Paint the great South Bay

It’s that time of year again where I am the chairperson for an annual plein air event. I get to participate but I am obviously not eligible for prizes but that’s ok. When my paintings sell, that’s prize enough for me. As typical with plein air, there are adventures to tell. Several storms this week,Continue reading “Paint the Great South Bay”

Roof top Kitty

This evening, for Paint the Great South Bay, we were given access to a rooftop so we could paint. It was awesome and we had a whole new view to paint. Here is my painting from this evening, with the clips on…. Here is the postcard print for my mom with kitty added…..kitty is aContinue reading “Roof top Kitty”

Last Alive After Five of the summer

Tonight brings the summer to a sad close….yes, we still have a little over a week to Labor Day, but tonight was the final AA5 of the summer☹️. This is also the week of Paint the Great South Bay. So far it has rained, I was swarmed by flies and bit by a yellow jacket.Continue reading “Last Alive After Five of the summer”

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”

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”