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Alla Prima Portrait session 2
Catching up with some more of the events we have had on. So here’s a throw back to last year when we had our second session and our first...
Mark Whippy
Nov 20, 20241 min read
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Lake House Saturday Sketch
Catching up with some old posts again, here’s some sessions we had at Lake House with models Kelly, Sergio, Alyssium and Alecia. Contact...
Mark Whippy
Nov 14, 20241 min read
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Exhibition: “Kingdom Come” with Mark Whippy and Freddy Fairclough
This year I got to do the next exhibition with my good friend Freddy Fairclough who shares a studio space with me in Mt Eden. The...
Mark Whippy
Sep 30, 20241 min read
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Urban Sketchers and Protests: Jan - April?
Everyone month Urban Sketchers Auckland get together at a location in Auckland to sketch the occasion. Almost every month there seems to...
Mark Whippy
Jul 7, 20241 min read
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Plein Air Painting in winter
Who would have thought we would be getting such beautiful days during winter in Auckland. Especially after the last couple years. Here...
Mark Whippy
Jun 26, 20241 min read
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Art Battle Auckland: Eden Park
Another catch up post. Last December was the grand final of the Auckland Art Battle. It was a great atmosphere, totally packed out venue,...
Mark Whippy
Jun 2, 20241 min read
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Auckland Zoo Drawing
Finally got to join in on one of these sessions. I wasn't sure what to expect. I had heard it was hard to draw the animals while they're...
Mark Whippy
May 27, 20241 min read
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Lake House: Alla Prima Portrait Session 2023
The first of our Alla Prima sessions was at Lake House Arts Centre last year. We had our second in May, but am planning on doing more in...
Mark Whippy
May 27, 20241 min read
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Saturday Sketch Club: February
There has been quite a few awesome art events happening this year. I haven't kept this blog up to date on them, but you'll see me...
Mark Whippy
May 22, 20241 min read
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Urban Sketchers: December 2023
Been a while since I updated this site, there's been quite a few events happening, one of them was the urban sketchers in December which...
Mark Whippy
Feb 21, 20241 min read
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Saturday Sketch Club at Lake House
On the 11th of November we had our second sketch club session at Lake House Art Centre. It was a really nice location although we had to...
Mark Whippy
Nov 22, 20231 min read
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Auckland Art Battle Highlights
Last Thursday I finally threw my hat in the ring and competed at the Art Battle. I'm happy with what I did for 20 minute paintings even...
Mark Whippy
Nov 6, 20231 min read
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Halloween Freakout on K Rd/Urban Sketchers: Newmarket
Great to see Auckland City come to life last Saturday. Had a wild time, the next morning I felt like I just dreamt it haha
Mark Whippy
Nov 1, 20231 min read
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Auckland Art Week 2023
Last week we had Art week on High Street Auckland. I had an awesome time, also took part in an impromptu art battle and won a bunch of...
Mark Whippy
Oct 25, 20231 min read
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Art Battle 3: Auckland 2023
Had a great time watching the third art battle at Auckland this year. Some very impressive artists in there such as Seb Gower, Paul...
Mark Whippy
Sep 23, 20231 min read
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Urban Sketchers Auckland: Motat Aviation Hall
This months Urban Sketchers in Auckland was at Motat Aviation Hall in Western Springs for some "Plein" air painting. Was a great turn out...
Mark Whippy
Sep 1, 20231 min read
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Art Battle: Auckland highlights
Last week I went to two art events back to back. Art Battle and the group show I'm in at Kumeu, Collected Identity: Faces of the North...
Mark Whippy
Jul 8, 20231 min read
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Urban Sketchers: Auckland Symposium 2023
Catching up with some of the other blog posts. This year Auckland was the host for Urban Sketchers international symposium. I had an...
Mark Whippy
Jun 28, 20231 min read
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Solo Exhibition: "Cyber Isolation" at Lake House Arts Centre
My second solo exhibition "Cyber Isolation" happened at the end of April at Lake House Arts Centre. Was so happy with how the opening...
Mark Whippy
May 8, 20231 min read
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Portrait Sketching: 2023 Teddy Bears Picnic
Earlier this yearI had the opportunity to do some more live portrait sketching with Studio One, for 2023 Teddy Bears Picnic down at Silo...
Mark Whippy
May 7, 20231 min read
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