Sketching Week 2

In 1982 a book of new Zealand photos was published, containing shots by a cousin of Margaret's, Martin Barriball, now sadly out of print.

One of the photos was of an old cottage in Central Otago, which I used as the basis of this sketch.

It was interesting because of the project which Terry and Karen are doing, to restore a similar cottage at Arrowtown. While theirs is stone and this one is apparently cobb, the similarity attracted me immediately.

Also interesting was the light and shade on the building.

I am picking up some good ideas from a book by David Rankin, published in 2000, called "Fast Sketching Techniques", and this was an opportunity to practise some of them.



Anyway, here is Martin's photo for you to compare.