Showing posts with label australian natives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label australian natives. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Spring Sketchabout Number Two

The second spring sketchabout was a dull day but lovely to be outside. We'd been expecting rain so we were highly delighted. A lot of new (to us) sketchers joined us and I hope very much we'll see them again.

We went to the Australian rockery & I drew these gymea lilies. I was at the top of this steep slope and the plants were part of the way down. They are so large that they towered above me. Hopefully you can tell that from the photo (courtesy of Jennifer).I had to put the north shore in and a yacht to get some scale.

I then drew some yellow kangaroo paw. I'd wanted to draw the red, but they were located mid-way down this steep slope. I've located some easily accessible ones up in Mrs Macquarie's Road, so hopefully they'll still be flowering next time I go.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Australian Natives and more

111008 04 Spring Sketchabout 2 Natives
Here are my sketches from Saturday... a great day!!!

111008 03 Spring Sketchabout 2 Folly

Sketching this folly was quite a challenge...
111008 05 Spring Sketchabout 2 Lunch
A good number of the sketchers stayed for lunch and we had a great time sharing sketchbooks. It is always so inspirational to see the works of others.