New Plymouth Gypsy Fair

 A beautiful hot summers day and I chose to draw Peter the Tinker at the New Plymouth Gypsy Fair.  He wanted his 'best side'.   Tinkling were many teapot and flattened spoon wind chimes selling for $150.  Then Geoff approached me, no not a tailor but a Blacksmith who wanted to be drawn.

Neath the spreading chestnut tree the village....

Thorny the glistening blacksmith pounded out railway spikes on a sweltering day at the Extravaganza Fair

Gypsy Fair

You invariably find interesting characters at gypsy fairs.  Here are two good sports who didn't mind modeling, and I'm not talking about the Bedford and Ford.