Bush Walk

Bush Walk, helenblairsart

My family walking through some beautiful NZ South Island  west coast bush. Painting was done when my family was a lot younger. We took a walk up an old bush track. The bush was spectacular with moss hanging off the trees and lots of bird life. It had been raining the previous days so there […]

Bush walk

Tauraunga Bush walk, helenblairsart

Saw some amazing  flowers and wild life on a treck we did not far from Tauranga. We walked for 3 hours up into the hills and on the way spotted a deer up stream and later I discovered these beautiful bush lilies. The weather was good and I did some sketches of the bridge and […]

Routeburn and Caples Track

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I had a great time doing the Routeburn and Caples , a 5 day treck in the South Island these holidays with my family. The scenery is so amazing  and  I managed to get loads of good sketches and photos for future paintings. I definitely recommend the walk to anybody. You have to go well […]

Call of the wild

helenblairsrart - Bush Treck - mini

2/9/11 Now with spring here I really feel like getting out into the wilderness again. As an artist I need to get out doors and experience nature . I feel that drawing directly from nature has a good influence on drawings and can put more life into paintings as well. Im gathering up some extra […]