Sketch&Lunch. A taste of Vietnam

June 10, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sketch&Lunch We meet once a month (last Monday of the month) for some sketching, shopping of unique ingredients and eating of delicious lunch. Our first ever Sketch&Lunch was all about Vietnam this month. We met at the water buffalo and decided to sketch it whilst waiting for the rest of the group to join us. The water buffalo is on Freedom plaza in Cabramatta.   Next we headed to the Vietnamese bakery, where I introduced students to the delights of […]

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4 Painter/Sketcher Girls in the South of France

June 4, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

May 2 – May 10 2014 We are 3 painter/sketchers who’ve been meeting in wonderful locations round the world for years, and immersing ourselves in what we love doing most. Painting and sketching. We invite a 4th friend on most of our trips. It all started in The Greek Isles. Next came Tuscany.  After that the Rhone Valley in France and then Tuscany again, and all a few years apart. So this year we would come from our homes in […]

Categories: Art, Family & Friends, French sketches, My Artist Friends, Painting holidays, Painting in France, Sketching in France, Travel Sketching, Villages of France • Tags: Painting Friends, Sketch Holidays, Sketching in South of France, Trausse Minervois

Melbourne Cup Day, Hats & High Heels

November 6, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

It’s the day Australians dress up. I mean r-e-a-l-l-y dress up. Hats , high heels, designer frocks, Top hats and tails – and everything in between. This is Melbourne Cup. The first Tuesday in November. Big day in Oz. A public holiday in Melbourne CBD. Might as well be a national Holiday. Is anybody at work? Glenys my painting friend from NZ was to be in Sydney on this day and wanted to know what we’d be doing. MMMmm. Lets […]

Categories: Art, Creative food, Local Foods, My Artist Friends, Sketching Chocolat • Tags: Amedei chocolate, Australia, Fascinator, Melbourne Cup, Sydney, Tuesday

Each Other & Walk&Sketch time

October 26, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

THURSDAY OCTOBER 24 ’13 My goodness what a gorgeous day. Only a hint of bushfire smoke first thing, and they say the worst may be over. So off I go to the Studio to be there good and early as I like to be. Then I can set up the still life for the day.  I have little roses Ive found on the way here, in a jar on each table –  because I like them. But today is different. […]

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Sketching Together

July 26, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

A couple of sketches done recently, with Jeanette from country Victoria and Vivianne, one of our effervescent tutors. One in line and watercolour, the other in line and watercolour pencil. Sketching together is so enjoyable. The coffee order placed, then the silence as we sketch away at whatever is around us. We were on the ferry to Sydney together, just Jeanette and I as part of her Sketch & Stay week. This was quite a highlight for her. To think […]

Categories: Art, Great coffee, Line & Watercolour, My Artist Friends, Sydney Harbour, Traveling & Sketching • Tags: Flickr, Food, Jeanette, Sketching, Sydney, Victoria, Vivianne

A Birthday with the Queen

June 10, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Today was the Queen’s Birthday and a holiday. Today I could sketch with Sydney Sketch Club. We met where a young Queen Victoria stands elegantly outside St James Church, with Prince Albert her consort, on the other side of the street. Between them is a view to the majestic Hyde Park fountain. The second Queen Victoria monument is a couple of blocks away outside a beautiful old building named after her. You suddenly see how much more mature and a […]

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Exhibiting at Raglan Gallery, one of our Sketchers.

April 19, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

What a great show. Karen is one of our sketchers, and had made mention that she’d had some work accepted at Raglan Gallery, one of the best galleries in Manly. Known for some excellent contemporary works, glass and ceramics. But that had been some time back. Then she rang to say her work was in a ‘small paintings’ show opening on Friday night. Of course I’d go. This is a huge achievement. To have paintings accepted to start with and […]

Categories: Art, Art appreciation, Art exhibitions, Contemporary Art, My Artist Friends, Painting • Tags: art, Manly, Painting, Visual Arts

Blue Mts Getaway – March 2013

March 7, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

A rainy ol’ Sunday. What better thing to do than tootle off to the Blue Mts for a Sketching Getaway. Everyone arrived at Kurrajong Village on the dot of 10, bright eyed and bushy tailed. Bluebox Cafe was very happy to give us a balcony table overlooking the blue and lavender misty Gross Valley. We ordered our essential first caffeine of the day, and a tasty something if we’d missed breakfast. Introductions took place for those who hadn’t met but […]

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Happy Open Day in the Studio

January 27, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

It was after all Australia Day! But many interested people happily left their sausage on the BBQ to come and see us and find out about sketching classes.   Joanna was keen to have helium balloons for our festive opening. So we had a couple of bright bouquets of them inside and out. I myself me – made apple and cinnamon muffins which people seemed happy to try! I assure you I am not known for these previously unheard of […]

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