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...
Another catch-up post of sketches from last year. This epic view is Whanganui from the top of the Durie Hill elevator, with views reaching as far as Mount Taranaki and Mount Ruapehu in the distance.
Sketched at the end of a great weekend organised by Urban Sketchers Wellington.
The Waimarie steam paddleboard has been paddling up and down the Whanganui River since 1899!
This is Victoria Avenue in Whanganui. In the foreground, left, is a beautiful 1858 chemist building is home to Inkt – home to a seriously impressive selection of fountain pens and ink as well as lots of other delicious art materials – well worth a visit online here).
Whanganui is loaded with sketchable old buildings like this one above.
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