Why sketch?

posted by Murray Dewhurst on
Some time ago I found an old wiro notebook in a drawer. A scruffy wiro bound notebook with a photo of 2 men in a kayak with a bear on the front cover. In that notebook I found terrible sketches drawn in pencil made while travelling in 1991.  One sketch leapt out at me. It was a rough pencil sketch of Mt Ararat from a backpacking trip to eastern Turkey. The sketch really surprised me – it was a very basic pencil sketch, drawn using a .5mm technical pencil on a cheap notepad. The sketch is just black and white… To my surprise the sounds and smells of the day came flooding back. Meeting some Kurdish goat herders and their flock near the base of Mt Ararat, about 10km from the Iranian border on a bright sunny but cool, alpine day. Along with memories of driving across the mountain steppe in an old Renault 19 and the smells of chai and coffee in a Doğubayazıt pasta solunu. It all came back come flooding back! Why did it evoke such vivid memories? I’m not really sure to be honest. Maybe t...
0

Couldrey House, Wenderholm Regional Park

posted by Murray Dewhurst on
Have been to Wenderholm a few times over the years and had no idea this place even existed tucked a few minutes away from the beach behind some bush, nikau palms and an enormous old magnolia tree. It started life in 1857 as a cottage and got built on through the years, so it's an Edwardian/Victorian combination. Fully furnished and open to visits too, check out their website for open hours.

Comments

Post a Comment