I went to see an exhibition by Barbara von Seida at the Carlton Gallery (part of The Arts Junction) in Katikati yesterday. As soon as I walked in, I said, “these are my kind of paintings”—heavily abstracted landscapes with beautiful colour and atmosphere. The only thing I didn’t like was that many of the paintingsContinue reading “Barbara von Seida’s “Follow Me” exhibition”
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This morning’s tea cup
Mandevillas
I completely botched the shadows for this (they’re way too dark—and probably the wrong colour 😆), but the flowers and leaves aren’t too bad.
Sketch of Paul Dibble’s Plains Pioneer sculpture
We stopped in Ngatea for about 10 minutes today, and I took the opportunity to do this quick sketch. Here’s a photo of the sculpture, from the other side.
Mission Bay clock tower at night
It’s a small clock tower, but I like how it looks lit up with neon at night. I did a quick pencil sketch, made a few colour and other notes, and applied coloured pencil at home.
