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...
Róisín's writing is very entertaining, so apart from giving expert advice on drawing people, which she does very well, you will get a good laugh as well. I particularly like tips like 'How to channel your inner alien’ and why you shouldn't sketch from photos ‘Photos are the enemy of lively sketches. Leave your phone in your pocket’ which is so true.
Nice to be sharing a page with these talented individuals; @pauloj.mendes @mikedaikubara @nelson_paciencia and @matlet
Kiwis can pick up a copy at Gordon Harris, who deliver during lockdown online sales here. My copy finally arrived after months languishing on a cargo ship somewhere in the Pacific thanks to COVID-19, and if we weren't in Level 4 lockdown I'd go and draw some more people right now.
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