Travel Sketch

The Black Cat Shack out Back

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Owners David Colombo and Scott Brownlee invite you to the harbor-side Black Cat Tavern overlooking the water in Hyannis, MA. The Black Cat tavern is a traditional Cape Cod Seafood restaurant. A new addition is the Shack Out Back is the Cape’s newest hidden gem. You’ll find our little outdoor oasis tucked in behind the Black Cat Harbor Shack. Grab a stool at the roomy bar and watch as your oysters and clams are shucked to order. We have always loved the Black Cat and the Shack out Back is a wonderful, open air bar and dining venue. Pilot Namiki Falcon fountain pen with Noodlers Black Ink, Utrecht Watercolors in a Stillman and Birn Sketchbook.

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Mac’s Shack

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Mac’s Shack is a quintessential Cape Cod restaurant with a contemporary twist. M<ac’s is located in a 19th century house that was once a nautical shop and the lobsterman on our roof is an homage to the Lobster Hutt, circa 1971. Mac’s is one of our favorite restaurants on the Cape and the food is amazing from fish and chips to sushi and a savory Bermuda Chowder. Always fresh. Beautiful sunny day to be on the Cape for art, food and meeting people. I sketched this scene sitting on a sloped lawn across the street from the restaurant. My favorite type of sketching, outside on a beautiful day, getting lost in the enjoyment of the moment. Pitt Art Pens, Pelikan watercolors in an 8″ x 10″ Alpha Series Stillman and Birn Sketchbook.

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Coming and Going

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After returning from a wonderful vacation, I am in the office for 1 day and then I am off on Southwest Airlines again. This time to Atlanta for the National American Institute of Architects Annual Conference. This sketch of our plan at the gate in Providence will be very similar to the view of my flight tomorrow leaving Boston. Faber-Castell Pitt pens and Pelikan watercolors in my Stillman and Birn Travel Journal.

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First Presbyterian Church Oyster Bay

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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.

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Cold Spring Harbor

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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.

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Sorry for the poor quality, phone photo.

Towmaster

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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.

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