Occasionally Auckland Sketchbook escapes the city to somewhere interesting — and close. This time the sketchbook got a workout in The Bay of Islands . Only 3.5 hours by car and a world away from work. The sketch above was made in down-town Paihia, it doesn't look it, but it is literally behind the main street. The view is the back of an old homestead called Williams House . I was attracted by the orchard of very old fig trees on the left that had me imagining eating juicy ripe figs. Sadly they weren't in season but it must be a fun place at harvest time. Right over the other side of the bay you will find his falling down old house on Matauwhi Bay. For a while there the water had a turquoise glow until the sun went into hiding. This is Pompallier House and Clendon Cottage in Russell sketched with my back to the sea. I may have used a little too much artistic licence in moving them close enough together to fit on my page so don't look too closely. Anyway, I have sketched Po...
A bunch of funky new sketch related books have been published this year. One that has just been released is by a London based Urban Sketcher James Hobbs' called Sketch Your World: Essential Techniques for Drawing on Location.
I've been a fan of James style for some time, his pared down sketch style is instantly recognisable. Somehow he manages to reduce a scene down to it's bare essentials using just a black and white Sharpie.
The book also features a few other USk friends, Gabi Campanario, Marina Grechanik, Rolf Schröter and Matthew Cencich. Here's a flick through the book thanks to sketcher and book reviewer extraordinaire Parka Blogs (by the way, you can visit his blog for a comprehensive review)...
Sketch Your World: Essential Techniques for Drawing on Location a video by Parka81 on Flickr.
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