again it is disappointing to go to a national park wilderness and find that someone has obviously painted a large painting and ;left the pristine rock covered with large areas of splashed paint!

a bit of portrait practice

and playing with a  pyrographic tool

 at our portrait practice today we had a live person sit for us, which was unexpected!

 The 'Secret Garden' on the University Campus was open today and I was going to do some portrait sketches at the 'Community Arts Workshop' stall, but it was It was a  cool and blustery day with some raindrops so I decided against it!
Our 'Piggery Lane Studios' and my studio on the University grounds were also open in conjunction with the event

in the afternoon it was the monthly portrait  group at Richmond Art Supplies...  30 minutes and perhaps 80 minutes

a portrait from today

a quick sketch from life today

Today's portrait at the Hawkesbury Community Arts Workshop, WSU Richmond

This weekend the Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre is having a Members Exhibition at the Glenbrook Community Centre in Glenbrook, and after the life-drawing session today it was time for the set up, I decided to put four of my recent plein air tree studies.

As a lover of nature it's beyond me why anyone would want to attack a beautiful Gum tree in  National Park with an axe!