Melbourne Urban Sketchers Sketchwalk

Forty sketchers signed up for a full day of sketching in Melbourne city. It included a Senior Art sponsored ‘goodie’ bag, including a T-shirt , paintbrush, Daniel Smith watercolour sample sheet, handmade 10 cm x 14 cm accordion fold sketchbook and A4 Visual Diary.

I completed both sides of my accordion fold book. It required a concentrated effort not to spend too long on each sketch and keep moving though the pages, I am so glad that I did !

We met at 9am and started sketching at The Great Petition . I had seen it but had not realised what it as. I think that (if you can) it is important to know a bit about what I am sketching. It is a large scale sculpture (those are sketchers sitting in it) , installed in 2008  to celebrate 100 years of women’s right to vote in Victoria. A petition was presented to Parliament in 1908 signed pages were glued to the sewn strips of calico the length of which was 260 metres.

St Patrick’s Cathedral was in one direction, the city skyline on the other, 

Then to Kere Kere Cafe in Fitzroy Gardens for lunch and a watercolour demonstration by Jay. 

Out into Fitzroy Gardens  to sketch the people, trees and buildings.

We met at 4pm for a final photograph and show and tell. (with a lady from Captain Cooks Cottage, which was the subject of quite a few sketches)

We were very lucky with the beautiful sunny weather today as last weekend when this was scheduled was very wet! Thank you to  Evelyn for organising and to all the helpers making donating and purchasing things especially Janice Ng Kwong Yap  and Kym Steinke

I was also very fortunate to win one of the lucky draw prizes . Janice Ng donated of her handmade sketchbooks. The Sketchbook is filled with Fabriano Artistico hot press paper. 100% cotton . Beautiful . I hope that I will do it justice!