When I look back at this sketch I think of the incredible views, the twisty steep road (one point coming up the other side I had to down shift into 2nd), and the laughter we shared. They refer to this as a hill, but it’s likely steeper than a pass. When we came into Takaka, […]
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Motueka Beach Freedom Camping, New Zealand
This was a fun spot to spend the evening and the night. (The next time through – stopping for lunch – the freedom camping was nearly full, giving us an idea of what the summer “on” season experience is like.) The evening stroll along the pathway was just perfect! Here I tried to capture some […]
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A Few New Zealand Birds and Ti Tree
After the Park (see yesterday’s previous post), we ate lunch in the van before preceding. As we were making lunch, this weke came up and was very tempted by someone’s biscuit (cookie). I had to sketch it in a couple of poses. This lead to sketching one of the seagulls (which look a lot like […]
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Abel Tasman Park, New Zealand – Continued
Here are some sketches from our experience walking past the Interpreters Center and out on the beach. I found myself taking a bunch of landscape photos throughout the trip, so watch out! Those might become future sketches. . . . #SketchWhatYouSee #SketchForToday #Sketching #Sketch #PenAndInk #InkAndWash #InkAndWatercolor #CrossHatching #CrossHatch #BicPenDrawing #BicPenArt #BicPen #BicPens #PilotAcroball #PigmaMicronBrown […]
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Split Apple Rock, Able Tasman Park, New Zealand
(Able Tasman Park) We hiked down to the beach through massive ferns to see Split Apple Rock. At first the only other people there were a school group and Maori guide who came in via double canoe. That was fun to see. We wandered around, enjoying the scenery and taking photos. Oh, and yeah. The […]
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Various Traffic Signs in New Zealand
In our driving around, we started paying attention to traffic signs. We’d tried to snap a photo as we sped by, and I’d later add another one to the collection. I’m glad we had a resident expert! The first time I saw the double arrows, we were following a semi-truck at night (OK, 7 pm, […]
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Lyttelton Harbour (Whakaraupō) New Zealand, Part 2
Gotta sketch some boats – even if they are in dry dock. And then a very quick sketch of part of the harbor. . . . #SketchWhatYouSee #SketchForToday #Sketching #Sketch #PenAndInk #InkAndWash #InkAndWatercolor #CrossHatching #CrossHatch #BicPenDrawing #BicPenArt #BicPen #BicPens #PilotAcroball #PigmaMicronBrown #PigmaMicron01 #StaedtlerPigmentLiner #Watercolor #DanielSmithWatercolors #theoboatology ______(\____________/)______ This is from the Rev. Joel’s Instagram feed: […]
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Lyttelton Harbour (Whakaraupō) New Zealand
(And a wonky water bottle sketch).This was our first night Freedom Camping. It’s the main port for Christchurch, so quite close to the city (and easy to get to as evening was fast approaching). The sketch out the back window came from the next morning as we were preparing to continue our journey. By the […]
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Where We Went while in New Zealand
I thought this might be helpful to show where we went. We asked Ingrid to show us around. As it was snowing off and on further south on the island (especially the passes), we decided to go places Ingrid had yet to see (for the most part). The whole trip was enjoyable. I’m realizing these […]
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New Zealand Camper Van
This was our home for most of our stay. Highly recommend going through Wendekreisen (wendekreisen.co.nz). They were absolutely great. Ours was a manual diesel, with a bench seat up front to seat the three of us. Two benches faced each other in the back with a table between. (Table came down with an added plywood […]
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