Saturday, April 25, 2015

ANZAC Dawn Ceremony in New Plymouth

The ANZAC Day Dawn Ceremony commemorates the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) World War One dawn landing in Gallipoli. This was the start of a large joint campaign (in what is now Turkey) that lasted the good part of a year. In the end, it was a bit of a stalemate but there are probably tons of stories from the Great War that involved sacrifice without much progress made. Today, ANZAC Day is a day honouring people that played a part in all the wars like a North American Remembrance Day. 2015 was the 100 year anniversary of the ANZAC troops in Gallipoli so it became a big deal in the media. As a result, lots of people assembled at memorials all over Australia and New Zealand. This morning, just before dawn, New Plymouth also had a large turnout and I came away with a night sketch.

5 comments:

  1. Brian you have captured this moment well. Especially the light. We know it is cool with the Michelin man jackets. This sketch must have been expensive - several ball point pens worth!

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  2. This sketch has a satisfying 'heaviness' to it in terms of technique, a perfect way to express the weight of subject!

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  3. Nice stuff. Good to see sketches made at different times of the day.

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  4. Thanks everyone. I'm pretty happy with this one. (I haven't been this satisfied with a sketch since Optimus Prime!) I always thought that night sketching would be something to try and it seemed to work out this time. Now that winter's coming, I might have to postpone that idea but you never know.

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