My sketches from day in Newcastle: Liz Steel

So here are my sketches from our great day in Newcastle.

It was impossible not to spend the first hour or so talking - with so many new people to meet and  good sketching friends to catch up with. And therefore it was a little hard to settle down to sketch - so I  did a number of quick loose sketches of the Customs House tower and the old Post office.

The afternoon was more relaxing as a smaller group headed down to Queens Wharf area -such a beautiful day and a great place to sketch. I hope to be able to come back to Newcastle again soon.

I was working in a new Stillman & Birn Gamma book and also sheets of Cold Press Fabriano - more about it on my blog

Urban Sketching in Newcastle

What a wonderful day we had at Newcastle today- the first regional USK event we have organised.

Over 15 sketchers from Sydney travelled on the train (2.5 hours) up to meet some local sketchers. We had a perfect summers day and a wonderful inspiring time sketching together!

A number of us stayed till the 4.30pm train back to Sydney and had a lovely time by the river in the afternoon!

A special thanks to Phil Bamford who did an amazing job of organising the day- including an information board with a map of essential details....here are a few photos from the day. I will post sketches later!