Urban Sketchers and Protests: Jan - April?
Everyone month Urban Sketchers Auckland get together at a location in Auckland to sketch the occasion. Almost every month there seems to...
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Mark Whippy
- Jun 26
- 1 min
Plein Air Painting in winter
Who would have thought we would be getting such beautiful days during winter in Auckland. Especially after the last couple years. Here...
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Mark Whippy
- Jun 2
- 1 min
Art Battle Auckland: Eden Park
Another catch up post. Last December was the grand final of the Auckland Art Battle. It was a great atmosphere, totally packed out venue,...
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Mark Whippy
- May 27
- 1 min
Auckland Zoo Drawing
Finally got to join in on one of these sessions. I wasn't sure what to expect. I had heard it was hard to draw the animals while they're...
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Mark Whippy
- May 27
- 1 min
Lake House: Alla Prima Portrait Session 2023
The first of our Alla Prima sessions was at Lake House Arts Centre last year. We had our second in May, but am planning on doing more in...
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Mark Whippy
- May 22
- 1 min
Saturday Sketch Club: February
There has been quite a few awesome art events happening this year. I haven't kept this blog up to date on them, but you'll see me...
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Mark Whippy
- Feb 21
- 1 min
Urban Sketchers: December 2023
Been a while since I updated this site, there's been quite a few events happening, one of them was the urban sketchers in December which...
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Mark Whippy
- Nov 22, 2023
- 1 min
Saturday Sketch Club at Lake House
On the 11th of November we had our second sketch club session at Lake House Art Centre. It was a really nice location although we had to...
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Mark Whippy
- Nov 6, 2023
- 1 min
Auckland Art Battle Highlights
Last Thursday I finally threw my hat in the ring and competed at the Art Battle. I'm happy with what I did for 20 minute paintings even...
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Mark Whippy
- Nov 1, 2023
- 1 min
Halloween Freakout on K Rd/Urban Sketchers: Newmarket
Great to see Auckland City come to life last Saturday. Had a wild time, the next morning I felt like I just dreamt it haha
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Mark Whippy
- Oct 25, 2023
- 1 min
Auckland Art Week 2023
Last week we had Art week on High Street Auckland. I had an awesome time, also took part in an impromptu art battle and won a bunch of...
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Mark Whippy
- Sep 23, 2023
- 1 min
Art Battle 3: Auckland 2023
Had a great time watching the third art battle at Auckland this year. Some very impressive artists in there such as Seb Gower, Paul...
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Mark Whippy
- Sep 1, 2023
- 1 min
Urban Sketchers Auckland: Motat Aviation Hall
This months Urban Sketchers in Auckland was at Motat Aviation Hall in Western Springs for some "Plein" air painting. Was a great turn out...
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Mark Whippy
- Jul 8, 2023
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Art Battle: Auckland highlights
Last week I went to two art events back to back. Art Battle and the group show I'm in at Kumeu, Collected Identity: Faces of the North...
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Mark Whippy
- Jun 28, 2023
- 1 min
Urban Sketchers: Auckland Symposium 2023
Catching up with some of the other blog posts. This year Auckland was the host for Urban Sketchers international symposium. I had an...
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Mark Whippy
- May 8, 2023
- 1 min
Solo Exhibition: "Cyber Isolation" at Lake House Arts Centre
My second solo exhibition "Cyber Isolation" happened at the end of April at Lake House Arts Centre. Was so happy with how the opening...
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Mark Whippy
- May 7, 2023
- 1 min
Portrait Sketching: 2023 Teddy Bears Picnic
Earlier this yearI had the opportunity to do some more live portrait sketching with Studio One, for 2023 Teddy Bears Picnic down at Silo...
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Mark Whippy
- May 6, 2023
- 1 min
Urban Sketchers Auckland: Pride Fest 2023
Another Urban Sketchers from Pride Fest earlier this year in Aotea Square. Someone actually bought my painting on the spot. Was really...
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Mark Whippy
- May 5, 2023
- 1 min
Urban Sketching: Te Waihou, Blue Springs Walkway
Catching up some updates I haven't had the chance to post. Been a very busy time lately, feeling very blessed at the moment to have good...
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Mark Whippy
- Jan 5, 2023
- 1 min
Urban Sketchers Auckland: Commercial Bay
Hello everybody, I'm really happy with how the site is looking lately. Wix have fixed a few things too. This was a Christmas themed Urban...
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