Plein air – Page 3 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Sketching out

Yesterday was such a beautiful day that I had to go out to sketch. I took a ride up to the North Shore of LI to join a group that was painting there. I wanted to mount my little guerrilla box on the tripod but alas, it didn’t come with the tripod adapter mounting plateContinue reading “Sketching out”

On the fourth day of Christmas

Recent sketches out and about

This past Wednesday I went out with my sketch club to sketch at the local bowling alley. Yesterday, I went into the city to sketch with the NYC Urban Sketchers. We were sketching several alleged haunted houses. The first one is a Colonial style home that was once a speakeasy. It is the home ofContinue reading “Recent sketches out and about”

Breakfast Crawl #5

Yesterday was Patchogue’s 5th Breakfast crawl. I drew my own map of the Breakfast Crawl and submitted it to The Draw and Cook, and it was accepted! You can see the map here: http://www.theydrawandtravel.com/illustrations/10616-breakfast-crawl-5-in-patchogue-new-york John and I bought the 5 ticket crawl so we we only able to sample 5 of the 15 participatingContinue reading “Breakfast Crawl #5”

Another painting started

This boat has been put out to pasture. It’s a shame because it looked like it used to be a nice boat. It’s pretty big. Word in the boatyard is that it is being stripped down and it will be burned in a boat burning next month in Sayville. I wanted to capture it’s lastContinue reading “Another painting started”

Plein air again

Tonight was sketch night and I pulled the pastels out again…. I started this around 6 and the sun sets on the South shore at 7:09 so I didn’t have much daylight toward the end of the painting session. It still needs some tweaking if I wanted a polished piece and there is enough informationContinue reading “Plein air again”

Today’s sketches

More goats and people….

Sketching with pastels

So I decided to combine sketching and pastel. I went to the local wild life refuge and sketched goats and an alpaca. I didn’t have any plan in mind except to just try using the pastel sticks to actually draw with them. I liked how these turned out and I think I will go thereContinue reading “Sketching with pastels”

The Artful Flea

Once a month, on second Saturdays, Chincoteague has an arts “flea” market. I wanted to do one more painting before this evening’s wet paint sale so I tackled painting the market. This was a ton of fun! I usually sketch big markets and crowds of people with ink & watercolor, but this time I usedContinue reading “The Artful Flea”

Today’s Chincoteague Paintings

Yesterday I passed a house that had a bunch of mermaids in the yard…..I went back there early this morning and painted the mermaid in the lifeguard chair, then I painted the hanging mermaid this afternoon. Both of these will be available for sale tomorrow evening.