Painted in Southern France

June 18, 2010 by Erin Hill Sketching

Painted on location in Southern France. 300gsm A3 size. The 2 line drawings I showed the other day were the working drawings I did from the doorway of the Summer Kitchen. In the end I decided on the old iron bed with the 2 periwinkle blue doors behind. My heart just soars when I see this perfect little French setting, the sun high and hot in a clear blue sky and happy chirps breaking the silence. So i have finally […]

Categories: Painting holidays, Painting in France, Watercolour Painting • Tags: Painting the essence, Soft colour, Watercolour painting in France

The Importance of Being from Somewhere Else

June 15, 2010 by Erin Hill Sketching

This is just fabulous. Here we are being photographed in Chantal’s garden and this appeared in the local paper this week. As I’d said earlier, the idea of Jackie bringing overseas painters to their village is giving the locals a real sense of pride. If this happened in our own backyard it wouldn’t make a ripple at all. So we are almost famous. Left to right – Connie, Glenys, Erin, Karen, Niki, Ellen, Nancy and Jackie ( with Paloma the […]

Categories: My Artist Friends, Painting holidays, Painting in France • Tags: Rural French Gardens, Travelling Painters

Sketches from Rhone-Alpes, France

May 23, 2010 by Erin Hill Sketching

Here we are in our next location. Jackie ( French Escapades ) is an amazing organiser and this is the first location she found for us in the Rhone-Alpes. We are staying in a gorgeous old villa, with huge high ceilings, massive old fireplace, creaky stairs and lovely old paintings. Yep, we are very lucky. The setting is high on a hill overlooking the farms and rural life which remains pretty unchanged over the centuries. I did several drawings at […]

Categories: Drawings & Sketches, Observing the Light, Painting holidays • Tags: Painting In France, Plein air painting, Quick Watercolours

Selected Greek Isles Paintings

January 18, 2010 by Erin Hill Sketching

Before I begin- it’s now 2012 and both these paintings are available. These paintings are both from that Greek Isles Isles trip I thought wasn’t that long ago. However, on checking my diary – surprise surprise – I was there in May 2002. I had my last exhibition after that wonderful adventure, so many paintings have been waiting patiently in a drawer for their turn to be shown, Well the wait is almost over. We had 3 weeks around the […]

Categories: Colour, Commissioned work and travel, Exhibitions, Painting holidays • Tags: Greek Island Odessey, Greek Island Watercolours, Working out the Greek Light