With all the rain in March there has been some beautiful fungi shooting up throughout Whites Hill Reserve. Here’s a super quick lunchtime sketch of some fungi sprouting out of a log. I was really getting into some shapes and shading – I could have kept drawing it all day!
Have you seen some interesting fungi recently?
Earth Hour is approaching on Saturday 25th where for one hour of the day everyone needs to switch everything off to show your support for changing climate change. So to illustrate the occasion I have chosen the very cute Z the Sleeping Koala, who is normally hugging trees, this time hugging the Earth at night in darkness, showing love for the Earth for the hour that we switch off. And not only are there stars in the night sky but also hearts!
This is going to be soooo cute so please stay tuned!!
So sometimes I may even write a little poem in my sketchbook as there are some things that I can only express in words and not pictures, like leaves slightly swaying in the breeze. I never thought I’d post one of my poems, but I thought this one fit in well wit today being International Day of Forests. Even accompanied by a sketchographic (can I copyright that word?) of Australia with some trees growing out of it!
Stop.
Quiet. Still.
Canopy leaves slightly swaying in a breeze,
Insects on surround sound,
A rasping bird call,
A world to admire at every sight,
My little piece of Australia.
Did you know that today is International Day of Happiness? And what better Australian animal to mark the occasion is the Laughing Kookaburra. So I rummaged through my sketchbook and came across this drawing of Chuckle the Laughing Kookaburra saying that you should laugh every day!
It’s that awesome time of the month again when I join the Brisbane Painting and Drawing Meetup Group for a social and fun arty get together. Last weekend on Sunday we were at Moora Park in Shorncliffe enjoying the fresh air, sounds of the waves hitting the shore, and in some great company.
In the morning I sketched a couple of palm trees, some people, an ibis and a few characters that are rummaging around in the back of my mind.
It’s always greatly inspiring to see the diverse range of creativity amongst everyone else who goes and also to see other parts of Brisbane I have yet been to.
In April, I will be arranging the meetup and it will be meeting at the Maritime Museum on Southbank.
For full details of the group and to sign up to attend please visit the website here…
I came across this cute little fluff ball of a koala just wedged in a fork of tree at Whites Hill Reserve in Brisbane. Then in a brief minute, the koala woke up and stroke a few classic poses that I scribbled down as fast as I could – there was something very human about the poses haha.
Look who I found at Whites Hill Reserve in Brisbane – Ringo the Ringtail Possum! Well, ok, maybe he wasn’t really there, but he’s always everywhere I go haha! He’ such a cutie and brings me a smile!
And the second sketch for March is this Water Dragon starting to emerge on the page that I came across at Whites Hill Reserve in Brisbane. I quite like the shapes beginning to form – what do you reckon?
Here is my first sketch to show you in March and it’s a little single panel of a kookaburra that I found in Whites Hill Reserve in Brisbane. I quite like the dreaminess of it – do you?
Let’s end the month with a koala sketch! This is my regular little sighting at Whites Hill Reserve.
