Monday, September 24, 2012

A visit to the beach in Adelaide, Australia: Alissa Duke

 I spent the weekend in Adelaide, South Australia for a seminar . I had some free time before 9am and walked  a few blocks to the beach. I did a small sketch at the beach, before it started to rain lightly. That is not so great with watercolour pencils and paper.
So I stopped drawing and walked down onto the beach and collected some shells. It is amazing that different beaches can produce new and exciting shells. I only had  about half an hour to spare, but could have spent all morning there. I put the shells in my sunglasses case, as it as the only place I could think to store them !




I think the bit and pieces of shells and stones are more interesting as the perfect shells that I used to look for on the beach when I was little. I have been drawing these shells back home in Sydney this week and there are a few more to sketch.




6 comments:

  1. Thanks Matteo, I had been Urban Sketching in Brisbane for two weeks, drawing buildings, scenes, and on planes and buses. It was good to get back to "objects" again.

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  2. Love the seashell sketches/paintings.

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  3. Ooooh Alissa! I love these. So delicate and the colors are exquisite. Well done.

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  4. I like them all, but especially the last one. Well done.

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