One of the last houses in Osborne Park, Number 80 Guthrie Street. Most of the area is retail/industrial and the original homes have been demolished for new businesses. This place looked rather neglected with broken windows and piles of rubbish in the front yard…probably won’t be around for too much longer…
Point Peron, about 45 minutes drive south of Perth, a picturesque peninsula along the coast, lots o rocky little islands a reefs up and down the coast, looks to be a great place for a snorkel
Classic Car meet-up at UWA a couple of weeks ago, French car theme, I sketched a hot red Citroen 2CV and a cute Citroen coffee van,,,
View from Freshwater Bay, sitting on the sand beside the Mosman Bay Seascouts building, looking across towards Mosman Park, the Wellington Street water tower on the horizon. Ink wash
Wesco North Perth Service Station (corner of Angove and Woodville Streets, Perth) is a bit run down, has that original 1970’s look about it (maybe older). Seems to mostly provide mechanical servicing and has four fuel pumps, this one is clearly out of order…the “innards” of the machine are sliding down inside the body…an “ex-fuel pump”
The last remaining house is Bayly Street, North Fremantle is surrounded by containers, trucks and shipping…such a cute house
Sampling the cafe life down in South Fremantle with the Urban Sketchers recently…lockdown lifted, some sense of “normal” returned to some cool cafes
Cycling back from Fremantle I stopped by the iconic (and heritage listed) Dingo Flour building, owned by Great Southern Roller Flour Mills Ltd. I sketched the same view almost exactly 5 years ago (25 June 2015) when the silos were still standing to the left of the main shed and it was rather rusty then (renovated in 2016 – new corrugated panels and repaint). 
Fremantle slowly opening up again after the COVID-19 lockdown. The Fremantle Markets still aren’t open yet (probably too hard to control people numbers and social distancing inside) but cafes and shops opening again. Lots of people about on a beautiful sunny winter’s day (plus the usual cars/utes/motorbikes rumbling up and down the terrace…poseurs!). Quick and rough sketch of Gino’s cafe plus the back lane (Essex Lane).
The page on the left are very quick sketches of a seagull which was constantly moving…wary of me but kept approaching hoping for food. Mostly drawn directly with ink (De Atramentis document black) as a blind contour, then the grey wash is painted on with a Pentel Aquash (Water Brush) filled with water and a few drops of black ink to produce a grey tone (can build up in layers of grey if needed as the ink dries). Beak and legs drawn with a red watercolour pencil (Faber Castell) the colour softened and blended with a water brush in places…creates rather “wonky” but dynamic sketch…
Right side of page is a slow sketch…trying to get the shape of the boat on the water, shadows, reflections, drape of the sail cover and rigging…creates a more precise but static sketch…
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