Catch

This took me two sessions to paint because when you paint outside, the light is always changing. Plus painting with oils is not like painting with pastels, pastels are more forgiving. So I went back two days later when the light was the same and finished it. I don’t normally work in oils but IContinue reading “Catch”

Fire Island Lighthouse

A bunch of us went out this evening to paint on Fire Island. We dragged our gear down toward the lighthouse. It was a beautiful evening. It was supposed to rain but the clouds blew away and left us with a juicy golden lit lighthouse. A lot of us painted the lighthouse and itContinue reading “Fire Island Lighthouse”

Sketching at Swell Taco

Well I realized that I had only 3 stamped pastel panels so I started an 8×10 oil today…..it’s still in progress so I won’t be showing that one yet. Instead, here is the sketch I did at Swell Taco PGSB night in Patchogue. We sketched the hostess, Britt, in a taco costume and we gotContinue reading “Sketching at Swell Taco”

Painting in a boatyard

It was a cool, grey day. Some friends and I popped over to a local boatyard to paint. It was an interesting place and full of local history. I walked around a bit. Looks different from this side, usually I am sketching this location from the other side of Patchogue River. I decided on thisContinue reading “Painting in a boatyard”

I will sketch for ice cream!

One of the Paint the Great South Bay’s mini challenges was a sketch hour at Kilwin’s of Patchogue. The owner, John, offered the PGSB artists a free ice cream in trade for a sketch in his shop. Hell yeah! I was there, John and I have been on a strict eating and exercise plan butContinue reading “I will sketch for ice cream!”

Paint the Great South Bay Nocturnal painting

Today was the first day of Paint the Great South Bay. The artists participating in this event have all this week to paint and then choose their best two paintings to hang in the wet paint show and sale on Sunday, September 3rd. The first organized painting event for this week was aContinue reading “Paint the Great South Bay Nocturnal painting”

Eclipse day sketch

Sketched this in Princeton today. I didn’t expect a crowd today but people seemed to be congregating from all over to watch the eclipse. I thought the kids were back to school until I found out that Princeton doesn’t start until September. Some very nice people let me view the eclipse through their glasses. ItContinue reading “Eclipse day sketch”

Sketches from the past two days

I attended the Festival del Amor last evening in Patchogue. It was a very nice event with various activities but the highlight for me was the flamenco dancers….I don’t normally have a chance to sketch them so last evening was a treat….it’s not easy to sketch moving targets so J am only posting two ofContinue reading “Sketches from the past two days”