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My 2011 in sketches

December 31, 2011 | 2 Comments
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11pm New Years Eve A quiet one at home (for a change) reviewing (rapid flick!) the year that is coming to an end as recorded in my sketchbooks – all 20 of them!!! What a special way to see the year end! I feel a bit like Cinderella…out of principle I want to be in...

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Summer 1112: Day 7,8,9 - A big Bash match and other bits

December 31, 2011 | Leave your thoughts
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       Last night I went to a cricket match – the first in many years. We had front row seats and I started sketching 15 minutes before the game started. A T20 (20-20 match) is very quick and often starts with a lot of excitement (both innings started with numerous boundaries) so you don’t have...

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Summer 1112: Day 6 - A day in the Blue Mountains

December 29, 2011 | Leave your thoughts
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A grey bleak morning (so roaming shops) cleared to a warm sunny afternoon visiting a new lookout and going back to my favourite place(pulpit rock)…this is the view from it. Crazy me took my tea and tea CUPS with me… Wonderful breakfast – yes, the B&B that I stay in serves it in Royal Albert...

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Summer 1112: Day 5 - Heading to the Blue Mountains

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First day of my wee trip to the Blue Mountains – 100km west of the centre of Sydney. A visit to Katoomba to see the Three Sisters would be in my top ten things to see when visiting Sydney… this is the top spot… The Three Sisters as seen from Echo Point. Sadly normally too...

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Summer 1112: Day 3 & 4 -'Christmas'

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2 low-sketching day… usual Sunday (day of rest) and then family day on Monday, Two hyperactive boys made it very hard to have any quality time to sketch…. The highlight of our family day for me was opening my present to my two nephews… Aunty Liz certainly loved the marble run…. Back to pages in...

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Are we going down? Pulpit rock

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    And we did go down there…Ah! this is my favourite spot in the Blue Mountains Got my favourite light condition. Rock in sun but valley below in shade. Great spot tho’ my sketches didn’t match it today.

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