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“That’s our Water on the Gold Coast”.

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“That’s our Water on the Goldcoast”. Reaction by Terry when shown “Climate Change Down Under”, a continuous line drawing by Mick Burton.

Our friends Cathy and Terry, who live in Queensland, Australia, were over here recently.  I showed them a photo of my painting “Climate Change Down Under” which I featured in a recent post         Climate Change Hits Australia, continuous line drawing.

I show it again below.  Terry immediately said “That’s our Water!”.

Climate Change hits Australia. Continuous line drawing. Mick Burton.

When I painted it I simply wanted to include a shape depicting Water in blue, in contrast to the Fire in red and the Sunshine in yellow on the land behind.  We knew that Cathy and Terry lived on the Gold Coast and overlooked some moorings, but I did not realise that their waterways were so similar to my painting.

Here is a broader view of their wonderful part of the Gold Coast, which is near Brisbane in Queensland.  Their “water” is at the bottom of the map.

Runaway Bay, on the Gold Coast, showing Cathy and Terry’s “water” at the bottom. Mick Burton, continuous line artist.

When Joan and I visited Cathy and Terry in May 2013, they lived inland as I mentioned in the post of October 2022.  Cathy dropped us off in the Gold Coast for the day and here are a few photos.

Gold Coast, Queensland. May 2013. Mick Burton, continuous line artist.

Pelicans near the beach, Gold Coast, Queensland. May 2013. Mick Burton, continuous line artist.

Sunset on the Gold Coast, Queensland. May 2013 at about 4.30pm. Mick Burton, continuous line artist.

Continuous Line Drawing in Colour by Logan Clarke.

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Logan's continuous line hen.

Continuous line Hen by Logan Clarke. Mick Burton post.

Logan contacted me a couple of months ago, saying that he was in Year 7 at a school in Derbyshire and that his Art Teacher had asked his class to complete a homework project based upon my art.

He liked the Rhino that I had featured recently (which was done by a member of Pateley Bridge Art club during a workshop) and my Hen with eggs, which I show below.  He asked for some advice on how I do my continuous line drawings.

Harriet’s Busy day. Single continuous line drawing with colour sequence. Background based on eggs. Mick Burton, 2012.

I sent Logan a short write up on my approach to Continuous Line Drawing and he later sent me his marvellous coloured drawing of his own hen invention, shown at the top of this post.  He has used a range of colours which go well together and the yellows are placed in a very balanced way.  He shows the vibrancy and character of the hen.

Logan’s Dad Paul also had a go at a continuous line Guinea Pig which I show below.

Logan’s Dad Paul Clarke’s continuous line guinea pig. Mick Burton post.

This is an excellent compact drawing with solid balanced colours.  I can imaging this animal bulldozing its way through the straw.

Logan had said that he was due to visit York on holiday and he was looking forward to doing a drawing of York Minster.  I said that I would like to see the result.  Here it is.

York Minster, drawing by Logan Clarke. Mick Burton post.

I mentioned to Logan that I have an ancestor, Thomas Mace a 17th century composer, who said in his book on music that he was at a service in the Minster during the Civil War when York was under siege by Cromwell’s soldiers.  He described how a small missile from a gun smashed through a high window and bounced off several pillars inside before hitting the floor.  Made me think of a pin ball machine.