Arriving early for a meeting at another club in Douglaston, New York, I came across this wonderful side porch on a small local house. The porch was covered by a trellis supported by round Tuscan columns. The trellis was covered with wisteria that was on the verge of blooming. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn Beta sketchbook.
My wife Lisa took a photo of some beautiful little blue flowers peaking out from under out porch steps. I am not sure what they are, but we were taken by the contrast between the blue flowers and the deep shadows under the steps. I know we did not plant them under the steps, so they are a wonderful Spring surprise. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn Beta sketchbook.
Magnolias are thought to be one of the first flowering plants to evolve on Earth. According to the San Francisco Botanical Garden Society, fossil remains show that magnolias were around some for 100 million years. Basically all magnolias follow the same blueprint. Ancient magnolias are still recognizable today as magnolias. Therefore, a magnolia means stability and grace through the ever changing ages. We simply enjoy the beautiful flowers as they bloom in the Spring. This year, the flowers remained on the tree much longer than usual without the rain and wind to take them too early. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Relaxing on the back deck watching over dinner cooking on the grill. Rib Eye steak and corn on the cob. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink, Faber-Castell Pitt Art pens and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
The station house is located at the Sandwich Marina and was constructed as an updated office and residential (berthing) facility for the U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station following the demolition of the original facility at a site nearby with the widening of the Cape Cod Canal in 1936. The new facility provided space for the central administrative and social support functions of the station following a standard Colonial Revival-styled module employed elsewhere by the Coast Guard for similar facilities during the period. Similar-styled station houses exist in the region, including station houses at Block Island (New Harbor) and Point Judity, RI. and were built under federal New Deal WPA/PWS initiatives during the 1935-37 period. These buildings collectively represent the early 20th century function of the Coast Guard’s lifesaving stations along the New England coast. The sketch is at dusk when most of the structure was very dark, almost black with the dusk sky. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Black Ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Another color of our tulips that are in full bloom in our yard. This one is a little looser style which I like better than the others. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Black ink with Holbein and Daniel Smith watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Another color of our tulips that are in full bloom in our yard. Yea Spring! Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Black ink with Holbein and Daniel Smith watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Another color of our tulips that are in full bloom in our yard. Yea Spring! Holbein and Daniel Smith watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
It was a pleasure to return from vacation and see our tulips at the house in full bloom. the weather was so cool and damp while we were away, that the blooms slowed down. Typically they are only in bloom for a day or 2 until the deer eat them. There are 4 colors and they are beautiful. Over the next few days I will be sketching each of them. Holbein and Daniel Smith watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A quick sketch from a photo of a great restaurant, The Wicked Oyster in Wellfleet, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A SKETCHBOOK ODYSSEY 