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Friday sketches: sketchbook change, gym and people sketching

April 8, 2011 | Leave your thoughts
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too busy to ramble away(do I mean ramble along?) with my usual nonsense about these… so read my scribbles for explanation. Have a good weekend everyone!      

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Thursday architectural sketch and an exhibition opening

April 7, 2011 | 2 Comments
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Just a quick sketch at lunchtime and splash of paint tonight. This evening I went to opening of a wonderful exhbition of Nicola Moir‘s wonderful watercolours in Clovelly. She is a part of the Sydney Urban Sketchers group and we recently met at the second Garden sketchabout. So inspiring for me to see some large...

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Garden Sketchabout 4: Music in the gardens and two tearoom visits

April 2, 2011 | 7 Comments
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 Another HUGE sketching Saturday… As per my sketchabout tradition, I started the day with a walk across the Harbour Bridge and a visit to Tara Tearoom. The tearoom is located on a street with markets so there are plenty of people to sketch if I sit outside!!! I have realised that one of the big...

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This weeks sketches

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Been a little slack posting to my blog this week…so to catch up    One of my quick sketches of ordinary view from where I park my car, just before I go to the gym – made it three times this week, but only one of my sketches worked. Lunchtime purchases…need I say more Earlier...

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Thursday sketches: A castle at lunch, an evening tearoom visit

March 31, 2011 | 1 Comment
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In a restless mood today at lunch so drew something that I really wanted to sketch last year when I was in Scotland (running out of time and would have had to look directly into the sun at the time) Playing around with values and colours a bit here. This evening, I had a few...

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Tea Cosies and Gothic Revival Revisited

March 28, 2011 | Leave your thoughts
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I wanted to have another go at two sketches from Saturday… who cares if they wouldn’t normally be included in the same sketch. After all if baroque and tea cups go together who says tea cosies and gothic revival don’t as well? I find it quite hard to sketch in my normal ‘go-for-it’ mode when...

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