April 10, 2015 by Leonie Andrews

Farewell to summer

My partner said the other day that we won’t be going swimming down the beach anymore until the summer comes around again. How true. I saw snow on Mt Franklin as I was driving home yesterday. So here is a last hurrah for summer.

I realised that I never posted these drawings from one of our beach trips in late February.

Windswept, watercolour, 27 February 2015

Windswept, watercolour and graphite, 27 February 2015

The local high school was spending the afternoon learning surfing for sport (not in my day, boo hoo).

High school students waiting to start their surfing lesson, watercolour and graphite, 27 February 2015

And last but not least, a screeching gull determined to get some hot chips for lunch.

Screeching gull, watercolour, 27 February 2015

April 8, 2015 by Leonie Andrews

Cafe Wednesday – turtles

It was cold yesterday so we were huddled underneath the awning next to the reptile shop to drink our coffee. At least we got the ‘desirable’ table right next to the tank of Eastern Long Neck Turtles. I love watching them swim about the tank, but they are also adept at just sitting underwater for long periods of time. I was particularly enamoured of the turtle stack in the corner of the tank.

A tank of Eastern Long Neck Turtles, pen and ink and gel pen, 8 April 2015

April 7, 2015 by Leonie Andrews

Cafe portraits

This morning’s coffee break resulted in this set of portraits.

Patrons of the Italian bakery, pen and ink, 7 April 2015

April 6, 2015April 6, 2015 by Leonie Andrews

A drawing in two parts

We were out on Easter Saturday and because our regular coffee spot was closed for the holiday we opted for an alternative venue. Ah new scenes to draw. Out came the trusty pen (Lamy Safari) and ink and the somewhat dodgy pen (Duke 209). My attention was caught by the plane tree framed by the cafe door. I also liked the people sitting on the right. So far so good. Then I thought I’d better capture the person on the left before they finished their snack and left. I realised too late that I’d drawn the person on the left at the wrong scale.

The original drawing, cafe pen and ink, 4 April 2015

I couldn’t resist a little tweak using Photoshop to enlarge the figure on the left to get an idea of how the drawing might have turned out.

Re-jigged on Photoshop, the figure on the left enlarges to a more realistic scale.

I’ll console myself with the old saying that “the only person who’s never made a mistake is the person who’s never done a thing”.

March 31, 2015 by Leonie Andrews

Quick, quick, slow

Like many sketchers I always carry a small sketchbook in my bag for sketching wherever I go. These days I frequently take a larger book as well, that is if I remember it. Today I forgot the larger book so I sketched in the smaller one instead. In the small book I found two other drawings which I haven’t previously posted so here are two quick drawings and a slow one to finish off.

Firstly a sketch captured while I was scoffing fish and chips down the coast several weeks ago. Most people sit on the back verandah of this fish shop, solely for the view. Fending off marauding seagulls may also be necessary.

The Clyde River bridge (the other one) at Bateman’s Bay NSW, pen and ink, 16 March 2015

Yesterday I was sitting at the green waste re-cycling centre whiling away a few minutes while my partner tied a tarp over our load of soil. This is what I could see in front of me.

Red Hill from Corkhill Bros at the Mugga Lane tip, pen and ink, 30 March 2015

Finally I spent rather more time on this drawing of the pallets at the back of the fruit shop, Jabals Halal Market, at Mawson.

The back of Jabals Halal Market, Mawson ACT, pen and ink, 31 March 2015

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