Snowman

After it snowed the other day I was driving through Sayville and had to stop and sketch this snowman. The house behind it still had a few Christmas decorations on the lawn and fence, but I used artistic license and left those items out. 

Snowy View

 We recently had about 4 inches of snow. Although it is an inconvenience it definitely improves the wintry look of things. This was painted in Brookhaven.

San Succi Preserve

 I sat outside the entrance to San Succi Preserve in Holbrook to capture the snowy view there.

Our temperatures were still freezing today, but warmer temperatures are supposed to be on their way. The snow will probably be gone soon, so I'm glad I sketched it a few times.

Snowy View

 We had a bit of snow recently. Not a lot, but because of the cold temperatures it is hanging around. It seems like New Orleans and some places in Florida actually got more snow than we did. lol I sat in the living room and used my iPad this time. Snow isn't easy to do.

Snowy Scene

 Just in time for Christmas we had a bit of snow that stuck for a little while. I was headed to Nassau County to meet friends for lunch, but I had planned my day so I had some extra time to do some sketching before we met. I parked my new "mobile studio" in the parking lot of a local garden and painted as the snow was falling. By the afternoon the snow had melted, but it was nice to capture it while it was around.

Snow by the Fence

 I had mail to take to the post office the other day, so after I dropped it off I sat in the post office parking lot in Holbrook to paint this snowy view. The snow has lasted longer than I expected. This was done in my Strathmore Toned Beige Sketchbook. White gouache was added for the snow.

Meadow Croft Snow

I headed to Meadow Croft, a historic estate in Sayville to see if there were any snow views. I tucked my car between a few trees and painted a bit of the property.

 

Snow at The Grange

 We had a second snowfall recently. Depending on where you are on the south shore towns got somewhere between 2-5 inches of snow. I headed out in my mobile studio and ended up down by The Grange in Sayville. There were a lot of people sledding but I couldn't get close enough to sketch there from my car. I did park near the historic buildings and got a bit of a view.

The snow was still coming down lightly and melting on my windshield.

Snow on Fallen Tree

We had a bit of snow recently and I went out to sketch it before it melted and disappeared. This was done in my Strathmore Beige Toned Sketchbook with watercolors and white gouache. 

Bellport Snow & Still Life

While there was still snow on the ground recently I sat along Bell Street in Bellport to sketch some houses and snow right near the Bellport Historical Museum. I'm glad that I did because the snow was soon gone.

 

This still life was done for the Creative Spark scavenger hunt....something flexible, something inflexible, something round and something triangular.

Snow Scene in Gouache

I haven't done a painting in gouache for a long time. When you don't use gouache for a while it dries up and gets really crumbly. I should have just thrown out what I had and started over but I was ready to go out when I decided what I was doing. I sprayed the paints a lot before I left the house so they would soften a bit, but I still had problems with tiny crumbled bits in the paint. Regardless I liked the way this came out. There was a pile of cut tree trunks and the snow on them made a nice design. Painted in Brookhaven. 

Snowy Tree Trunks

It has been really cold here and the only good thing about it is that some of the snow from our storm the other day is still around because it has been too cold to melt. It is easiest to find in wooded areas where the tree canopies keep it protected. I like finding the snow on and around some of the fallen trees and branches like these in a wooded area in Sayville. I was able to paint this in gouache from my mobile studio. 

For the last scavenger hunt on Creativespark.art one of the items was a ball. I am not athletic or into sports but I have this baseball in my box of "treasures" just in case. It has come in handy on several occasions. This was done in graphite.

Snow!!!

I'm usually a few days behind in my posting, but I'm going to go out of order and post today's work. We had snow that started last night. It looked beautiful last night because the snow was sticking to everything.

Supposedly we had about 2 inches of snow in this area, but this morning it was already compressed because it had started to drizzle lightly. 

By 7:30 this morning I had the blinds open and I was sitting by the living room window painting. I knew that if I waited until I went out later most of the snow would be off the trees and the bushes. So I squeezed myself between the side of my end table and the arm of the couch and painted the view out the living room window. This was done in my Strathmore Toned Tan Sketchbook with watercolors and some white gouache.

I did go out around 11:00 and sketched by the woods down the street. The snow on most of the trees was gone by that time, but there was still snow on the ground. It was drizzling but I had a view out the side window of my mobile studio.

Now that I'm done with my sketches of the storm I hope the rain finished washing the snow and slush away and that it is warm enough overnight that nothing freezes.

 

Snowy View

 No, we didn't have snow again but I've heard that word in the forecast for the end of the week. Somehow I missed posting this after our last snow. I love that there are spots to sit in my mobile studio and see the snow in the wooded areas. This was done in Sayville.

Snow By The Dunes

 The weather has improved since our snow storm and with a few days of above freezing temperatures and some rain, a lot of the snow is gone. Smaller piles still exist where the snow was plowed and some of it just settled in by the dunes. This was sketched from my mobile studio near Sayville Beach.

Snow Shadows

 I had my post-op visit with the doctor on Wednesday and stopped at a nearby park to do a sketch before coming home. There was still a lot of snow on the ground so there were nice shadows from the trees. 

Snowy View

This past weekend I did a second painting of the snow while I was waiting for the crew from the development to finish digging and plowing the parking lot. I got a slightly different view out the bedroom window, but in order to sketch from here I have to stand and sketch. There is a large shrub right outside the window that would block the whole view if I sat down. 

With our warmer weather the last few days most of the snow on the bushes and shrubs has melted or fallen off. It doesn't look quite as pretty, so I'm ready for it to be gone. lol

Winter Hydrangeas

Like I said the other day, I like hydrangeas at any season. There is a spot in Sayville where I like to park along the side fence of the property. There are different flowers growing there and the dark fence sets them off nicely. This time there was even a little bit of snow from our last storm.

 

Snow in the Parking Lot

 I spent most of the day inside yesterday keeping warm. I really wanted to sketch the snow again so I checked the view from my garage...not bad but it was too cold to stand there (even inside) and sketch. So I got into my car, backed out of the garage, turned the ship around, parked in front of my garage, and sketched the view across the parking lot. Luckily I sketch pretty quickly because I didn't have my fingerless gloves on and the car wasn't running so my hands were cold.

First Snow Painting of 2022

Overnight into this morning we had our first significant snowfall. I think that here in Holbrook we got about 5-6 inches. It is always hard to tell. Although they had predicted a little more we lucked out. But it is very cold and what moisture remains on the roads will definitely turn to black ice by morning.

I decided I didn't need to be anywhere except home, so I pulled up the blinds in my living room and squashed myself between the window and sat on the edge of one of my end tables. If the Christmas tree wasn't up I could have sat on the other end table which has more room because the air conditioner isn't on that side. I used my sketch and wash pencil and a chocolate Derwent watercolor pencil to sketch out the scene. Then I went back in with watercolors and a bit more of the chocolate pencil.

I'm glad I sketched this when I did because about 2 hours later the wind had knocked most of the snow off the trees.