Sketching Again

 

On a cool morning, with wind blowing, I sat outside one of the local cafes and sketched the building on the other side of the street.

 

I was interested in the three-dimensional shapes of the roof, and the technicalities of getting those shapes on my paper.

 

Another cool day I walked around the block and sketched the view looking east over the High School rugby field and the artificial hockey ground in the distance.

 

 

 

 

Another technical area we have come back to recently is that of simple portraiture.

 

Here is a sketch based on a newspaper photo.

 

At the end of our street, the Transport Authority is widening State Highway 3 to four lanes between the CBD and the northern bank of the Waiwhakaiho River.

 

Here is the second bridge being built over the Te Henui River just below the Girls' High School.

 

 

 

 

 

 

At our Sketching Group meeting last week we tried an exercise in Still Life by drawing the ornaments on the coffee table where we were meeting.

 

One of these was a wooden toy train, and the sunshine coming through the windows highlighted the light and shade.

 

Here is my effort to sketch the train.