Summer Sketching. Hibiscus and beyond

January 5, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

Tuesday Jan 3 ’17. Shelley Beach We hadn’t been sure what the weather would be like but luckily we could still do exactly what we’d planned. It stopped raining and brightened up. Little Manly Kiosk was an excellent place to begin our warm up sketch, which happened to be our good ol’ favourite – the red hibiscus. For those new to sketching it was a good way to give a few tips on how we look at our subject and […]

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Week9 Term4. Colour & Imagination

December 10, 2016 by Erin Hill Sketching

EHS SYDNEY. DEC 10 ’16 Another awesome week. It just gets better and better. When my tutors send each classes pics I marvel at how far our students have come. Not just New Sketchers but General Sketchers too. Travel Sketching is reaching new levels in our use of line and colour and imagination. We try anything.  No holds barred and the results are so so exciting. Our sketches are not clones of each other. Not all looking in one direction. Although […]

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New Sketchers Workshop. Dec4’16

December 9, 2016 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sunday December 4 ’16 Toni our tutor, had found some gorgeous red hibiscus growing nearby as our very first sketch of the day. On arrival people look at that rather blankly when we say ‘That will be our first sketch’ utterly disbelieving that the impossible is about to happen. That within an hour it will be on their sketchbook page. Viola who has sketched with us before was doing a refresher and impressed us by sharing her sketchbook, full of lovely […]

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Greeting Cards. Girl’s Night In

November 19, 2016 by Erin Hill Sketching

Girl’s Night In. Wednesday November 16 ’16 Card and gift card making is a favourite for our keen students and friends. Having a handmade card is such a rarity these days, but many still love to step away from the madness and mayhem of Christmas and make something. Bec was your host for the evening, and with her brought all sorts of fabric and bits and pieces. Students added their own treasures and before long a factory was in place. […]

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Week3.Term4. Colour Washes & People

October 29, 2016 by Erin Hill Sketching

EHS Sydney October 29 ’16 Both New and General classes stepped up again this week, only our third week. To be starting watercolours when you’ve never used them before is very exciting. But as you began to discover this week, I’ve developed a very simple way to use them. No need to match what you see and struggle to make a colour. We teach you to layer your colours one over the other and keep the impression fresh. You’re loving […]

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Week8.Term3. Wheels & Spiral Sketching

September 10, 2016 by Erin Hill Sketching

EHS SYDNEY NEW SKETCHERS. As travel sketchers, we like to capture the essence of a place. The bicycle is an everyday mode of transport in many Asian and European cities, even our favourite Manly. Not always easy to sketch but this week we mastered the shapes pretty darn well to create sketches full of character. In Manly we we found a row of sunny coffee shops in Market Lane with plenty of colourful bikes chained up nearby to sketch. Some […]

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Sketching Holidays Week 2

July 16, 2016 by Erin Hill Sketching

Saturday July 16 ’16 What I’m going to say may not seem related to sketching but you’ll see that in fact it is very much part of being a cohesive society. To be here in this small village in the South of France on Bastille Day, with a gathering of local and visiting folk was a privilege. Although we couldn’t all speak one language, we shared the joy of being together. Who was to know what would happen a few hours later to […]

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Week 8 Term2. Texture & Wheels

June 18, 2016 by Erin Hill Sketching

An interesting selection of subjects for our sketchers this week. New Sketchers looked at shapes you think you know until you count on your memory. The bicycle. You know it so well. But what does it look like when you sketch it from memory. Mmmmm. Some lovely sketches were done at the wharf where dozens of bicycles are parked while their owners hop on ferry to the city. Regular Sketchers tried cross hatching as a way to add texture to their […]

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Week 5 Term 2. Looking Closely.

May 28, 2016 by Erin Hill Sketching

Time is flying. And so am I. From high over the Indian Ocean this week’s writing is taking place and completed in The Marais Paris. In fact learning to sketch as you travel is exactly what EHS is about. It may be round your neighborhood or round the world. Do check our Sketch Holidays and find one to suit. Your life will never be the same again! I’ve seen your delightful sketches this week, and constantly surprise myself how much personality you all […]

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