Here's the result:
You can see a couple of sketchers in the next one!
Some info if you want it:
The Story of Marsland Hill
Showing posts with label Marsland Hill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marsland Hill. Show all posts
20 Jan 2018
Carillon Bells, Marsland Hill.
We're back out sketching, and boy did I need it this week! Today's
location was Marsland Hill. I decided to try the Carillon Bells. I've
looked at them before and decided "Nope. Too complicated." Each time. So
today I thought, "What the heck, I'll give them a go."
Here's the result:
You can see a couple of sketchers in the next one!
Some info if you want it:
The Story of Marsland Hill
Here's the result:
You can see a couple of sketchers in the next one!
Some info if you want it:
The Story of Marsland Hill
9 Feb 2015
Three of a kind
Another hot day in Taranaki avoiding sunburn under a tree and looking out to sea. The three large buildings in the mid-ground are on the same city block. I've always felt like they are related somehow and mentally group them together. Although totally unrelated in usage and architecture, I still to want to group them somehow.
When I finished this one I remembered another drawing I did in 2011 of the same three. Again, drawn together and framed in the same type of tree too. Included below are the original, before digital colouring, and the previous 2011 red pen of the same buildings.
When I finished this one I remembered another drawing I did in 2011 of the same three. Again, drawn together and framed in the same type of tree too. Included below are the original, before digital colouring, and the previous 2011 red pen of the same buildings.
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24 Jan 2015
Marsland Hill on a sweltering hot fine day.
A gorgeous day today. We are really being spoilt with the weather. We went and sat up on Marsland Hill and sketched the views. If you wanted to see the views, you weren't in the shade so we cooked just a little.
This was my first day out sketching for 2015 and I managed to get two sketches done.
Here they are:
This was my first day out sketching for 2015 and I managed to get two sketches done.
Here they are:
17 Mar 2013
Marsland Hill.
Today we sketched from Marsland Hill. This was a European stronghold during the Maori Wars.
Here are two images from archives:
New Plymouth in about 1857, looking south. Marsland Hill stockade is in the distance on the left, with St Mary's Anglican Church below it to the right.
When war broke out in 1860 New Plymouth was a small town. Fewer than 3000 Europeans lived in Taranaki province, nearly all of them in the vicinity of the provincial capital. Seven hundred adult Pakeha males were confronted by twice as many Maori. Only troops could ensure the settlement's safety.
I sketched one of the views looking towards the New Plymouth Clock Tower and the Tasman Sea.
Here is my sketch:
Here are two images from archives:
New Plymouth in about 1857, looking south. Marsland Hill stockade is in the distance on the left, with St Mary's Anglican Church below it to the right.
When war broke out in 1860 New Plymouth was a small town. Fewer than 3000 Europeans lived in Taranaki province, nearly all of them in the vicinity of the provincial capital. Seven hundred adult Pakeha males were confronted by twice as many Maori. Only troops could ensure the settlement's safety.
I sketched one of the views looking towards the New Plymouth Clock Tower and the Tasman Sea.
Here is my sketch:
References:
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/Cow01NewZ-fig-Cow01NewZ163a.html
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/new-plymouth-1857
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