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Anzac Bay, Waihi, New Zealand. |
Welcome to
Painting Table Saturday #69. This week I was away for 4 days as a camp dad on my daughter's school trip to Waihi. We visited gold mines (past and present), went on walks through the native bush, rode on a circa 1905 train, enjoyed a full day of activities (including kayaking) at Anzac Bay and pitched our tents at Dickies Flat (which has an awesome water hole for swimming).
It was a great opportunity for the kids to grow more confident in their own abilities through challenges both physical and mental. It was also a very spiritual journey for me. I could happily live on camp!
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Something in the water at Dickies Flat. |
One of the interesting places we visited was Anzac Bay. Originally St Georges Bay, the renaming occurred on November 11 1915, around 2 months before the end of the Gallipoli campaign, making it one of the earliest commemoration sites in New Zealand.
Upon returning to the painting table, I completed the Turks for the
Gallipoli diorama. These will be heading off to Wellington, in a bulletproof box with miniatures from other Waikato painters, on Tuesday. I hope to have a new batch arrive for our volunteers this week. Here is my first finished group of Turks:
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A variety of colours from the guide palette, while keeping it dirty. |
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Advance! |
God bless you and have a great week!
Great work on these guys Darcy! I hope to get a bit more done on my first batch this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rodger. I may yet add some eyebrows before they go. Happy painting!
DeleteWell done!
ReplyDeleteMerci!
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