So after the NY ESA surf challenge went so awesomely last week, I decided I’d like to exhibit in more beach locations! What a fun theme for the summer, right? I’ll be at the Riis Park Beach Bazaar this Sunday June 9th! It’s in the Rockaways: 16702 Rockaway Beach Blvd. Queens, NY 11694. This Bazaar actually goes on every day from 11a-6p, and I’ll be trying it out to see how it goes. Going to sell AER HEAD prints and also draw summer themed sketches! There will be music too: Screamin’ Rebel Angels from Noon- 5 and two DJs! Also there is food and other cool random stuff that’s quintessentially NYC.

You know how most of summer goes by and then you’re like “omg I haven’t gone to the beach yet” in late August? Don’t let that happen! NYC has tons of great beaches, so please visit the Rockaways this weekend and stop by the Riis Park Beach Bazaar!

This weekend I went to Rockaway Beach in Queens, NY. I heard it's a great surf beach, and wanted to sketch the waves and surfers for Aer Head references (besides just having awesome beach relaxation :) The above sketch was done with Prismacolor markers. I scanned it with my recycled scanner, but the colors weren't as vibrant. I had to tweak it in Photoshop to get the bottom picture. The top picture, just taken with my camera, is actually closer to the true colors. So far, the scanner doesn't seem to be that great with colors (maybe that's why it was on the curb). But for line art it's great.

When I think of surfing, I think of gigantic waves, and was a bit disappointed when all I saw was tiny waves. Maybe it was the wrong time of day for big waves? I still got to capture some surfing gestures. It was hard because surfers move fast. I mostly sketched the surf board's size in relation to people's bodies, because I had trouble with that size ratio when drawing Aer Head. Also, a detail I noticed was that all the surfers have a cord attaching their board to their foot.