Paint out in Bellport with a Battling Brushes contest!

Folks, here's a great opportunity to put all those sketching skills to the test by using them to paint plein air!

Check out www.brookhavenarts.com for more detailed information.

Bellport Centennial Paint Out
Hosted by the Brookhaven Arts and Humanities Council

When: Friday, August 6 to Sunday, August 8, 2010
Where: en plein air in the Historic Village of Bellport, NY
Exhibit drop off: Sunday, August 8 2 to 4 pm
Location: Phoenix Art Gallery, 139 So.Country Rd, Bellport
Exhibit pick up: Sunday, August 22 2-4pm
The BAHC and the Bellport Centennial Committee are inviting artists of all ages to paint en plein air in the Historic Village of Bellport,
NY. There will be an exhibit to close out the paint out and artists are invited to bring their finished work to the Phoenix Gallery on
Sunday, August 8th. All artists must register for the weekend event. Registrations will be accepted in person, by email or by phone at
the Phoenix Gallery any time before Friday, August 6th, 2010.
Rules for the Paint out:
Maps will be available for the areas to paint.
All painting mediums will be accepted, for show and sales.
Paintings should be properly framed and wire mounted, no hooks or brackets, and brought to the Gallery on Sunday from 2 to 4 pm for
exhibit.
No photo references will be permitted,
All art must be completed during the plein air outing between Aug 6th and Aug 8th, and done on location in Bellport.
Works completed outside of Bellport will not be permitted as this is for the Centennial Celebration.
Work may be offered for sale subject to a 30% Commission and must remain on exhibit until August 22nd.
Artists are encouraged to submit 2 works for free and additional works are encouraged for a $5 fee per work.
Artists will be responsible for making arrangements to pick up their work on Sunday, 8/22 between 2 and 4 pm.

Wednesday sketch Evening August 4th at 6:30PM - BYOC

Wow, August already!!! This summer seems to be flying by! Our next sketch outing will be on the Patchogue River front, next to the Patchogue Bowling alley, 138 West Street, the intersection of West and Division Streets. We can park here and walk over to the waterfront next to the Watch Hill Ferry Terminal.

A word to the wise, flip flops and sandals would not be the desired attire since the geese have dibs on the area first, so wear something more appropriate; shoes that you don't mind walking in goose poo and getting dirty. There's the waterfront and usually a lot of waterfowl, great for practicing sketching those moving targets. There's also Harbor Crab with outside dining, perfect for sketching people in that environment.

Adventures in Sketching

Getting out to sketch, whether you are local or out and about our fair land, can be an adventure and it helps to have a sense of humor.

One of our recent outings in Blue Point ended a little quicker than normal due to the extremely dark clouds that had moved into the area. We quickly finished up our sketches of this adorable home (note the threatening sky behind it, kitty came out to see what we were up to...) and packed it in. Rain is one element that we can work around by sketching from the car, but thunderstorms accompanied by a tornado warning are a different matter and we cut our outing short, all the while, taking home another tale to tell of our Adventures in Sketching.

It was a pretty cool looking sky, too.

I am being asked to post one of my sketches....

I am adding this sketch on to the last post. Usually I don't post my own sketches because I want members sketches to be posted, but at a request of Susan, who says I am also a member of the sketch group, I am posting this from our first outing in Blue Point. This is one of my sketches in my Art House CoOP sketchbook.

Some sketches from our latest outings

Here's some sketches by some folks from our outing in Blue Point.

Wednesday sketch Evening July 28th at 6:30PM - BYOC

We're going to try Blue Point again. Although the dock is a little small, there were a few cute houses around the water that are dying to be sketched.

From Main Street, take Blue Point Ave down to the end, we will be in the vicinity. Rain or shine, unless there is a really nasty thunderstorm like there was last week.

Walking Arts Tour

The Deadline for the Walking Arts Tour has been extended to July 30. As you know, this is one of the Patchogue Arts Council's big events and it plans to be bigger this year....

2010 PAC WAT Call for Artists and Volunteers

Its not too late to submit! Deadline is Friday July 30th 2010!

To Upload and application
Visit http://www.patchoguearts.org/events.htm

We are expanding to sites in Bluepoint, Bayport and Beyond! We also have plans of a Pod Cast-a discussion of each artist/work prior to taking the stroll! This Walking Arts Tour will be the best one yet!

We are very excited to announce guest Curator Maria Macedonio-Ritter for the Fall 2010 WAT. Ms. Ritter is a fine artist and the Founding Director of the Center for Visual Arts in Bluepoint, NY.

The Fall 2010 WAT will have 2 great events surrounding it, a PAC Mixer and WAT kickoff party on Saturday August 28th, 2010 at the Center for Visual Arts in Bluepoint and on Sunday October 24th, 2010 PAC and the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts Live in the Lobby will come together once again for the 3rd annual Patchogue Arts Festival, a free day of art, poetry and live music throughout Patchogue! We look forward to seeing your work as we walk the Fall 2010 PAC WAT!

PAC is powered by 100% VOLUNTEER efforts! We need your help!

• STREET TEAM to hang posters and hand out post cards
• Docents to walk through the event providing information about artists, their work or the events of the day
• Hang team to help hang and take down the work
• Drop off and pick up team to oversee just that
• People to set up and maintain the food table at the kick off party and festival
• General people power!

Walkingartstour@yahoo.com