Another site visit for work. Shadowbrook Catering in Shrewsbury, New Jersey was recently purchased by a client of ours and renovation plans are in the works. This was a view in one of the gardens of a beautiful fountain surrounded by yellow daffodils and red tulips. Pelikan watercolors and ink in a S & B Sketchbook.
One last sketch from the weekend of art on Long Island. The First Presbyterian Church is in the beautiful hamlet of Oyster Bay on the North Shore of Long Island. It is a beautiful small town on the bay and I was drawn to this church for all of the wood tracery work in the bell tower. The First Presbyterian Church built in 1873 in a historic Carpenter Gothic-style. Its architect was J. Cleveland Cady, who was just beginning his career and would go on to design the original Metropolitan Opera House, the American Museum of Natural History, buildings at Yale University, Trinity College, and 23 other churches, but he never designed any other churches in the Carpenter Gothic-style. Simple line drawing at lunch with Faber-Castell Pitt pens in a Stillman and Birn Alpha Sketchbook.
The conclusion of a fantastic 3 day Watercolor Workshop with Thomas Schaller. The Architecture of Light. Tom is a great teacher and presents a great learning opportunity. This is a sketch of the Art League of Long Island in Dix Hills. Faber-Castell Pitt black pens in a Stillman and Birn Alpha series sketchbook.
A line sketch while sitting on a bench over looking Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island, NY. The buildings on the other side of the water are part of the Cold Spring Laboratories. The labs are always ranked as one of the top research labs in the world in molecular biology, cancer research and genetics. Beautiful campus on the harbour. Black pen and ink in a Stillman and Birn Sketchbook.
Sorry for the poor quality, phone photo.
A very quick sketch from a photo at today’s job site visit. Not a very interesting subject and I rushed the sketch. Therefore the quality is not where I would like it. That is why we practice.
After returning on the ferry to New London, Connecticut, there were 3 identical tug boats tied to the dock. The Towmaster was built in 1952, by Ira S. Bushey and Sons of Brooklyn, New York (hull #604) as the YN 604 for the United States Army. After many homes, she was acquired by the Thames Towboat Company of New London, Connecticut in 2004, Faber-Castell Pitt pens with Utrecht Watercolors in a Stillman and Birn Alpha Sketchbook.
A beautiful day for a road trip and ferry ride to Greenport, Long Island, NY. Early morning trip with Lisa, our great friends Keith and Katherine and professor David Hanser from Oklahoma State University. We traveled to Long Island to visit another of our professors from Architecture School at Oklahoma State University. George Baumiller turned 97 recently and is one of the most amazing and wonderful people that I know. We had lunch with George and took 2 walks around the neighborhood. Fantastic day. Multiple sketches from the trip. Faber-Castell Pitt pens in an Alpha Series Stillman and Birn Sketchbook.
A beautiful day to celebrate Greek Orthodox Easter with my wife Lisa and her family at our house. A wonderfully sunny day with the spring bulbs starting to peak through the soil and the birds chirping in the trees and birdbath. This table of Orange, Yellow, Purple and Blue Pansies along with Dip Dyed Daises was stunning at a local garden center. I did not do the explosion of color justice with my watercolors in a Moleskine Watercolor Sketchbook.
My relatives from another era. My parents traced our genealogy back to the Eddy family that were among the passengers in the “Handmaid” that landed in Plymouth on October 29, 1630 (only 10 years after the pilgrims of 1620) Middleboro, in common with other towns in the Old Colony, can boast of men in the nation’s formative years who contributed greatly to the growth of America by their industrious, pioneering spirit. Various sections of town are still known by the names of these early settlers. This is true of the section in East Middleboro known as Eddyville. Of primary interest to Middleboro is the knowledge that he is listed as one of the first purchasers of land from the Indians. This was the so-called Twenty-six Men’s Purchase in 1661. This is the old barn on the Eddy Homestead done in Faber-Castell Pitt pens in a Stillman and Birn Alpha Sketchbook.
This is my 100th consecutive post, a great milestone with many more to continue. This wonderful guitar was hung on the wall at the British Beer Company in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The guitar was made for the Bass Beer Company and was adorned with the British Union Jack. Fun venue and great beers. Utrecht Watercolors, pen and ink in an Alpha Series Stillman and Birn Sketchbook.
A SKETCHBOOK ODYSSEY 