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...
It’s taken me 8 or so months to finally get this prototype booklet of my sketches made in Kerala earlier last year. It’s A5 size and 56 pages featuring sketches made in Fort Kochi, Thrissur Pooram and Sketchgala, Munnar and Kumarakom.
The process gave me the opportunity to try a few experimental layouts as a test, comparing cropped sketches with full sketchbook with shadow spreads. The really hard part was figuring out what to leave out as I had filled a large kraft sketchbook, cover to cover, with over 70 sketches, some good, some not so much!
I'm fairly happy with the layout so far but to finish it off I need to add some maps. And a hard cover would be nice too.
I'll let you know when they are available to purchase.
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