Sketching the everyday subject

John and I sit by the water all the time.  The view isn’t always the greatest, and on this day, it was grey and wet. Not many people out except the die hards like us who sit in their cars and wait for it to rain.  I love the afternoon storms in Florida.  You can sit and watch it as it comes up the Intercoastal waterway.

This sketch was done from the side of the bridge, looking back towards the shoreline.

Palm trees waiting for the storm

I finished a sketchbook while I was down here in Florida so  I will be posting sketches from that sketchbook over the next few days….

This sketch was done at the river front park in Downtown Stuart….I was facing the US 1 bridge that goes over the St Lucie river…

It was stormy when we first arrived… I loved every minute of the storms!

First Day of Summer Sketch

Good morning!  It is the first day of summer and to celebrate, I did a quick sketch in my Morning Pages to celebrate the day.  I like the beach best in the evenings after everyone else has run off to shower and eat dinner.  I can sit and read, or sketch the early evening activities on the beach.

Here’s my beachy summer sketch and also I included the link that takes you back to my Morning Pages post.


Morning ritual

https://ginassketches.wordpress.com/2017/01/23/morning-rituals-a-good-way-to-start-your-day

Sketching Out

We went out to dinner last night and as we were debating healthy options, I sketched the little old man at the bar on the left page.  Eventually he paid his tab and left.  I wondered why he was drinking alone.

  I started to work on the rest of the bar when a couple came in and sat down right where I had already drawn the tree that was in the middle of the bar, and the bar stools.  So I drew the couple over top of the previous drawing, but I had to do the woman in colored pencil because the tree was there first. I left her with color and the rest black and white because it seemed to suit the sketch the way I did it.

This sketchbook is the first one I ever made.  I had it tucked in a shelf and I thought it was time to use it.   I carry this one in my hand bag with limited supplies so that I always having something on hand if I want to sketch.

Catching up….

With family life being busy, I haven’t been posting much.  I am trying to knock out these post first thing in the morning so they are done for the day.

I painted this in my sketchbook last week.  I was out with the PALS plein air folks and we went to the Peconic Herb Garden.  PHG is a really cool place and is a great place to paint and sketch.  I chose this rocking horse that was plunked down in the middle of a clearing.  As I painted this, a bunch of chipmunks were running around me.

It was the 30th of May and I was wearing a coat!

A sketch from the Doctor’s office

Over the weekend, I had an issue with my eye that sent me to the ER.  I had to go to the eye doctor yesterday as a follow up.  They put drops in my eyes to dilate them and then they put me in the waiting room until my eyes were ready.

This is a sketch that I did while in that waiting room.  It was more keep me busy because I was a little nervous.  It was the best I could do with blurry eyes.  I couldn’t make out whether the subject was male or female (the drops messed with my vision) but as I was leaving  later, I saw he was a boy.  

Sketching on the street

Went out sketching with my sketch group this evening.  It was mild for a bit, then a fog came in off the bay and it got chilly and damp.  It’s May 31 and my fingers got too cold to hold my pen.  

So no color today.  Maybe I will add a dash of color tomorrow…

Strawberry rocks

Sometimes as artists, we need to put our skills into something that we didn’t quite go to art school to learn how to do.

We have a large strawberry patch in our yard.  Last year, it was attacked by local wildlife.  I looked up home remedies and one suggestion was painting strawberry rocks to put in the strawberry bed to distract the wildlife from the real thing.  The trick is to put them out there early enough where the birds and wildlife will grab the pebbles and then discard them when they realize they aren’t food.  Supposedly after a while, they won’t bother your garden because they will give up after failed attempts.  Well I’ll let you all know if this works or not.

If it doesn’t work, they make pretty decorations.