Pioneer Park Revisited

After a very long wet and gloomy winter, I'd quite forgotten what blue sky was was! Pioneer Park is a favourite sketch venue of mine. It was the site of the Berwick Primary School from 1869 till 2003 when it was located to a new site. Donations and fundraising efforts by the local community eventually convinced the Council to acquire the old School House and site for a garden park (instead of the planned car park!). Generous contributions also came from various foundations and heritage societies. Opened in 2005 it's a small but very pleasant park much used by the local community (especially during the height of our Covid outbreak when meeting friends outdoors for coffee became very popular). 

The old school now houses the Casey Cardinia branch of the National Heritage Trust, their gift shop and the very popular Primary@Pioneers Park Cafe.

To read more on the history of the park, click here.

#Sailorfude pen, watercolour, #MoleskineWatercolourNotebook, 5 x 8.25”

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Rainy Day At-Home Sketching

Sketching with my two very uneven eyes (one cataract operation done and still waiting for the other to be done) AND being sloppy obviously doesn't work for inorganic subjects! That is very wonky looking garden furniture! It's good to know what works and what doesn't with my present eye condition. 

I'm enjoying the process rather than the product and this was a rainy day at-home sketch.

#Sailorfude pen, watercolour, #Stillman&Birn Zeta Sketchbook, 7.5”x 7.5”

Blood Oranges

Not my usual (or preferred) subject matter but we had these two blood oranges crying to be sketched. They were a bit on the small side but I do like them and ate one as I was drawing it.

The painted version is badly overworked but I enjoyed the splashy bits. 

I was taken aback at the gouge running across the bottom of the paper! It only showed up when I added paint. How did that get there!

#Sailorfude pen, watercolour, #Stillman&Birn Zeta Sketchbook, 7.5”x 7.5”