Saturday was the 22nd Word-Wide Sketchcrawl (my 3rd). It was the perfect day for going to Cockatoo Island – not too hot, not too cold. Cockatoo Island is a large island in Sydney Harbour. It is an old shipyard with amazing machinery and old buildings. Everything is rusted and distressed and there were a lot of photo opportunities. There were eight of us. We caught the 10 am ferry out there, and my friend and I were last to leave catching the 3.15 ferry back.
There is a lower and upper area to the 
island, with the dock facilities being on the lower part (of course). There were many shapes of these old cranes, and one of the sketchcrawlers drew them in a way that each had their own personality. Fantastic. I wish I could do that.
It is always interesting to meet the other Sketchcrawlers and I enjoyed looking at everyone’s work over lunch at the Muster Station. I always learn something – every time. This time I learnt that there is free 
Life Drawing at the Sandringham Hotel in Newtown on a Monday – maybe 15 minutes walk from my house.
Cockatoo Island is easy to get to – once that you’ve been once. I’m sure I’ll go again. I took many photos, though the light was not great for photography. Maybe I’ll go out early and get some images with long shadows.
Where are my drawings? They’re in the preview. I’ll try again later – maybe there’s a glitch.
4 responses so far ↓
sliloh // April 16, 2009 at 7:06 pm |
Sounds like a place you could explore for hours. Enjoy your drawings very much
Anita
Joan T // April 18, 2009 at 1:24 am |
I have to come visit you more often. Great Sketchcrawl items!!! I love the cranes. You were lucky to have good weather for your day…we had rain so we headed to a museum. You’ve been doing nice urban sketches I see. Keep up the good work. I’ll try to stop by more often. Did you post these on the Sketchcrawl site? I don’t remember seeing these.
PainterWoman // April 19, 2009 at 5:16 pm |
I enjoy photographing heavy construction equipment and then finding interesting abstract shapes to paint. I bet harbors are GREAT places for that. I’ll check google images since I am seriously far away from any water!!
caseytoussaint // April 21, 2009 at 11:05 pm |
Wonderful sketches, and thanks for introducing me to Cockatoo Island!