out and about with artist Renee Walden

out and about

22 February 2021

Where has my sketchbook been venturing recently? As always it seems to be my life in New Zealand is about mountains and water. Definitely no complaints about that - gotta love summer!

Black Peak and Fog Peak from Bremner Bay, Lake Wanaka

Boat reflection on a calm morning, Lake Hawea

All of these sketches done in The Perfect Sketchbook from Etchr, A5. I'll be writing a blog post about sketchbooks soon. Watch this space!

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painting pink fields

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There's a particular stretch of road I've been driving lately that has been making my heart sing. The farmers around here have been planting their fields with sainfoin — a flowering crop used as an ...

south african leporellos

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We're just back from a month in South Africa - lots of family time, visits to favourite haunts, climbing and camping, and, of course, a little bit of sketching time. I grew up in South Africa and when...

painting table mountain (free lesson)

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I have a treat for you today — a free painting lesson over on the DeepDeepLight YouTube channel, and I'd love you to come paint along with me. We're painting one of South Africa's most iconic views ...