DISCOVERING ART THROUGH EXPLORATION
I’m part of Jin Wu Koon Liondancing and Chinese New Year is a massive month long celebration in Sydney where the whole city joins in. It also means there a constant and intense schedule of lion dance performances for us that can range from morning till midnight and take us to all regions of Sydney... Continue Reading →
Back in January I went down to Melbourne for a short break to catch up with some friends, and in particular sketching friends. I chose Melbourne Zoo as a location for a day out having not been there since I was probably 16. Its very different from what I remember, a lot more trees and... Continue Reading →
I've had so much on this year that getting out to sketch on location is a luxury. I've allowed myself once a month to go out with one of my local sketch groups. On the weekend we went to the Sydney Fish Markets. The weather has been really unpredictable lately so packed mediums that I... Continue Reading →
Last Friday I went and saw Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes (aka Jay and Silent Bob) at the State Theatre. Smith directed one of my favourite movies Mallrats - its very rare to find a movie that throws in cool comic book related jokes. Anyway, couldn't find any takers to come with me so went... Continue Reading →
I made it out with the Urban Sketchers crew to one of my favourite places to draw - St Stephen's Cemetery in Newtown/Camperdown. Its an old Anglican churchyard that has been overgrown with trees and greenery. The gravestones have lost their footing and show wear and tear of over more than a century and a half,... Continue Reading →
Just a quickie - I tore myself away from renovations to attend a Sydney Sketch Club meet up. It was National Tree Day last weekend so our location was the Domain in the heart of Sydney. It has these wonderful Moreton Bay fig trees which are as old as the hills, and show their legacy... Continue Reading →
I headed out with a friend to sketch at the Coal Loader and Balls Head Point on the north side of Sydney. Usually when its a planned day of sketching I decide the night before what mediums to take. Sometimes it's everything - inks, watercolours, inktense pencils, graphites etc. but I end up not using them all. This time I couldn't... Continue Reading →
How did we get so far into the year already? I've had so much on this year with home rennovations and a new job that I never find any down time to post to this blog. However, I feel a bit of a routine returning to my life ...even though I should be in bed by now (not use... Continue Reading →
I made a promised myself to join my sketch club or urban sketchers group at least once a month. Life just gets busier and busier and I'm afraid my outings with them are becoming less and less. I've mentioned before how important they are to me as I use them get out of my comfort zone and experiment with... Continue Reading →
From Sydney to Canberra I spent a weekend in Canberra, in what is beginning to feel like my annual art pilgrimage. The first stop was breakfast at NewActon. A bit of hipster action near the university. They had wonderful sculptures dotted around in the area too and the food was good too at Mocán &... Continue Reading →