Another Saturday Plein Air Art morning

This time 12 artists showed up to sketch and paint whatever they found interesting at Anchora or the Styx Restaurant. We arrived around 8:30am and watched as they were setting up for a wedding celebration. This unique spot has all kinds of drift wood made into chairs, hearts, lamps, well everything...even the bathrooms. You can tell how interesting it is by all the different subjects painted!!

I couldn't bring my oil painting supplies as I borrowed my husband's bike as he worked on mine. He doesn't have a big basket on the back to put my oil palette, tripod and painting supplies in so I put my sketchbook bag over my shoulder and headed out. The lagoon view is what intrigued a couple of us. I borrowed a chair and snuggled up beside a boat on the ground for shade and happily sketched and painted. I still had time so did a second one with a calligraphy pen called an Elegant Writer. This black pen when touched with water will bleed out into various shades of teal, green and pink (no rhyme or reason). I inked what I wanted them went back over with the Elegant Writer in places then added plain water with a brush to make the ink bleed. These sketches are on individual sheets that I will make into a book later (I don't know how thick the book will be for this time frame).