52-Week Illustration Challenge, Week 30

My US holiday continues! Ironically, this Sydneysider is still reporting live from Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, as my US holiday continues. This week, I spent about four extended sessions (sketching, outlining, painting, final touches) on a project that bounced into my head the moment I saw an ArtiCrafti brand moulded "koala canvas mask" in a Dollar King bargain store - for just $2.50 - a few months ago. I had to carefully pack and bring it OS with me, much to my penpal host's delight, who enjoyed watching the artwork emerge from my brain! The mask is decorated with images of Sydney in black ball-point ink and watercolour.

Week 30: Sydney

The mask is decorated with 3D detail, which includes yellow pompons for wattle flowers, white Tulip brand "puffy dimensional fabric paint" for seagulls and wave crests, and a toothpick flag.

Update:

Above: As modelled by my Ann Arbor penpal, Olivia!

Framed in a shadowbox

Sydney Tower

DAY 10

Sydney Tower over Centrepoint, now a Westfield shopping centre.

A shot in the dark

Today's pic in my "365 Pictures project": a view of Sydney, 5.30pm, while descending the ramp from Central Station. Note the distant Sydney Tower between the two middle buildings.



What's really interesting about this project is that some of the pics, so far, have been one-off, chance-in-a-million, luck-of-the-draw shots, while others have been scenes I see every day, or every week - and yet I never know till I glance at them what will entail my one-shot-only shot.