Coldest of cold fronts

There is always an arctic blast that sweeps up the country about this time of year - makes the ski fields happy, reminds everybody from Sydney that it actually does get cold, and gives a bleak windy rainy few days in Canberra with maximums of about 7 degrees. We had a long weekend for Reconciliation Day - there were events to get reconciled at the Arboretum but outdoors? in the sleet? Nup. We had friends over for curry night on Saturday, then met other friends for lunch on Sunday, then spent Monday by the fire and had pizza for dinner. 

Here is another town view / map that I copied from someone on the internet. I have been doing a lot of buildings with my isometric graph paper that I'll post too, but this is just in the sketchbook without guidelines (as you can probably tell).

I'm realising just how complicated this is - they look simple until you deconstruct the lines down, and then it is very time-consuming and needs attention paid. The sketch above is a tiny fraction - maybe a twentieth - of an old town map. And it is startling how obvious it is when a line goes the wrong way, or joins at a point where it shouldn't really join ... the effect is quite jarring and quite noticeable. This may not be the artistic style for me!! Not so good with perfection.