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...
...printed large that is. Remember a few months back we sketched in Avondale as guests of the Whau Arts Festival (see here)? Well thanks to Whau the People our sketches have now been enlarged substantially and mounted and are on display in the old 3Guys site. They look surprisingly good enlarged!
Here are a selection of them below (my ones are on the grey paper) and they'll be on display until the end of December. Check them out if you're in the area, they're in a car park so you can even drive around them!
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| Jana Hoffman's pages |
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| Eric Ngan's sketch on the left – who's that is on the right? |
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| Jackson Wong's sketch of the racecourse |
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| Jane Grimond's sketch |
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| Shailee Adke's sketch on the left |
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