Monday, 22 August 2016

Back to the sketching

This week


Well, fortnight or so!

No, I haven't been entirely neglecting sketching.

At Puke Ariki museum I found this strongly-lit carved panel on the front of the wharenui:







































It was a good exercise in capturing light and shade with pencil only.

Nearby a display about Mt Taranaki, on this occasion with lots of schoolchildren milling about. Not one of my better efforts - I think the kids may have distracted me:



Here are two from the front window of our new house, the first looking across the cul-de-sac to a couple of neighbours' houses:



And here is the front fence between our lawn and the street:



The guy who helps us with the garden has now removed all the surplus vegetation, but this reminds us of what a mess was here when we first arrived!


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