This week the beautiful and inspiring Botanical Gardens- Barbara Gray

Last week Mount Annan, this week the beautiful and inspiring Botanical Gardens! Thank you to those involved in organising this event. It's great! Wonderful to sketch, meet and share with others. I have used gouache and pen [ just a little ] on arches watercolour paper.

Garden Statue

Bamboo Sketch

Rathbourne Lodge

Sketchabout 2 - Liz's Sketches

Another great day - despite the rain!!! If there is a desire to sketch, the weather might be a challenge but where there is a will there is a way!

Warmup sketch before the start of the sketchabout - this is the wonderful brand new sculpture and very fun to draw. What was not so fun was the rain and the wind. I did manage to get the linework done sitting on my stool holding onto my umbrella - but the painting side was a bit too hard...so I added it later.


Great turnout for a very wet day - 23 approx sketchers. We were given access to Rathbourne lodge and were able to sit under the verandah and sketch the courtyard.



Not quite the options that we had last week but it was really nice to have most of the group together.

Look forward to seeing everyone next week ....Even if it is raining - there is so much to see and sketch in this wonderful garden!!!!

First Sketchabout - Bamboo

The day of Sketchabout Week 2 has dawned and here I am posting from Week 1.

In the morning I had taught the handmade sketchbook, so I wanted a relaxing afternoon. I still had to eat my lunch, and then decided to do a 'study' of this green bamboo shoot. It is amazing. I could draw it again and again.

The bamboo in the Gardens fascinates me. I've drawn it many times and it is always different - apart from the fact that there are so many varieties, colours and configurations.