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by Leonie Andrews

Umbrellas, 3 ways

I  love my cafe umbrellas. When I recently found myself at three cafes in the one week, a bit unusual for me,  I couldn’t resist the opportunity to draw my favourite subject matter. One twist however, I decided to draw each one with a different medium.

The first was in my black ball point pen. I had already completed a drawing inside the cafe when I glanced up to see this group of furled umbrellas.

Repetition, furled umbrellas at the Italian Bakery in Mawson, 2 February 2014.

Repetiiton, furled umbrellas at the Italian Bakery in Mawson, 2 February 2014.

The next was drawn at our regular Cafe Wednesday watering hole. This time I used my phablet to draw using the SNote function (Samsung Galaxy). Very simple.

Umbrella drawn with SNote, 5 February 2014.

Umbrella drawn with SNote, 5 February 2014.

Finally, at the Beaver Galleries cafe I drew using my new fountain pen. I’m still working on using up the blue cartridge it came with.

Cafe umbrella at the Beaver Gallery, Deakin, 6 February 2014.

Cafe umbrella at the Beaver Gallery, Deakin, 6 February 2014.

by Leonie Andrews

Efflorescent, exhibition opening, 31 January

This is rather late in being posted, but I was thrilled to find out that Gardening Australia presenter Angus Stewart was opening the Efflorescent exhibition at the Goulburn Regional Art Gallery. Of course I couldn’t let the chance for a photo pass by.

Leonie Andrews with Angus Stewart at the opening of the Efforescent exhibition at the Goulburn Regional Gallery.

Leonie Andrews with Angus Stewart at the opening of the Efforescent exhibition at the Goulburn Regional Gallery.

by Leonie Andrews

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.

Old neon sign Goulburn.

I captured another sign in a quick sketch on my tablet.

Old neon sign Goulburn.

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.

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.

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.