Day 4
I walked through the wood and down Dunrossill Drive, where the Governer General (the Queen's representative in Australia) lives. There seemed to be nothing to draw! Beautiful blue sky though, and I looked up at the tremendously tall Monterey Pines and thought I would draw them from the ground, looking up. I tried to find the best place, then came across another sort of pine tree, nearly dead, with this fantastic pattern to its branches. As I drew, I was was reminded of my caligraphy classes in Taiwan, 20 years ago - the old teacher thought I was hopeless and did his best to ignore me. So, I wrote my notes in Chinese. It says - 'Every day I go for a walk, looking for something to draw. Today I found a very interesting tree.' Brush and ink, fineline pen. (4 km return)