Comment fait-on pour aller á l’aéroport?

September 1, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sketch&French 9.30am Monday September 1 ’14. Not a spot of rain to be seen. In fact a lovely bright and clear Spring morning Just a small class with another of our S&F being unwell. So today we would learn about getting around and asking the way. We talked about buying tickets to the airport, getting buses, getting the metro Sandrine had questions ready for us to ask and answer, and she doesn’t slow down. That’s the way you’ll hear the language […]

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Combien y a t-il d’arrondissements á Paris?

August 25, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sketch&French 9h30 du matin Lundi 25 Août ’14 It is so blue and lovely today. A bright sunny day to continue our classes by 3 more weeks. This is just a small group of dedicated students keen to carry on the learning they’ve started to get a handle on. Today’s French conversation with Sandrine would be about the 20 arrondissements of Paris, locating monuments and famous landmarks, and of course opening and closing times. Sandrine had a wonderful Paris city […]

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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 […]

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Bonjour. Sketch&French is Back.

February 19, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Adeline is back from France, but with a new baby due, and my travels, our only classes will be in August ’14. Series of 5 classes – do put yourself on our enquiries list and we’ll let you know exact dates. Please see our detailed information here. Our classes happen in the studio in Manly on Monday mornings 9.30am – 11.30am. Erin is our Sketch tutor and begins the class with the basic skills of Travel Sketching. You’ll also get a […]

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Je Voudrais Une Epinard Fetta et jambon Galette, SVP.

November 12, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Monday November 11 ’13   What a rainy and windy day. The sort of day you’d usually decide to stay at home. But not for us.  it’s our last Sketch&French class this term, and we’re having it at 4 Frogs Creperie to celebrate. Run by four French hommes, who fell in love with Australia, and noticed a distinct lack of the mouth watering crepes and gallettes so much a part of real French cuisine. So they set up a Creperie […]

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Je suis astronaute, et vous?

August 5, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Monday August 5 ’13 Our Sketch&French travel sketching is stepping up the pace a little this week. Some interesting angles to observe, and not many had ever learned this. Perspective in other words. If it’s closer to you it’s bigger. As it goes away it’s going to get smaller. Christy was also on hand today, so we could both give some guidance to some who may have struggled so soon on their sketching adventure. As you’ll see in the sketches, […]

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Bonjour, Comment ça va? Trés bien merci!

July 29, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

We’re back and beginning another 5 weekly classes of our popular Sketch & French. Such a lovely big group of enthusiastic folk, keen to learn a dash of travel sketching, topped up with enough French to get by somehow when in France. We had a lot of laughs and light moments today, as we got ourselves ready to sketch the French pastries on the table. Fresh this morning from St Rémy Baked at Fairlight. A yummy selection to make two […]

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Where I sketch in the South of France

July 12, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

I’m sketching in Trausse in May 2014, to catch up with the changes and restorations Marilyn and Steve have made since my last visit. Don’t you just love this little garden above. Although I’ll be doing my own sketching for them on this trip, I’m planning your next fully escorted Travel Sketching Holiday in Provence for 2015 as we speak. Then I can spend all my time guiding you through the art of Travel Sketching. I also have plans for […]

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Les Quatre Grenouilles

May 27, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

To celebrate the fifth class in our series of 5 Sketch&French classes, we decided to do the whole lesson at The Four Frogs Creperie. The Creperie concept hasn’t been well known on this side of the planet, though it’s traditional in France. So when we discovered this new one recently, we fell upon it and have been hard pressed to stay away. So today was a perfect fit for us. We’d start with sketching of course, so naturally the four […]

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