Monument, Taj Mahal at sunset, by Elaine (jaguarish)

Another momument sketch based on a photo, of the Taj Mahal.  It's from a Creative Commons photo that I found in Wikipedia.  I love the dramatic sunset lighting.

Monuments, War memorials, by Elaine (jaguarish)

Recently, Urban Sketchers had monuments for a theme, so I ran around Brisbane and sketched a few. This first one shows some details from inside the Clayfield Memorial School of Arts, which also has a few memorial plaques on its grounds, but they are not terribly interesting (typical giant rock with brass plaque).  The school was built in 1925 as a memorial after the Great War (which we now call World War I).  It now houses the local branch of the Returned Services League (association for soldiers returned from duty).

This next one shows some statues from Lutwyche Cemetery. I hurried a bit because I was feeling hot, plus some carousing men at the central gazebo were unnerving me (not sure if they were homeless or just unemployed layabouts, but their entire conversation was at a much louder than normal volume).  So the ladies on the right hand page are a bit short-legged...

Last, this sketch was done in the middle of a bushwalk (what Australians call a hike) last Easter, in a hurry again as I was trying not to inconvenience my walking companions.  It's known as the "German monument" and was built by German prisoners of war, to commemorate their fellow Germans who had died while imprisoned at Arakoon (now a National Park, where we were camping).  A few such prisoners are buried in the area around the monument.  One of the headstones and low wall around the grave are shown in the foreground.  That's my daughter resting in the shade of the monument.