Two Awards from Two very Inspiring Bloggers

February 10, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

It is with gratitude that I humbly accept these awards. This was a total surprise and it has taken me awhile to say Thank You. It does of course come with some responsibility, which is to honour the people who awarded these to me, to reveal a few things about myself and to award my choice of other bloggers. I am going to break the rules here and simply say an enormous Thank You to all of those marvellous followers […]

Categories: Art, Family & Friends, Reflections, Special Occasions, The little things in Life • Tags: 7 Things, Award, Blog, France, Site Awards

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 […]

Categories: Art, Family & Friends, My Artist Friends, My Painting Studio, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketch & French Classes, Sketching Classes • Tags: Australia, Australia Day, Barbecue, Joanna, Sketch, Sketches

What to wear in 43 degree heat

January 8, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

This is probably one of NSW’s hottest ever days. We get days like this. This country is of contrasts. Can have floods (not at the moment) fire, yes houses and people being lost right now, heat, yes 43 degrees instead of a cool 33! Violent hot southerly buster late in the day – just blew the whiskey decanter over – hot whiskey anybody? That wind is a nightmare for the firefighters. The 2 dogs ( one being doggysat ) both […]

Categories: Art, Family & Friends, Line & Watercolour, Sketching • Tags: Celsius, Composition & Colour, Glasgow, Location Sketches, Sydney, watercolour

The Importance of the Dining Table

January 6, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

I’ve been having some interesting conversations lately about this subject…. We are having such beautiful evenings of late. It is warm and the aroma of scented flowers wafts in the air. We don’t eat till later now with daylight saving, so there’s nothing nicer than sitting on the outdoor seating watching the sun slowly go down. This sketch was done as the sky and sea were changing from bright colour and becoming pale and smokey. The middle distance hills were […]

Categories: Art, Colours of the night, Family & Friends, Food & Wine, Food Sketches, Observing the Light, Sketching, Waterscapes • Tags: Dining room, Eating, Family values, Food, table

At last a Summer’s Day

December 29, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

Now THIS is what we like. Summer = blue skies, Sun not too hot, Sparkling water, slight breeze. Umbrella up. Same for everybody really. Now that the hurley burley is over we can flop on the sofas, stick our feet out and let go. This is the life. Worked all year for this. We have our swims, eat more ham or turkey – in sandwiches or salads – not tiring of it yet! Friends come and go and we just love […]

Categories: Art, Boats, Family & Friends, Sketching • Tags: art, Beach Views, David Gentleman, Harbour happenings, Location Sketches, London, Water views

Such a Good Day

December 26, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

Milton stayed up late the night before to prepare his ‘special’ glaze for the ham. Then it was into the oven for a slow bake to goldenise the whole thing. We had heaps to do before everyone would arrive for a late lunch, but I sat down in the middle of everything to do a sketch anyway. Luckily Joanna ( back briefly from Glasgow) had worked out a plan of what everyone would be doing to get this Christmas Day […]

Categories: Art, Christmas Art, Family & Friends, Food Sketching • Tags: Christmas, Christmas Day, Christmas pudding, Sketches

Christmas in the Studio

December 17, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

We’ve had a really wonderful year. We began with Travel Sketch classes, and now have Sketch&French, Sketch your Cake, and Sketcher Fitness. We also welcomed Adeline’s Téte å Tétes Students to share our end of year celebrations. Everyone who could joined us on Friday evening December 14. Take a look and see the fun and laughs we had……… So as you can see we had a whale of a time. Adeline did all the French food for the evening which together with […]

Categories: Art, Christmas Art, Family & Friends, French Living Magazine, My Artist Friends, Sketch & French Classes, Sketch & High Tea, Sketching Classes, Sketching in France, Traveling & Sketching • Tags: Cake, Christmas, Crêpe, Food, France, French cuisine, List of French cheeses, Saucisson, Sketches, Travel Sketching

Angels with Wonky Halos & More

December 8, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

It’s that time of the year again. Time to make our little square Christmas cards from our own sketches. THURSDAY & FRIDAY  DEC 6 & 7 ’12 The lovely thing here is it’s one of the few times we are doing our work to bring some of the joy to others, that we get from creating these tiny original pieces of artwork. They are even cute enough to frame. Generally I say to people that sketching in itself is purely […]

Categories: Art, Art to enchant, Christmas Art, Family & Friends, Greeting Cards, Handmade Art & Craft • Tags: Christmas, Christmas decoration, Christmas sketches, Holidays

Our Fijian Sketch Getaway

November 1, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

Everything to help you plan your Travel Sketch week at Daku Resort, Savusavu Fiji. September 14 – 21 2013. Daku Resort is a favourite Fijian Island for Creative and Art Tours, but also for Yoga and watersport groups. Included in your fully escorted week: *Pickup and return to Savusavu airport. *Accommodation in traditional bure style cottages, with beautiful and tranquil views over Savusavu Bay. You can choose single or twin share. *Optional 45 minutes of gentle stretching and yoga with […]

Categories: Family & Friends, Food Sketching, Gorgeous places to stay, Painting holidays, Sketching and Yoga Fiji, Sketching Holidays, Traveling & Sketching, Travelling & Painting • Tags: art, Daku Resort, Fiji, Location Sketches, Pacific Ocean, Savusavu, South Pacific, Travel Sketching, Vanua Levu