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...
What a great turn-out for the Brit & Euro Classic Car day last weekend at Lloyd Ellesmere Park in Pakuranga. I don't think I've ever seen so many classic cars in one place!
There were 2 superb XKs to sketch, I was tempted to draw the genuine XKSS but went for this iconic grille first, so next time maybe.
This is the big 6 cylinder Austin A95 with lots of chrome to draw.
This is the legendary Roycroft Bugatti Jaguar that raced (and sometimes won) major New Zealand motor races in the '50s – not bad for a 1920's car eh.
When delivery of a cutting edge XK Jaguar on order was delayed, rather than miss the 1954 NZ Championship, the little 1991cc Bugatti engine was swapped out for a Jaguar C-type 3442cc engine. Must have been fairly hairy racing around the streets of Dunedin!
Probably the most popular car at the show – an Isetta BMW bubble car. And a mint
Triumph TR2 below. It's good to finally get a TR in the sketchbook...
Triumph TR2 below. It's good to finally get a TR in the sketchbook...
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