Painting at the marina in Newport

After walking around Bellevue street in Newport, I eventually made my way to the marina.

I sat down to paint, but I quickly realized I had a problem. I soaked the paper too much accidentally. I wasn't patient enough to wait for it to dry and I painted over an over, causing bleeds and unrated mixing. Besides that I am still happy with the outcome and I definitely learned not to get ahead of myself with the squirrel mop.


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The Newport Tower

Rhode Island is beautiful. Providence has amazing buildings and a great museum and other places like Newport have incredible seafood restaurants and marinas. I can't complain. My trip was great and I got to paint so I'm happy.


This is the Newport Tower, which I've read is a source of mystery in Rhode Island. Many people claim to be in the dark about how old it is. I did some research and found several answers, most claim the Newport Tower is from the early 17th century, making it a colonial tower. Wether it's colonial or not its still interesting an I enjoyed painting it

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Weybosset bridge, Rhode Island

I am in beautiful Rhode Island. I got to visit the RISD museum as well as tour the RISD campus. I took a break to paint the Providence River and the Weybosset Bridge.


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Groton, Connecticut

Groton is the city where the Avery point lighthouse. This sketch was done quickly before a storm arrived.


It was a great experience painting in Connecticut, hopefully I can return soon to explore and paint a little more.


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The A train in Far Rockaway

I drove around my old neighborhood, Inwood and eventually ended up in Far Rockaway. My favorite thing about Far Rockaway is the elevated platform. So I decided to stop and paint it.


I think it's quite simple, but I like that about this painting. The train finally passed by and became a last minute addition.

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Lyndhurst Mansion

Over the weekend I visited some amazing places in NY. The Hudson Valley is full of beautiful mansions and properties. I got to visit the home of FDR, the Vanderbilt's mansion, Boscobel, Lyndhurst and a few others. I will post some photos of these places soon.

One of my favorite places was the Lyndhurst mansion in Tarrytown, NY. It is a beautiful gothic-revival mansion started in 1838. It was designed by the famous Alexander Jackson Davis, who designed many other impressive private homes in NY.

It was somewhat daunting to paint this place, since gothic architecture is so ornate, but I attempted to paint it anyway.


I walked over to the east side of the building and set up on the foot of a hill and tried again. I like the second painting a little better,but I'll post it next time.

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