Lost Paradise

Lost Paradise - in the Totara Dell - 700 orchids - part of the Taranaki Garden Spectacular.

A bit of a catch up.

It's been a busy few weeks, so not much sketching work has been getting done. Here's a bit of a catch up:

29th October 2016

Tupare:

Last Saturday we went to Tupare. It was a little cold and windy, so I found a nice sheltered spot and this old lamppost.
I decided to try something a little different this time and did a pencil drawing of the lamppost, and then finished with watercolour. I used plenty of water and let it run.

8th  October 2016

White Hart Hotel:

The White Hart Hotel. Now restored and looking great.

Pen and wash.

Plymouth Ensemble

Most pleasant listening to the this quartet on a sunny afternoon at Tupare.

V8 Restored

At the 150th anniversary of the Fire Service all the engines were out on display for the little kids and not so little kids

1934 Ford V8 beautifully restored from the Urenui Fire Brigade

Fire Service

Fire Service

drawn by Patricia

Gables lying down

Just to get a different perspective and avoid the keen wind, I lay down on the footpath and drew the Gables.  I was very toasty, with the breeze whizzing overhead.

Taranaki Seaside Market

The first Sunday of every month at Ngamotu Beach is the Seaside Market. Although there's lots of stuff for sale, I usually just go down for the food. Although last week, I went down for the sketch and the mild sunburn. I guess summer's coming!

Len Lye Centre, Govett Brewster Gallery , Monica's : NEW PLYMOUTH.

The re-furbished Govett Brewster Gallery and the Len Lye Centre have great exhibitions  which are fittingly matched by great service and coffee at Monica's. MLB

Guzzi

A cool blustery day, and parked up was a brand new 2016 Italian imported Moto Guzzi V7 Racer 750cc.  What a lot of hardware crafted together, complete with embossed leather strap down the tank and taped exhausts.

Perepere and Paepae

Carving in front of a storehouse.  Found in a swamp.  Items in Puke Ariki museum.  This carving surprisingly has ears.

Paepae dug up from a local swamp in 1904.  The main speakers sit on these carved front benches at the threshold of a meeting house.