Melbourne, Australia

[Erilaz]

We've established a sketchgroup in Melbourne, and now we're looking for fellow CA members to come along! We want to expand the group as much as possible, especially after the vibe from the Montreal Workshop.
We try to meet at least fortnightly every Sunday afternoon. Anyone is welcome!

Post up here to get the ball rolling (Bumskee, I'm looking at you!) and we'll start organising dates. I have no idea how many Australians we've got here on these fine forums, but this is a good place to start!
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MEETING LOCATION: Next to the giant marble purse near the corner of Bourke and Elizibeth St.

MEETING DAY: SUNDAYS - 1:00 PM - If no one turns up, sketch anyway!

CONTACT PERSON: Erilaz (Martin)

MEETING NOTES: Please note that at 1:00PM we lunch first (usually group yum cha). If you don't want to do this, stay at the meeting point and sketch, or come back around 2:00PM.

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DISCLAIMER: The creator of this thread is not responsible on what happens on these meetings.
The persons are meeting under their own accord and their actions are their own.
The parties mentioned before are not responsible in no way shape or form for their actions and thus are not liable.
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:yayca:

[Rebeccak]

I'll be there, I'll ~ oh, wait...:nohope:

Would love to, but the commute would be a beyotch. ;)

Cheers, :)

~Rk

[bumskee]

meow, this sunday sounds good... :P I went over to the art gallery the other day... well last weekend actually and I saw some sargent, turner, monet and signac's paintings! don't quite recall seeing those when we went over..... or has my memories gone mad? :P

[Erilaz]

meow, this sunday sounds good... :P I went over to the art gallery the other day... well last weekend actually and I saw some sargent, turner, monet and signac's paintings! don't quite recall seeing those when we went over..... or has my memories gone mad? :P

Yeah, that sounds new! :upset:
There certainly wasn't any Sargent there before!

[Rebeccak]

Wow, where should we meet?

Dang.

[bumskee]

yeah sargent stuff was awsome... but i think i enjoyed signac's more..probably because it's so hard to find his artwork!!!! heh. oh and the gallery's book store is mad too..saw some nice titles there..almost were tempted to blow more $$ on books I never read..

Rebecca! I hear you live in an art museum? ;) well I will be looking out for you this time!! you better be there! :)

[Erilaz]

yeah sargent stuff was awsome... but i think i enjoyed signac's more..probably because it's so hard to find his artwork!!!! heh. oh and the gallery's book store is mad too..saw some nice titles there..almost were tempted to blow more $$ on books I never read..

Rebecca! I hear you live in an art museum? ;) well I will be looking out for you this time!! you better be there! :)

Rebecca's HOUSE is a museum! ;P
(Just kidding deary).

[Erilaz]

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MEETING LOCATION: Under the big clock at Melbourne Central

MEETING DAY: 25th June 2006 (SUNDAY) - 1:00 PM

CONTACT PERSON: Erilaz (Martin)

MEETING NOTES: It's getting cold out there... any suggestions as to a warm locale are greatly appreciated. I'm thinking cafes, galleries and Melbourne Central/QV.

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DISCLAIMER: The creator of this thread is not responsible on what happens on these meetings. The persons are meeting under their own accord and their actions are their own. The parties mentioned before are not responsible in no way shape or form for their actions and thus are not liable.
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[speculart]

Would love to be involved with this. Hope I can make it on Sunday, may have work on though.

[Erilaz]

Would love to be involved with this. Hope I can make it on Sunday, may have work on though.

It would be great to have you along! The more people the better!

[bumskee]

speculart was one of the person I was talking about martin, awsome artist too.. hehe

would be great if you could make it speculart! :)

[speculart]

Good fun all, thanks!!

[Erilaz]

I'm going to start trying to make this a weekly thing from now on (because I need the practice), so come on down if you can make it! I'll make that clock the usual meeting place for now, since it's more central and it's indoors out of the cold!

I've got an exisitng thread over at cgtalk as well:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=317611&page=1&pp=15

[Erilaz]

Just letting you know I will NOT be attending tomorrow, as I have to finish my TDome entry!

[Erilaz]

Updated the meeting place, as we never stay near Melb Central:
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MEETING LOCATION: Next to the giant marble purse near the corner of Bourke and Elizibeth St.

MEETING DAY: SUNDAYS - 1:00 PM - If no one turns up, sketch anyway!

CONTACT PERSON: Erilaz (Martin)

MEETING NOTES: C'mon slackers!

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DISCLAIMER: The creator of this thread is not responsible on what happens on these meetings.
The persons are meeting under their own accord and their actions are their own.
The parties mentioned before are not responsible in no way shape or form for their actions and thus are not liable.
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[Evil_Sloth]

im moving to melbourne next year for uni, it would be so fucking cool to sketch with you guys.

[IronhideNT]

Hi. Just came down to Melbourne. This thing still going???

[Erilaz]

Hi. Just came down to Melbourne. This thing still going???

It is indeed. Every Sunday, as written.:^^:

[Reality Forge]

Is it still running now? I would love to come :)

[Erilaz]

Is it still running now? I would love to come :)

Still running, but you may want to pop me a pm to check whether it's running the Sunday you want to come. It's been quite busy for a lot of us, so we often change times/venue.

[teq_sta]

man i'd be up for this, i'd like to meet some of the melbourne C.A'rs

[Erilaz]

The general flow is this:

1PM: Meet up and lunch. We generally always do this before drawing now.
1:30PM-2:00PM: Find a good location and draw, depending on amount of people and weather.
5:00PM: Home. This can vary greatly. :P

[Steve255]

Hmmm. Hawaii is probably a closer sketch group for me... :( But my sis lives in melb so i may have an excuse to come!

When you had your first meeting i was acutaly in melbourne AT THE PURSE the same day you mentioned (on holiday) but sadly didnt know about CA at the time :(

Oh well. ill drop a line if i do go back sometime soon.

Be warned, i bite.

[bumskee]

miss melbourne.. :(

*sob*

[gavku]

Hey just found this thread....I'd definitely be down for some sketching. I know a few other guys from the games industry who'd also probably enjoy something like this.....

[Erilaz]

Hey just found this thread....I'd definitely be down for some sketching. I know a few other guys from the games industry who'd also probably enjoy something like this.....

Cool, come on down. The more the merrier!:)

We also occasionally head off to life-drawing sessions in St. Kilda.

[caseyjones]

I'll be keen on this! Not the greatest at drawing, but what better way to improve. Text me or something Gav for when you plan on going down.

-caseyjones

[gavku]

No probs man..got a big saturday this one coming [Brothers bucks night], but will see how well I pull myself back together. Need to be a bit more comitted to drawing, and this is probably a good way.

[Erilaz]

Hi everyone!

We've been getting some new people recently (great to see you!), but I think you're getting a little thrown by the lunching thing we do beforehand, so here's the plan:

* At 1:00PM we will meet as usual, and lunch first, which usually involves some kind of Yum Cha.
* If you do not want to lunch and just want to sketch, meet at the rendevous point at 2:00PM, or get there at 1:00PM and sketch anyway! Lunchers will endeavour to be back by 2:00PM.

I think a few of you have come a little late and not found us at the meeting point since we've been off eating. Hopefully this will clear things up.

[bumskee]

can I come too? I like jelly beans..

*cough*

(I have a feeling we've had a similar chat already....d'oh)

[lumar]

oh man, i might come to one soon depending on how busy uni keeps me, which is fucking busy at the moment.
im a complete amateur but always keen to improve yo.

whats the format of a skethgroup day... walk around sketching whateveR? and do you bring colours? if so what medium...pencil?

[bumskee]

lumar, it's just whatever you like to sketch with.. most people bring a4~a5 sketchbook with pencil and pen.. usually one cafe for around 2~3hrs..

[Reality Forge]

Is the sketchgroup on this Sunday? [25th] I want to come.

[Erilaz]

25th March

Today will probably have people coming at different times. If there is no one there, just sketch anyway! I personally will be late today (more like 2pm or 3pm).


AND REMEMBER IT'S NO LONGER DAYLIGHT SAVING TODAY!

[WhiteShadow]

Hi guys

After a few PM's from Erilaz, I have been coerced into not being a scaredy cat; so If you will have me I'd like to tag along this sunday to the sketch session.

Regards
Darren

[Erilaz]

Due to overwhelming business/laziness, sketch group is off today. :)

[Erilaz]

The birds are shining, the sun is singing; We're on today.

[Jin Takamatsu]

Hi there! Just wondering when the sketch group is starting up again, would love to join in :)

[Liam Harvey]

aw crap. i'm in Western Australia..... know anyone who is over in this end of the Country?
anyways its good to know other aussies are here.

[lumar]

hey what days are sketch group and where is the meet point?

[AmbientChroma]

I'm also really interested in the sketchgroup, is it still happening? :)

[Erilaz]

We've all been fairly slack recently due to heavy workloads and general procrastination. Normal sketchiness will resume at some point in the near future, but don't let that stop anyone still meeting at the same proscribed time. This is a sketchgroup for all artists, not just the people who started it up and then got lazy/busy. :)

[Jin Takamatsu]

Right, I think it's going to be a lot cooler the next few days, so... I'll be there this Sunday (yes it's Easter Sunday), 1pm on the steps of the GPO shopping centre near the giant marble purse. I'm not quite sure what my plans are at the moment, or if anybody else wants to join in, but yeah...I'll be the 5ft tall sketchbook-wielding Asian girl :)

Cheers
Jin

[Erilaz]

I will unfortunately be away on holiday that sunday, but I agree, now the weather is cooling off, there's no excuse not to get more sketching done!

[AmbientChroma]

I'll come along this sunday too, this sketch group needs to be revived :D

[lumar]

is this still a regular event? ill come for sure if so. mm coffee and sketching

[bumskee]

good times.. :D