I have continued to be interested in the paintings of L S Lowry, introduced to us by our friend Gwen Herbert, who has been embroidering them for years and has steered Margaret through her own effort to embroider one of them too.
So recently I found one that I liked and spent a few hours sketching it with pencils and water-colours. Here it is. The church in the centre was demolished a few weeks after Lowry painted this scene early in the twentieth century.
Our U3A Sketching Group has had a new lease of life this year, and last meeting there were nine of us at the Pukekura Park Tea House for morning coffee, a chat, and an hour sketching a scene of our own choice in the park.
My effort is below, looking from one of the vantage-points over the main lake towards the south, where in good weather you can catch a glimpse of Mt Taranaki.
Next time we will do another exercise from our "text-book", a little book by Thomas Wang on Pencil Sketching, published about 30 years ago and containing lots of helpful hints which are worth practising.
Another morning I stopped by the Cathedral grounds and sketched one of the graves - this one the only one left which is still awaiting restoration.
Fortunately, one of the family members was working on the grounds while I was there and she was interested in my effort.
It is a bit odd looking to us now, but still in excellent condition itself even though the surrounds will be the better for the eventual restoration work.
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