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by Leonie Andrews

All the vegetables

It started last year and now I’ve done two more sketches of the vegetables we grow in our garden.

The ‘Turk’s Turban pumpkin was a ‘no brainer’, so visually appealing it just begged to be drawn. Sadly, by the time we decided to eat it, it had rotted on the inside. I did manage to save some seeds so hopefully I’ll have more subjects next year.

‘Turk’s Turban ‘ pumpkin

Next up was this ‘Grosse Lisse’ tomato, which weighed in at 554 grams (or 1 pound 2 ounces). It was picked still a bit green, but has subsequently ripened fully.

Tomato ‘Grosse Lisse’

Last but not least are a small bunch of zucchinis (courgettes), some of the 150+  fruits that we have harvested so far this year.

A plateful of zucchinis

All the sketches are made using Caran d’Ache Luminance, light fast, colour pencils. My sketchbook is a Leuchtturm  1917 sketchbook, the combination of the smooth paper with the creamy pencils works particularly well.

by Leonie Andrews

Two more portraits

I’m really enjoying drawing portraits of my friends and my partner. I missed posting last week, so now I have two portraits to post.

Last week I did a second portrait of my partner, given that I wasn’t completely happy about the first one I made.

Steve

It’s hard to judge this portrait. It is more realistic in someway, but not the best likeness.  I suppose the lesson I need to keep reinforcing is practice and keep doing it.

My second portrait of our friend has quite a few points of resemblance.  She looks rather dour, but in reality it’s the downside of sketching people during a zoom meeting. Everyone is fairly intent on their screen  which lends a seriousness to their face, which doesn’t necessarily reflect their personality.

I particularly enjoy using multiple colours of pencil to develop the darker tones. As we made our own selection of these pencils, we don’t have all the standard colours.  This is way more interesting I think.

by Leonie Andrews

Another Sunday night sketch

Our Sunday ritual of catching up with art friends in the UK and Scotland continues. As we had been out and got back just 10 minutes before our meeting time I decided to simply grab my book and colour pencils and sketch my partner sitting at the other end of the table.

Steve

I really enjoyed the marks I used, but when I sat looking at it the following morning I realised that his head isn’t in proportion with his body. I’m happy with the drawing of both, but they are not quite the right size for each other. Oh well.

My sketches outside Old Parliament House

Earlier that day we’d been out with our local chapter of Urban Sketchers at Old Parliament House. As I have sketched here many times I decided to try and find some different angles to capture.

Sketches up close

Top left is the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, which has been occupying the land across from the front of the Old Parliament since Australia Day 1972. So that means that by the end of this month it will have been there for 54 years.

Bottom left is a view from the building from the Senate Rose gardens. Originally that fence kept the prying eyes of the public out, so the Senators could enjoy some fresh air in privacy.

The right hand page shows the first women to be elected to parliament. Senator (Dame) Dorothy Tangney on the left and (Dame) Enid Lyons, house of Representatives on the right.

These were done with watercolour and in the case of the Tent Embassy, I used pencil.