Canberra Sketches

A moving Last Post Ceremony at the National War Memorial, Canberra. My brain was suffering from overload after the museum tour. This must be the mother of all war museums! 

I started the sketch on the ground floor when we first arrived and finished it from the first floor just before the ceremony. At each ceremony (at the end of each day), the story of one soldier who lost his or her life is read out. That’s the eternal flame in the pool. Circling cockatoos had a lot to say.

This was sketched over lunch at the National Museum but I experimented with a second colour after coming home. 

I must say it adds some pizzaz to the sketch!


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