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.

The Godfrey buildings in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

The Godfrey buildings in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, sketched over two sessions a month or so apart. My daughter @bethshipperlee.design came along and got a tad sunburnt while waiting patiently for me, as I kept dropping all my watercolour pans over the ground. Oops on multiple fronts there. #melbourneurbansketchers #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketchersaustralia #streetsketch #melbourneartist #sketch #brunswickstreetfitzroy @huntergatherer_stores @elektrafitzroy #fitzroy

Back in Collins Street, Melbourne, yesterday to ad

Back in Collins Street, Melbourne, yesterday to add watercolour to a sketch I did a week or so ago. I’m trying different sketchbook formats to decide on my favourite. I like how much I can fit in this A4 landscape but unsure whether it is too wide to manage. I dropped my little palette off my stablo easel a couple of times and had to replace the magnetised pans. I think I need to go back to more of a traditional palette for the next big trip we are planning but then working out my traveling art kit has always been half the fun of a trip! #melbourneurbansketchers #helendrawsmelbourne #urbansketchers #usk #urbansketching #sketchbook #globalsketch #sketchartist #melbourneartist

A super quick sketch in Sweetwater Creek, Franksto

A super quick sketch in Sweetwater Creek, Frankston, yesterday. Alf took us there and it is indeed a surprise in the middle of this very urban area. The creek leads fown to the beach, but I was lazy and happy to stop in this shady spot to sketch. Not for too long, though, when the mosquitoes started attacking like a fighter squadron! Next time we’ll have to bring insect repellent! #melbourneurbansketchers #usk #urbansketching #urbansketchers #sketchbook #watercoloursketch #sweetwatercreek

Print vs original urban sketch of Vasette in Bruns

Print vs original urban sketch of Vasette in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. I'm pretty happy with how it is turning out - and yes, I'm a tad particular! This is the medium panorama size. And the Epson SC P800 because I know I'll be asked :) #helendrawsbrunswickstreet #vasettefitzroy #urbansketch #brunswickstreetfitzroy #fineartprint #melbourneartist #epsonscp800

My top 9 for 2022. I'm pretty happy with your choi

My top 9 for 2022. I'm pretty happy with your choices which are nice reminders of short getaways within Australia, a local Melbourne landmark or two, an obligatory touch of Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, and the day I finally saw 'my' page in Stephanie Bower's "World of Urban Sketchers" (hint: it's right at the end). Here's to a 2023 where travel resumes, but more importantly where decency reigns and we show our care for others. May you and yours be happy and safe xx. #topnine #topnine2022 #helendrawsbrunswickstreet #urbansketchers #usk #melbourneurbansketchers #worldofurbansketchers #melbourneartist

This is how much I can draw in four and a half hou

This is how much I can draw in four and a half hours on a perfect summer's day without a loo break, but with a fair bit of kindly chat from people passing by on their way to or from the Regent Theatre. I was sitting in a shady, quiet spot in Collins Street but the shopping streets were buzzing with Boxing Day sales. I wanted to draw the town hall, but after realising I had missed most of its Christmas decorations I figured that just the clock tower would do, especially with the gorgeous Manchester Unity building in the background. Then, you know how it is .... I couldn't stop until there wasn't any more paper left, and this was a big sketchbook! Can you spot the Atheneum Theatre, Atheneum Library, Bistrot D'Orsay, Hotel Collins, Husk, Rutherford Pearls, R M Williams ... ? #helendrawsmelbourne #melbourneurbansketchers #melbournesketch #melbourneartist #urbansketchers #usk #streetsketch #streetpanorama #visitvictoria #penandink #globalsketch #urbansketching #sketchbook #sketches @hotelcollins #melbournetownhall @rmwilliams

A day off work over the Christmas break. 27 degree

A day off work over the Christmas break. 27 degrees celsius and just beautiful, so Melbourne begged to be drawn. A quick stop for sushi first, eaten outside the town hall, and then I wandered a little way up Collins Street to find the perfect view. The Town Hall clock and the Manchester Unity attracted me at first, but then I kept drawing the view opposite. The Atheneum Theatre, Atheneum Library, Bistrot D'Orsay, Hotel Collins, Husk, R M Williams ... I couldn't stop until I ran out of paper 4 and a half hours later! I was so far in the zone I didn't even have a toilet break - or perhaps that was dehydration :). #helendrawsmelbourne #melbourneurbansketchers #melbournesketch #melbourneartist #urbansketchers #usk #streetsketch #streetpanorama #visitvictoria #penandink #globalsketch #urbansketching #sketchbook #sketches @hotelcollins #melbournetownhall @rmwilliams

Last Brunswick Street sketching day of the year wi

Last Brunswick Street sketching day of the year with my peeps and I set the task of drawing something we could see starting with every letter of 'Merry Christmas' - this was what I ended up with :) Swipe to see the gingerbread sketches from this year for guessing and then scoffing. Thank you to those who made so many days a joy - you know who you are xx. #helendrawsbrunswickstreet #urbansketchers #usk #melbourneurbansketchers #scavengerhunt #gingerbread #sketchbook