St Stephens Cathedral Brisbane

Sketching at St Stephens Cathedral

St Stephen's Cathedral was opened on 17 May 1874, superseding Old St Stephen's, which still stands alongside it. A Gothic Revival building built of porphyry and freestone, the new Cathedral was built in stages: The foundation stone was laid in 1863, with the intention of constructing a grand building to the design of architect Benjamin Backhouse. With the economic crisis of the 1860s, work on the building ceased in 1864, and when construction was resumed in 1870, it was to a smaller and simplified design by the Brisbane architect, R. George Suter. Two sandstone towers were added in 1884, and the sacristy and simple transepts were added in 1922.

 

I used a Tombow Dual Brush pen and a Waterbrush for this sketch,  Done on Saunders 140lb rough

 

Kangaroo Point Cliffs with the Brisbane USkers.

It was a beautiful day today, up on the cliffs.  Quite hot for Autumn though, still wearing very light summer clothes.

I had a super vantage point for my "Tower of Power sketch today.  I could see the Wheel of Brisbane, Stefans Sky needle, Parliament House, and in the background Mount Coot-tha and the icon television towers.  I think I'll turn this sketch into a painting.

This sketch, I drew looking through the fence to St Marys Anglican Church.  It is a beautiful old church and was  built in 1873 by Alfred Grant to a design by diocesan architect Richard G Suter. It replaced a timber structure built in 1849 on land closer to the river.

 

 

Can you spot all the landmarks I mentioned up there?

 

 

I was sitting in the Cliff Park, being eaten by ants, but was too excited to get this sketch done to move.

Ann Street Brisbane

Super morning in the sun with the Brisbane Urban Sketchers.  There were nine of us out sketching and we had a blast.  Here is my sketch.

Sketched on a Canson 270 gsm (100lb) watercolour pad A5  (8.5 x 6 inches)

Unipin 0.5 black pen - Watercolours.

    

BLOOPER

Pencil sketch of Grand Central Station.  (I was going to use it for a post card)  I ran out of paper, so started again.  I mapped out the building and ran out of paper.  So up there is what I ended up drawing.

Fun in the Sun!

The Gas Stripping Tower, Davies park, West End - Brisbane

I went to the Davies Park Markets today, with the Brisbane Urban Sketchers. Behind the markets is an iconic, historic Gas Stripping tower. It is the only one of it's kind in Australia.

It is a demountable cast iron tower was manufactured in 1912 by Robert Dempster & Sons Ltd, of Elland, Yorkshire, and transported in segments to Brisbane, where it was erected at the West End Gasworks in Montague Road operated by the South Brisbane Gas & Light Company. The South Brisbane gas and Light Company was established in 1885, in direct competition to the Brisbane Gas Corporation. The tower was decommissioned in 1949.  It is on the heritage register.

 

Across the river is the historic Moorland House, standing in front of The Wesley Hospital.  You can see it better in my sketch above.

I used Bockingford 140lb cp 11' x 15' paper that was bequeathed to me.  I think of my friend Denis every time I use it.

I used a Uni Pin .05 pen and watercolours..

Thank you for looking

 

Sketching QUT Brisbane

I went out with the Brisbane Urban Sketchers this morning.  We had a lovely morning, weather was gorgeous.  I had a blast using my Elegant Writer Calligraphy Pen and another pen I bought called Micador.  Both are watersoluble and a blast to use with a water mister bottle.

First sketch I sat on a wall looking towards the Goodwill bridge.  I sketched the shelter and CityCycles.

Next I went for a walk with two others and we sat on the verandah of Old Government House and sketched the Technology Buildings

I really was taken by the clouds on the glass building.

Thank you for looking.

JUDY-JOY BELL: General Post Office Brisbane Town..

JUDY-JOY BELL: General Post Office Brisbane Town..

Brisbanes Grand Old General Post Office

Sketching with the Brisbane Urban Sketchers today in post Office Square.

The history of this site predates the 1872 construction of the Brisbane GPO by John Petrie. During the convict settlement the Female Factory or women’s prison was situated here, deliberately isolated from the rest of the settlement to keep the women away from the unwanted attention of other male prisoners and officers.

With the old prison and one time police quarters demolished, colonial architect FDG Stanley came up with the Italianate design for the GPO and twin Telegraph Office. Although the GPO was completed in 1872, the central tower (a scaled down version of a more grandiose proposed clock tower) and Telegraph Office weren’t built until 1877-79.