It’s time to wrap up my series of articles on my recent road trip with my typical Reflections post. So without any further ado here they are… 1. A good model for a sketching trip There is no doubt that there is something exciting about a traditional road trip – moving from place to...
CONTINUE READINGI made three stops on the 3.5-hour drive home – two of these were cafes. I had breakfast at Ironbark in Blayney and lunch at Hounslow in Blackheath. And in between these two cafe visits I popped into Govettt’s Leap. This lookout was closed last December when I was in the Blue Mountains for...
CONTINUE READINGOn the last full day of my road trip I headed to a very special country town – Canowindra. For starters, it has a cool name! It is not pronounced Cano-windra which would be the logical way to say it. Instead, it is Ca-nowin-dra. And the ‘nowin’ part is like ‘noun’. But most importantly it...
CONTINUE READINGAnother day and another beautiful historic town! This time it was Carcoar which I visited for a few hours back in 2021. It has a very intact main street and timber bridge and therefore it’s often used in movies. In fact, while I was there I overheard a conversation about an upcoming filming project...
CONTINUE READINGIn the past week, I’ve been sketching with Pitt Pastel Pencils by Faber Castell. And it’s been a lot of fun to try a medium that I generally avoid because I’m a messy sketcher and do not like smudges! I was given a 24-set of the Pitt Pastel Pencils in the mystery box of art...
CONTINUE READINGThe next morning was overcast so I headed into Blayney for breakfast. Blayney was the closest town to the farm (15 minutes drive away) and consisted of a wide main street with an interesting variety of buildings. I didn’t actually get around to sketching the view down the main street so I’ll have to...
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