Summer camp - gorgeous weather with the world's second bluest sky

Wedding preparation at the Fitzroy Motor Camp - bridal doll just fixed to the grill

Fake Lighthouse

This is a fake lighthouse. We were driving around the coast and thought that we would like like to turn off and see it again. We've been there before but it was a number of years ago. When we got there it was watching over the stormy boat launch. Since we were there last, a boat club building was also built next to it. But then we remembered, it wasn't exactly on the shore like this and was also on a small hill. It turns out that Google said that the actual one, that is pretty much identical, is another minute drive down a road from where we were. This was a fake replica that looks pretty much the same, in almost the same place as the other one. Since we were already there though, and it was against the dark grey sea, we thought that this one would be at least as interesting to sketch.

Naked Ladies

  Renate Verbrugge's Mothers and Daughters andesite sculptures look out over the Tasman Sea from the New Plymouth foreshore.  Each is a slightly different colour.

I guess it was a rather cheap life drawing class.

Inglewood Signs & Posters

Here's another one from Inglewood. I found a bench out of the sun and noticed all the signs and posters. The top signs were reasonably redundant. The left one was missing a bit in the middle displaying a plywood midriff. Beside that one was a flippy one that displayed different ads, except that it didn't flip or display anything.

St Andrews

 

Sitting in the shade of a petrol station, using a fat 0.5 fineliner, I dashed off the fiddly bits by the roof and spire.  Sometimes the police spy from the base of the palm trees to spot drivers on their cell phones at the stop lights, and radio ahead to cops waiting further on.  I've sketched them doing this. An effective method that brings in many punters.

WW2 Dodge Command Car

Last weekend, we went to a car show. It was the kind that had all types of clubs showing off their best. By far, our favourites were the ones that were in the shade. This happened to be the New Zealand Military Vehicle Club so there were several trucks and jeeps. (We found out later that some members even have small tanks!) It was quite hot that day and after many minutes at the Sausage Sizzle and the bake sale we decided to sit in the shade. I pulled out my book and sketched this officer's World War 2 deluxe jeep (actually a Dodge). Since it's not as tall and wider than other jeeps of the time it seemed more modern with it's Hummer-like proportions.