Bark and leaves

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Though the CBD of Geelong is a bit of a gutless wonder of riff-raff shops or 'For Lease' here and there, at least the Geelong Council does get one thing right - that is - the walking tracks beside the Barwon River. Very wholesome and healing. Without a sketchbook or a camera I just picked up stray leaves, bark, seedpods, and at home put them on the scanner then made a few images. If you think we should still paint realistic photo-like images, that's alright but I just have to play around a bit with shapes, overlapping, and so on, but still maintain the link with the natural environment. Okay?

Barwon River on Easter Day

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About 5.30 p.m. yesterday we drove to near Landy Field Athletics track, parked the car and walked east along the bike/walking track - a place we had never explored previously. A nature reserve between factories and the Barwon River. I did two sketches in half an hour. I found an open space where families were resting or taking off in boats, some water-skiing. Afterwards we went to the Great Western pub for a fish dinner - Peceli had won a $20 voucher from playing golf a few weeks ago. Of course it cost more than $20 but was it was very pleasant.