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...
Learn how paint markers and focussing on big shapes first can transform your sketches.
Learning goals:
• Learn to identify positive or negative space to push your subject forward
• Let go of the pencil and work backwards with blocks of colour, adding detail last
• Explore framing your subject by blocking the negative space with opaque colour in loose strokes
• Become comfortable with the application of opaque markers – (Posca or Molotow or similar)
• Avoid white page fright with tinted pages.
Workshop Location:
Ellen Melville Centre, 2 Freyberg Place, Auckland Central
Date and time:
1pm to 4pm, 20 July 2019
Supply list:
Bring opaque media and tinted sketchbooks if you have them, however tinted papers and a range of markers will be supplied to work with. Your usual drawing and watercolour tools will be useful also.
Number of students:
Minimum 7 people, maximum 15 people.
Registration fee:
$45 NZD bank payment or on the day.
Contact Murray to book.
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