Attended Orthodox Palm Sunday at this beautiful church in Naples, Florida. Beautiful fresco like paintings adorn the ceilings and walls. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodlers black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Travel
Twigs on Main
A Sunday day trip to Cape Cod on a beautiful spring day. Sitting on a landscape wall on beautiful Main Street in Falmouth, Massachusetts watching the passersby. This sketch is of the quaint shops on the opposite side of the street. Twigs on Main and LemonLime. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Dexter’s Grist Mill
One of the oldest water mill sites existing in the United States today, Dexter’s Grist Mill, has Plymouth Colony Records dating back to 1640 in which Thomas Dexter was allocated 26 acres and 6 acres for his mill. In 1856 a new mill building replaced the old woolen mill and manufactured marble stone products. An iron turbine replaced the wooden waterwheel in Dexter’s Mill in 1856.The gristmill last operated in 1881 when Captain Laban Crocker was miller. In 1961 Dexter’s Mill was restored with authentic wooden parts and an undershot wooden waterwheel. The millstones were imported from France. The mill and mill grounds are well preserved. Dexter’s Mill sits on the dam, which creates a beautiful, large millpond. The meandering millrace is lined in cut stone. The foundation of the three-story building is laid in cut stone with an undershot wooden waterwheel on the east side. The mill building is sided with natural shake. Lamy fountain pen with Noodler’s Black Ink in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Orient Point Lighthouse
A wonderful ferry trip across Long Island Sound from New London, Connecticut to Orient Point, New York. This is a view of the Orient Point Lighthouse as you approach the harbor at the far Eastern end of Long Island. The lighthouse is located on a reef just below the water. The deep and narrow gap between Orient Point and Plum Island is called Plum Gut, and at ebb tide, the waters of Long Island Sound rush through at currents exceeding 5 knots, creating a churning mix of white-capped waves and dangerous riptides that is a challenge for even the most experienced mariners. Oyster Pond Reef, a dangerous obstacle lying just beneath the surface of the water extends from Orient Point one third of the way across Plum Gut, making the passage even more treacherous. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Bait and Tackle
Another stop as we were walking around Greenport, NY. A tiny structure that was a Bait and Tackle shop that is now Little Creek Oyster Bar. This is located on the harbor in Greenport. It was a beautiful, cold, sunny day after a week of strong winds. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Celebration of George
Today we reunited with friends to attend a Celebration of Life for one of our dear professors of architecture at Oklahoma State University. Professor George Baumiller was 97 years old and an amazing person, teacher and friend. The celebration was at his home and studio in Greenport, Long Island, New York. The home was filled with wonderful family, friends, students and neighbors that were all touched by George. This is a sketch of the front of his home with the trellis on the front of the house. He loved the roses that grew on this trellis and paper flowers were hung on the vines as a remembrance. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn Beta sketchbook.
Nauset Light
The present Nauset Lighthouse, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is made of cast iron with a brick lining and stands 48 feet high. It was built in 1877, and was located in Chatham as a twin to the one that is there today. In 1923, the smaller wooden lighthouse in Eastham was retired, and the north tower in Chatham was dismantled, moved to Eastham, and reconstructed about 200 feet from the edge of the cliff near the relocated keeper’s house. In the 1940s, Nauset Light was painted red and white as a daytime indicator of the red and white beacon. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Kite Boarder
A quick sketch of a Kite Boarder enjoying a winter day at Harding Beach in Chatham, Massachusetts. The air temperature was about 30 degrees and the water temperature about 40 degrees. It is always enjoyable to watch the Kite Boarders and the Wind Surfers. Minimal line work with a Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn Beta sketchbook.
Brownstone feature
A quick pen and ink sketch of a brownstone in Worcester, Massachusetts. I was in town for a site meeting and this upper level covered porch was very interesting with the round carved columns and deep shadows. The sketch is from a photo that I took and the perspective is off in that it drops too fast off the page to the left. oh well, practice. Faber-Castell Pitt Art pens in black and some grays in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Notre Dame des Canadiens Church
The present Notre Dame Church was built in 1926. The parish was was formed in 1869 as one of the earliest francophone Roman Catholic parishes in southern New England. The full name of the church is Notre dame de l”Assomption des Canadiens. Notre Dame parish has a disinguished history and was once considered ther mother church for French Canadiens both Acadians and Quebecois in Worcester County. This downtown Worcester landmark closed in July of 2008 and the future is uncertain by the developer of the area. Faber-Castell Pitt Art pens in Sanguine in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A SKETCHBOOK ODYSSEY 