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...
I joined Dreydon, author of Bruce wants to go faster, at the CRC Speedshow this weekend to sell copies of our book.
The weekend was a dry run for Dreydon who will be at the Goodwood Revival meeting in September. He'll have a stand selling copies of the book to what we hope will be an enthusiastic public. All I can say is — luck bugger!
Interest was excellent and a good number were sold on the weekend. It was great to meet some interesting people too. Thank you to those who stopped by for a look and a chat, and to those of you who walked past and didn't stop - I hope I managed to sketch you on your way past.
I managed to crank out this sketch in between sales, this time using the end pages of my Fabriano watercolour sketchbook. It's a beige-ish 'laid' stock which means it has a slight ribbed texture, a bit like old fashioned letterhead paper. It was a lot of fun to experiment with some white gouache to help pull some features out of the background creating an interesting sense of depth.
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