Helen Wilding - Australian artist and urban sketcher

BRUNSWICK STREET

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Australian artist, urban sketcher, librarian with a long term project to draw all of Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. Prints available through my website.

My pre-order of The World of Urban Sketchers is ye

My pre-order of The World of Urban Sketchers is yet to arrive from Dymocks but I spotted it in the wild today in their Melbourne store. So exciting to see such a fantastic book and to be a part of this celebration of urban sketching. Thank you @stephanieabower ! #theworldofurbansketching #urbansketchers #melbourneurbansketchers #usk #urbansketching #urbansketchersaustralia @dymocksbooks @dymocks234 #helendrawsbrunswickstreet

Birthing a super sized A2 print of my Walsh Bay sk

Birthing a super sized A2 print of my Walsh Bay sketch. I didn't think you needed to watch every millimetre emerging from my Epson but I found it sort of cool to see the Sydney ferry float out! Drawn and painted on location through the window of our holiday flat in McMahons Point, and this print is heading back that way. It's so bizarre to see my work in different scales like this. I notice details in an entirely different way. #walshbay #walshbaysydney #sydneyharbour #urbansketchers #usk #travelsketch #signedprints #melbourneartist #gicleeprint #mcmahonspoint

@pizzafarro and @theprovincialhotel in Brunswick S

@pizzafarro and @theprovincialhotel in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy drawn over two sessions. Marios and then paint to come yet. Added degree of difficulty with the constant stream of high vans and long trams blocking the view, as evidenced by the photo by @auntyfrank #helendrawsbrunswickstreet #brunswickstreetfitzroy #melbourneurbansketchers #urbansketchers #usk #bockingford #melbourneartist #penandink #streetsketch #fitzroy #provincialhotel #farrosfitzroy #melbournepubs

The Provincial Hotel on the corner of Johnston and

The Provincial Hotel on the corner of Johnston and Brunswick Streets, Fitzroy last Tuesday as I tried to hide from the wind around the corner. Lots of peeling paint which is tricky to translate in pen and ink - I may not have exactly reproduced every peely bit 😂. #helendrawsbrunswickstreet #urbansketchers #usk #melbourneurbansketchers #brunswickstreet #brunswickstreetfitzroy #provincialhotel #bockingford @theprovincialhotel

This print is a blast from the past, when I did a

This print is a blast from the past, when I did a lot of work advocating for family friendly practice in mental health services. I hoped to promote positivity and understanding, and my illustrations were full of bright colours and lots of messages about communication and recovery. Over ten years I drew, painted and collaged over 100 illustrations as part of the Caring Together Art Journal Project and I really hope they helped to create change. It's lovely to think that some of my work is still floating around, even though I have moved on. Oh - and yes, we really had (and still have) that red door! #mentalhealth #carers #fineartprints #melbourneartist #inspirationalart #welcomemat

Fond memories of travelling to Dungarvan, Ireland

Fond memories of travelling to Dungarvan, Ireland back in 2017 before anyone had heard of covid. We were following the steps of a long lost ancestor who left the Dungarvan workhouse during the potato famine and travelled to Melbourne as part of the Earl Grey Orphan Scheme. She married a convict and without her I wouldn't be sharing this today. How brave were our ancestors?! We were made so incredibly welcome in this little town and I definitely felt the pull of my DNA. Happy memories as I send off this print of a sketch drawn in Grattan Square over lunch :). #dungarvan #dungarvanireland #urbansketchers #travelsketch #grattansquare #usk #fineartprint #signedprint #melbourneartist

A gorgeous spring Sunday afternoon in Melbourne. T

A gorgeous spring Sunday afternoon in Melbourne. This building on the corner of Elizabeth and Little Collins was calling out to be drawn. I lost count of how many people stopped to chat, take photos, remark how beautiful (and also spooky) the building on the corner was. Lots of tourists speaking lots of different languages, and lots of international students as well as locals walking dogs. One passer by proudly showed me the Instagram page of an artist friend in northern India. Such are the joys of sketching in the wild :) #melbourneurbansketchers #urbansketchers #urbansketchersaustralia #sketchbook ##citysketch #melbourne #cityofmelbourne #visitvictoria #penandink #helendrawsmelbourne

Watercolour and white gel pen added to an old sket

Watercolour and white gel pen added to an old sketch of Smith & Daughters in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. I really struggled to get the colours to 'feel right' rather than being completely accurate. Yellow, red and green are difficult to put together, and it wasn't until I added a hint of brighter tree green to the window frames that I finally went 'ahh' Odd, I know, but there you are! This is the first building in a very long panorama that I drew back in 2021 over many weeks. #helendrawsbrunswickstreet #brunswickstreet #fitzroy #smithanddaughters @smithanddaughters #melbournearchitecture #melbourneheritage #streetsketch #archisketch #heretictattoostudio