Later in the afternoon the school groups leave, and the museum is less hectic for the quiet contemplation involved in drawing. Gathering for coffee, we hardly grumbled at all about the schoolkids!
I'd been up the long red escalator to the earth sciences section - crystals, volcanoes, deep sea denizens, etc -
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| Some gemstones |
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| Mammoth crystals of gypsum found when water drained from a cave in Mexico |
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The biggest volcanic eruptions - in 1815 Mount Tambora killed
92,000 people and its ash cloud led to "the year with no summer" |
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| Giant tube worms found deep down |
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Sandstone concretions - I tried laying down areas
of tone, rather than lines |
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| A bit of this'n'that - textures as well as objects |
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| I was pleased with the textures and tones on the echidna |
The others ranged widely in the museum (which is not small).
Carol -
Judith -
Joyce (researching owls before knitting one!) -
Janet K -
Sue -
Extracurricular activities....
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| Origami birds made from sweet wrappers |
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| Joyce's weaving |
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| Sue's compliant model |
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