35th Worldwide Sketchcrawl (Brisbane Chapter)

Our group met at the QUT at 9.30am for a 10.00am start.  We sat sat for an hour sketching, then headed off to the Goodwill Bridge.  Half an hour there, then Southbank.  We sketched for half an hour, then headed off to the food court for lunch.  After lunch we had a difference project.  Imagine This  It was fun, the leader of the project had A3 sheets of paper with faded out photos on them of buildingds in the street we were on.  Our task was to take the photo and add our artists impression, of how we could improve on the architecture to make the building more appealing.  It was a super exercise.  We spent half an hour on this, then headed to out last stop, the Queensland State Library.  It was a super day!  Weather was magical.

Qld University of Technology

Looking that the mangrove on the Southbank side of the Goodwill Bridge

Lighthouse at the Maritime Museum, sketched from up on the Goodwill Bridge.

Streets Beach Southbank

Sketched while sitting on the grass having lunch

Sketched while having lunch

Sketched while having lunch

Qld State Library forecourt

Qld State Library forecourt

Qld State Library forecourt

Camping Mount Archer Qld Australia

Mount Archer is 90 minutes drive south west of Brisbane.  The mount is 604 metres high, and dominates the Mount Archer National Park.  The mount is named in honour of the Archer Brothers who explored the Fitzroy area, and it is part of the Darumbal Aboriginal people's traditional country.  I camped there this last weekend with my camping group.  At night and early morning, we were delighted with the raucous calls of the majestic Black Cockatoos..
We camped along Moores Creek, I think it was called, and it was delightful to hear the water rushing by at night.  We had one major thunderstorm on the Saturday night, to add to our excitement.  Everyone managed to stay dry..

A month of heavy Rain!!!!!

....my studio is wet, wet, wet.   I haven't been able to get out ans sketch.  Today in desperation, I sat under the carport and sketched my drought tolerant garden.  All this rain and humidity has made it grow like crazy, it looks awesome! :-)

Southbank Brisbane Qld Australia

I took the girls to Southbank on the 20th.  What better what to spend my birthday! :-)  They swam and I sketched.

Southbank was built on the old Expo 88 site.  It is a wonderful place for tourists and locals alike.  The biggest attraction is Streets Beach.

Urban Sketching. Matisse Drawing Life Exhibition. (Brisbane Australia)

My Granddaughter and I went to The Gallery of Modern Art today, to see the Matisse Exhibit.  We were delighted to find, they had set up a "Drawing Room"  We sat awhile and sketched.  I sketched Auguste Rodin's Bust "Torse de Jeune Femme", and a sketch of my granddaughter drawing..

Urban Sketching. Qld Art Gallery

I went to the Qld Art Gallery today and did a sketch of part of my favourite painting at the gallery. It is called Monday Morning.

A sketch from the dentist window Woolloongabba

This is the Former Taylor-Heaslop Building, erected in 1889-90, is important as surviving evidence of the Woolloongabba Fiveways, one of Brisbane's principal shopping centres in the latter part of the 19th century, and for demonstrating the impact of the economic boom of the 1880's in metropolitan Brisbane.