A painted Easter Card for dear friends of beautiful Jonquils. The flowers were given to us yesterday by Helen Addison of the Addison Gallery in Orleans, MA. Happy Easter everyone. Daniel Smith Watercolors on a blank Strathmore greeting card.
Author: waynejacques
Ocean Edge Resort
Great road trip to Cape Cod today. The weather is finally turning and a beautiful day for a drive. Ocean Edge dates back to the 1890’s, when Samuel Mayo Nickerson and his wife built their lavish family estate and private game preserve. It was not uncommon for the “Social Event of the Year” to be held at Fieldstone Hall, including visits from President Grover Cleveland. The mansion house, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, more closely resembles an English country manor with an eclectic blend of Renaissance Revival and Gothic themes. Faber-Castell Pitt pens in a Stillman and Birn Alpha Sketchbook.
Grilled Oysters
A wonderful dinner with best friends. Grilled Oysters and Grilled Striped Bass. Excellent. Daniel Smith Watercolors in a Stillman and Birn Alpha Sketchbook.
Old Sisson’s Diner
Sisson’s Diner, the only converted trolley diner in Massachusetts, a rare item indeed. The car was built in the 1910’s by the Wason Manufacturing Company in Springfield for the Middleborough, Wareham, and Buzzards Bay Railway. When the line shut down in the 1920s, Elmer Sisson bought the car, moved it this site and converted it into a diner. Today, the diner is closed and in great disrepair. Faber-Castell Pitt pens, Daniel Smith Watercolors in a 6″ x 8″ Moleskine Watercolor Book.
Rhode Island State House
The Rhode Island State House was designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White and constructed from 1895 to 1904. The dome of the State House is the fourth-largest self-supporting marble dome in the world. On top of the dome is a gold-covered bronze statue of the Independent Man, originally named “Hope”. Another graphic sketch with black and gray Faber-Castell pens in an Alpha Series Stillman and Birn Sketchbook.
“I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
― Thomas Jefferson
Mashantucket Pequot Museum
The Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, part of the government of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation in Mashantucket, CT, is a non-profit educational institution that seeks to further knowledge and understanding of the richness and diversity of the indigenous cultures and societies of the United States and Canada. A sketch from the car on a visit to Foxwoods Resort for a walk-thru of a potential project. Faber-Castell Pitt Pens, Daniel Smith Watercolors in an Alpha Series Stillman and Birn Sketchbook.
Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. – Dr. Laura Schlessinger
Nature is starting to expose itself again. This stone wall is on our back property line and the only snow left is on the top of the wall. The details are starting to emerge. The fall leaves, moss and lichen, and the deep shadows between the stones. Faber-Castell Pitt pens with Daniel Smith Watercolors in a 6″ x 8″ Moleskine Watercolors Sketchbook.
Stage Harbor Marina
Finally a beautiful clear sunny day for a road trip to Cape Cod. The seals were sunny themselves on the sand bars off of Chatham Light Beach (possible future sketch) and people were finally coming out from a long winter hibernation. This is a quick line drawing sketch from across the harbor looking towards Stage Harbor Marina in Chatham, MA. Only one fishing boat in the harbor, but the floats were all awaiting in the water for the summer boats. Faber-Castell Pitt XS pen in the Stillman and Birn 9″ x 12″ Alpha Sketchbook.
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Middleboro
The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Middleboro opened for services on October 26, 1890. In the early 1900s David Pratt gifted us a more central and visible parcel of land on Main Street next to the Town Hall. The church building was cut into three pieces, then pulled by oxen through the streets, and remounted on its current stone foundation with a new porch in 1907. Pen and Ink sketch with Faber-Castell Pitt pens in an Alpha Series Stillman and Birn 9 x 12 Sketchbook.
Las Olas Street
One more sketch from Florida before returning home where Spring still does not want to arrive. Las Olas Street in Fort Lauderdale, Florida is a wonderful walking street with shops, restaurants and great people watching. This is a small Spanish tower on the corner of one of the side streets. With the stucco and tile architecture, I felt that the Terra Cotta color sketch would suit the architecture best. Faber-Castell Sanguine Pitt Art Pens in a Alpha Series Stillman and Birn Sketchbook.
A SKETCHBOOK ODYSSEY 