Looking down the shops at the Fyshwick markets.
A quick pen sketch at the Fyshwick markets.
Fyshwick markets
Month / January 2014
Gone to Goulburn
During the week I visited the nearby city of Goulburn, an hours drive away from Canberra. Goulburn has a lot of architectural heritage on view. If you look above the awnings along the main street you can see a real mix of historic periods. As we were ambling along my friend drew my attention to a number of old neon signs still in place above shops that are no longer exist.
Old neon sign Goulburn.
I captured another sign in a quick sketch on my tablet.
Old neon sign Goulburn.
There was also plenty to see under the awnings. I had never noticed that many of the awnings along Auburn Street were clad, on their undersides, in pressed metal. The ones I noticed all appeared to be in the Art Deco style.
Some of the pressed metal that can be seen on the awnings in Auburn St, Goulburn.
We stopped for lunch at The Roses Cafe where I did another quick sketch.
Inside the Roses Cafe, Goulburn.
I can definitely recommend Goulburn as a destination for anyone interested in architecture.
We’ll be back in Goulburn next week for the opening of the ‘Efflorescence’ exhibition at the Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, which includes one of my works. Hope you can drop in while the exhibition is on.
Cafe Wednesday – limbs
I’m trying to vary my Cafe Wednesday drawings, so looking at different angles is one way to go. The other advantage is that people appear less twitchy when you are drawing their legs, rather than their heads. Our natural instinct to sense when we are being watched is still strong.
Cafe Wednesday, a different angle, 22 January 2014.
Blue and white
I’ve just taken delivery of the first fountain pen that I’ve owned in quite a while. The boxed set came with ink and spare ink cartridges. Given the ink etc was black I was rather startled to discover that the cartridge in the pen was blue ink. So it’s blue drawings on white paper for the present.
Headphones, ink, 21 January 2014.
At some time while I was wandering around the web yesterday I came across a video of the potter/artist/journal keeper/etc Paulus Behrensohn. Here was some Paulus-inspired doodling of imaginary pots.
Pots, inspired by Paulus Behrensohn, 21 January 2014.
In Flight
Two drawings involving the idea of flight. The first is a sculpture at the intersection of Summerland Circuit & Drakeford Drive in Kambah. It’s bright orange colour has been the focus of quite a bit of discussion.
Moth Ascending the Capital, Alexander Knox, painted steel 2012.
The second was drawn in the nearby adventure playground, where I had the challenge of capturing people riding the ‘Flying Fox’.
Riding the ‘Flying Fox’, 19 January 2014.
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