Last week we finally left our Canberra for the first time in months to drive an hour away to the country town of Braidwood.
The village of Braidwood started to form around the 1840s and has retained many of it’s older 19th century buildings along the main street. As such, it’s a great place to sketch.
I was sketching across the road from the CWA (Country Women’s Association) building and the post office and then later further down the main street into town.
My first sketch was made on a page that I had prepared with white gesso and ink a few weeks back. I also collaged some paper onto my page, which I had made by printing from a gelli (gel) plate. That saved me from having to paint the mountain.
Along the street my eye was caught by an interesting combination of rooflines and light poles.
I was just getting stuck into my blind contour drawing when I had to go for lunch which we had booked at the Albion Cafe.
I liked this last one best of all. It’s probably a good thing that we had to go to lunch before I ruined it.
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I like the different versions- in the first one you get a sense of the town just from the corner of a victorian roof.
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Thank Emma.
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I love your drawings, the colors, well balanced proportions. Very nice!
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Thank you Francois!
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isn’t it interesting how drawing the blind contour line is so free and direct, making the path from eye to page with no interference from the mind, a favourite exercise first learned from Clem Milward in the first year of the Art Diploma Qualifying Course at Hornsby TAFE back in 1973, that’s nearly half a century ago!
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I try not to calculate the dates these days! 😄I learned the technique when I went back to uni as a mature age student. It remains my favourite way to draw.
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