Boardwalk Showers part 35

This has been one of those days where I just had a lot of things to do. In the morning I made stops at five different locations just walking around in my own town. There was also a variety of yard work done in the early and late afternoon. In between I was able to get up to Ocean Grove for the purposes of art.

I knew that there was a big art and music festival there today, and considered the possibility that festival crowds might be occupying the parking lot at the Studio (it happens now and again), but I only saw a few cars. I walked into town to the area where things were set up, and quickly found my friend Michelle, who is regular at our critique group. In fact, many of the items on sale at her booth (above photo) are things that have made appearances at our critiques, or even were started in the Studio.

Since it was a nice day and I was already most of the way there, I decided to continue up to the boardwalk and cross into Asbury Park. Although I'm still not done with the current print, there are a few more to go in the series and I'm considering breaking tradition to have one that includes some Asbury landmark backgrounds.

I have dozens of reference photos saved from previous trips, but I wanted to think about a few different views. Here are a couple of assembled images from today's wanderings- looking out to sea past Convention Hall (above) and looking inland toward the boardwalk by the Casino building (below). If any Asbury boardwalk locations end up in a print, I'll go back and get some more detailed references.

After that I walked along the Asbury side of the lake, looking for some things that turned out not to be there. I walked over to Cookman to find something that was where I expected it, some gelato, which I enjoyed on the walk back to the Studio.

Finally it was time to work on some art. After thinking about it for a few days, I decided to go with that green color (previously used in the shower stalls) for the bench. So far I like it. That pretty much just leaves accessories- towels, bathing suit, etc. I hope to have it all finished by next weekend.