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...
An enjoyable few hours drawing old cars again after some months drawing old houses for the Past and Present exhibition currently on at Railway studios. There is always something of interest at The Galaxy of Cars.
I managed to grab a couple of rare specimens – a 1947 Allard L-type, a
1951 Bristol 401 and a 1909 Rover. (I also got a Riley 9 Lord March
special replica, but managed to ruin the sketch somehow - definitely a bit out of practice, and that was the first sketch of the day). I particularly enjoyed trying to suggest the volume of those big curvaceous front guards on the Allard and the reflective curves of the Bristol.
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