Sunday Sketching. People made simple

March 29, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

SUNDAY MARCH 26 ’17 We started our day with Erin making tea and coffee for everyone. What a treat! She makes the beat lattes in town. After friendly introductions and some good humour and  laughter, we were ready to get down to work and do what we all came for. Learn how to sketch people. Erin started us off by introducing us all to the wooden mannequin models, named Manni, Kin and Nins.  We were ready to sketch! First we learnt […]

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Week8. Term1. Shape in an Urban Environment and Fruit

March 25, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sketching Week 8, Term 1. Saturday March 25 ’17 It doesn’t seem to matter which country in the world you talk to people in, they too have had big changes in weather. We changed our program once again to keep all our sketchers dry! A fancy shopping centre was our Studio this week. Warringah Mall in Sydney has been all flossied up and now a pretty smart place. Sketching shapes in an interior were our mission for General classes. So if you […]

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Adventure Sketching. Govt House & Botanical Gardens

March 25, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

Thursday Adventure Class. March 23 ’17 Well no one could call we sketchers pessimists! With a 70% chance of rain and heavy grey skies we threaded our way into the city to meet at Government House. Our chances of exploring the gardens and sketching inside were dashed after the awful news from London, so we sketched the Gothic Revival architecture through the ornate wrought iron gates. Keeping it simple was easier said than done, so many turrets and arched windows and […]

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Week7 Term1. People Shapes & Glass

March 18, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

MANLY CLASSES Week 7 and another big week. Big rain. Big sketching challenges. Big progress New Sketchers have just discovered that ‘People sketching’ is not as terrifying as they’d thought. Everything, even human formS are shapes. It’s just a matter of seeing them. And ‘see’ they did. We keep our exercises very quick. Get your book, eye and pen ready and go go go. Some classes tried ‘contour sketching’ – sketching your person without looking at the page. We loved […]

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Week6 Term1. Looking for eye level

March 11, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

SYDNEY CLASSES WEEK 6 TERM 1 ’17 Week 6 Term 1. March 11’17 We were again planning well ahead for our locations this week, in case of rain. Actually we had less than last week but our venues were spot on. New Sketchers all managed to sketch eye level perspective on location without too many rain drops. Our students whether in Manly, Mona Vale, Blue Mts and The Rocks all found brick buildings with a good corner where they could see […]

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Adventure Class. The ‘Paper Bag’ building

March 11, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

Adventure Thursday. March 9 ’17 We met at the Devonshire Tunnel at Central Station and walked the pedestrian friendly Goods Line to UTS Business School. What an amazing building. We were incredulous that such a building ever made it off the paper it was drawn on! The discussions between architect Gehry and the vast number of artisans and builders involved in the project must have been epic. It boggles the mind how every twist and turn and crumple and fold […]

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Sketch&Wine. Fast & Loose Faces

March 11, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sketch&Wine. Wednesday March 8 ’17 Our sketch and wine on Wednesday night began with all of us attempting portraits of each other using sticks and coloured ink. We went over the basic measurements for sketching the human face in profile and front on. Why? Because once we know the basics we are better able to judge how our subject’s features should be sketched. Is the face longer, thinner than normal? Is the mouth wider? The chin pointier? Hopefully, the exercises in […]

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Week5.Term1. Wheels & Shiny Things

March 4, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

Week 5. Term 1. This was a week where unrelenting rain was promised every day- and it delivered. Admittedly there were breaks in the clouds and sunny periods did allow for quick sketching if we were lucky. But Toni and Kathy had very cleverly planned an indoor week for General Sketchers at the impressive Harley Davidson showroom. And it’s been a huge success. Our theme of thumbnails, light and heavy line work certainly translated well to motorcycles and all the […]

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Sunday Workshop. Colour & Collage

February 27, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sunday February 26 ’17 We had a wonderful creative day in the studio with the rain bucketing down outside. Three universal themes emerged, the love for family, travel and friends. These would then be the foundation for what would create. First we made textured backgrounds using stencils, scratching tools, gel medium, gesso, gouache and watercolour and added our personal elements on top such as photos, postage stamps, favourite quotes and fabric.Sometimes we added more layers for depth or just because […]

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