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110818 My art purchases from Trip 2011
110818 My art purchases from Trip 2011, a photo by borromini bear on Flickr.As promised... a quick sketch of the purchases from this trip. It would have been very restrained except for an amazing sale...
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USK Lisbon Symposium Day 3
Day 3 of Symposium - a HUGE day of sketching, 12 spreads in my sketchbook and 2 sketches for the USK auction.....My summary page is full of words today.... on the left I have tried to write as many...
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110820 Needing a remedy for Post Lisbon Symposium Syndrome?
No... really it is great to be back home with friends and family, back in Sydeny (despite the rain and winter!) back at work and church and ordinary life... especially when I get an opportunity to have...
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110822 Sweet Belem Round 3,A NinaBrush and a Szaza handwritten letter
110822 Sweet Belem Round 3,A NinaBrush and a Szaza handwritten letter, a photo by borromini bear on Flickr.Round 3 for the Sweet Belem Pasteis de Nata were takeway... we enjoyed them for afternoon...
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Video from Day 1 Lisbon
Urban Sketchers in Lisbon (day 1) from PatrÃcia Pedrosa on Vimeo.This is SO brilliant.... so many people and places on it.(inlcuding me around 11 minute mark)Can't wait for the next two days...thanks...
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110823 Sketching in the city
110823_L01_05 The GPO, a photo by borromini bear on Flickr.A few sketches from the other day.. more on my flickrGPO building Martin Place, Sydney....been wanting to sketch this building such Dec last...
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Just another T2 visit
110823_L01_11 T2 visit, a photo by borromini bear on Flickr.this is somewhat amazing...but I forgot to upload my visit to T2 teahouse from the other day. Of course I couldn't have a big sketching day...
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Borromini Bear - The most stylish bear around (thanks to Ea!!!)
I cannot get over how special it was to get a parcel from my dear Urban sketching friend Ea who has made Borromini these amazing hats. If I wasn't laughing so hard at how cute he looks I would be...
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Some Early Colonial Architecture of Sydney and more....
Had high hopes a of big sketching morning/day today...but after 2hours (one of which was in a cafe) I packed up and went home. Strange...my 'energy pills' just didn't do their normal thing today!!...
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110826 A morning at Cockatoo Island
...with Alissa and Lola. Wasn't the nice day that we had hoped for - foggy and then glary overcast so not the best light...but still it is lovely to roam around the island which was very empty today. I...
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A new sketchbook and yet another paint tin!
I decided to give the Stillman & Birn sketchbook a go (the one we got at the symposium) Mine is curious... has the logo embossed on the back( upside down) and the spine has been hacked somewhat......
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MOnday - my extra day sketching in Lisbon
My final day in Lisbon....partial map of my exciting last day.The small sketch is a delightful tea cosy - present from Cathy Gatland... thank you Cathy I love it and am putting it to use - will sketch...
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Lets Start at the very beginning....
well in fact... BEFORE the beginning of my trip. Can you remember back to the crazy days of my trip prep book? Well even CRAZIER than that (which had a very practical purpose) was the idea I had of...
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My Lisbon Sketchbook!!
Open publication - Free publishing - More sketchesOk... here it is... my Lisbon Sketchbook in full!My main aim in my travel sketchbooks is NOT to produce perfect sketch after perfect sketch but to tell...
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Trip 2011: The 30 hour Journey Sydney to Newcastle
I know I should not be surprised at how many pages I filled during my journey...but I am. It is SO amazing to look back at these sketches now... been so focused on re-living the Lisbon experience that...
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Trip 2011 Day 2 - First Full day in Newcastle
... a cracker of a day in Newcastle upon Tyne... lots of walking, chores, sight seeing, sketching, tea and NO jet lag (to speak of!)It is fun to see how much I managed to do! Although most of this...
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Trip 2011 Day 3 - Socialising with friends in Newcastle
I am not going to post every day individual from my days when with friends...but here are the highlights of a great day in Newcastle! This day I accompanied the friend that I was staying with to a...
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110906 Schmincke Set review
110906 Schmincke Set review, a photo by borromini bear on Flickr.For Laure.... and others....It was a nice relaxing (hhmmm, not quite relaxing doing all the research... Maybe interesting would be more...
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Trip 2011 Day 5- Edinburgh (part 1)
3 pages from a very busy day in Ednburgh (meeting up with friends from Sydney and Eza who is an honourary Sydneysider!)First stop morning tea at Eteaket with my friend AM who has just moved to...
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Trip 2001 Day 5: A Wee Scottish Urban Sketchers Symposium
I only had 1.5 days in Scotland(Edinburgh) so it was really special that the Scottish correspondents Stuart Kerr and Wil Freeborn, who both live in Glasgow were able to come across to Edinburgh for the...
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