I had  visit today to the Specialists Centre at the Mater Hospital.  Long day. didn't get home util 5.30pm

Life Drawing at The Art Shed Life Drawing meet..

Here are some sketches from my last two life drawing sessions..

Life Drawing

I went to life drawing, at the Art Shed Life Drawing meet.  It was such fun..  First time in a very long time..

Sketching with the Brisbane Plein Air Group at Brisbane Gardens Mount Coot-tha - Qld Austrlaia

We sketched in the Japanese Gardens, as well as the lake.  It was a great day, lots of talk about art..

Back to the Storm Water Drain, with a Sketching Mate.... Brisbane Australia.

Sketching in a Storm Water Drain - Cannon Hill Bowls Club

Today, I decided to sketch in a storm water drain.  These structures are all over Brisbane, open drains to channel the excess water from the heavy rains we get out into the bay via the many creeks we have.

Sadly, folks think these drains are their personal garbage dumps.  There were all kinds of garbage in there, from plastic bottles, cans, cardboard, what looked like the remnants of a shopping trolley, and lots of plastic from cast off plastic bags.

There is plenty of wildlife living in these ditches, Mallard ducks, Australian Brown Ducks, and visiting Egrets..  I didn't get close enough tot he water to see if there were any fish in there, I didn't have my gumboots.  Sadly I didn't have a plastic bag either, to carry the smaller pieces of garbage away..

40th Worldwide Sketchcrawl Brisbane Australia

We met at the Kangaroo Cliffs Cafe at 10.00 am Sketched awhile, whilst having coffee, then moved on along the Public Art Trail.

The Brisbane River Public Art Trail - 2.4 kilometre walk that meanders along the Brisbane River's edge on the Kangaroo Point boardwalk. The walk begins at the Maritime Museum, South Bank and ends at the Thornton Street ferry terminal, after taking a detour to the top of the cliffs at Kangaroo Point Park.