Not Melbourne

Some Sketches from my recent travels

Amsterdam

Anne Frankhaus

Brussels

Notre Dame

Mont St Michel

Mont St Michel

Williamsburg Bridge NY

The Met Cloisters

Captain Cook's Cottage

Pen and pencil sketch of captain cook's cottage. The man in the middleground was dressed up as captain Cook for the tourists.

federal oak

Federal Oak planted in the grounds of the Victorian Parliament by Sir Henry Parkes to commemorate the Australian Federal Conference 1890.

North library

The north library at the Parliament of Victoria

Species of Liculia

Melbourne Tram

Ultra fast sketch while waiting for a tram, corner of Bourke and Swanston Street Melbourne.

Premier's Court

Should really be called Smoker's court. This is a small area near parliament where government staff hang out at lunch time or have a smoko.

Block Arcade

One of the most beautiful arcades in Melbourne. Pen and ink in moleskine.

Victorian Parliament House

Sketch of front steps of the Parliament of Victoria, Spring Street Melbourne.

Melbourne Supreme Court

Very quick sketch of the dome of the Supreme Court in Melbourne.

frogmouth

A tawny frogmouth that took up residence in my garden for a few days.

St Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne

Pen and ink of St Patrick's Cathedral in East Melbourne. Melbourne's largest Church building.

bald man on train

Pen and ink. Done in the five minutes between Hawthorn and Richmond stations.

Flinders Street Station

Pen and ink and watercolour wash. Flinders Street Station in Melbourne. Had to battle the tourists taking photos from the steps of St Paul's.

Altona from the train

Drawn from the train as it was moving - not as easy as I thought it would be!

cafe tables - Glenferrie Road

Drawn while waiting for a tram

cars Laverton Railway Station

Drawn from the train while it waited at Laverton Station

European cafe

Spring Street Melbourne, in the midday sun.

tortoise

Sketched at the Melbourne Zoo

Manchester Unity Building

Corner of Collins Street and Swanston Walk Melbourne Victoria. Haven't done justice to this magnificent Art Deco building.

Riversdale station

Station on the Alamein line in Melbourne. Sketched one very warm morning.