Sunday Taste of Sketching Workshop

May 26, 2018 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sunday May 20th ’18 with Tammy Theme this month: Simple Architecture. Once everyone had settled and met each other, our first ‘warmup’ exercise was to observe some iron gates and sketch the colour and texture. A flat perspective of the oldest church in Manly was our next mission. It happens to be Market Day on Sundays, so being very flexible, we moved from our planned sketch spot , and took another view round the corner. Starting with a thumbnail sketch, […]

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Sunday New Sketchers Workshop

September 28, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sunday September 24th a group of us spent an enriching time discovering Erin’s Sketching Techniques. Being in the Present Moment, knowing there are no mistakes, just freedom of expression was enjoyed by all. We started the day getting to know our sketching kit. We learned how to hold the sketching pen, as well as the correct way to hold the aquarelles. We made swatches of each colour and learnt the names of all the colours. Layering the colours in the […]

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New Sketchers SundayWorkshop

June 10, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

What a fabulous opportunity it is, to get started with sketching in a one day workshop. Every 2nd month we hold Sketching Workshops in the Manly studio for new sketchers. This past month we had a glorious day filled with lots of learning, and good laughs. First we got acquainted with our new sketch kits, learnt how to best hold our aquarelles, and we tried out all the gorgeous colours. Some testing of our new pens, a flip through the […]

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Kuala Lumpur Sketch Workshop2

May 13, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

EHS TRAVEL SKETCHING WORKSHOP. KUALA LUMPUR. MAY 6 ’17 On Saturday 06 May another small group of intrepid sketchers began their sketching journey with me at an Introductory Travel Sketching Workshop. We  began as usual with page planning, looking for shapes and learning to layer our colours. Luckily, I found some wonderful bright red hibiscus, Malaysia’s National flower, outside a neighbour’s home which the owner happily allowed me to pick. (The rain of late has ruined my usual roadside freebies!) […]

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Sydney.Summer Sketching. Weeds & Flowers

December 29, 2015 by Erin Hill Sketching

December 29 ’15.  We had been thinking ‘Flowers and Trees’ as our theme this week. But on the way to meet our happy sketchers, I decided to pick the flowers growing on the way. I can assure you none were ‘borrowed’ from peoples gardens – well maybe those curb side only. We had a Gardenia, a pink Grevillea, Frangipani, Banksia,( we think) Dandelions and Wandering Jew (well it’s called that) and some Bottlebrush pods. Double page vignettes was the plan. […]

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Sat Intensive Oct 24 ’15. Fun with Perspective

October 26, 2015 by Erin Hill Sketching

I think most people woke up thinking “Oh oh, here we go, I know I need to get to grips with perspective but it’s not a subject matter that drives me wild with enthusiasm!” Well I totally understand that, it’s one of those subjects that you need to understand so your sketching comes together but it can be very perplexing at times.  What a lot of people find is that they look at a subject such as a building and […]

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1 Day Intensive. Valentine’s Day.

February 14, 2015 by Erin Hill Sketching

A glorious sunny February day topped off by a huge Surfing Carnival made Manly “THE” destination of the day for hordes of folk today.  I remember to avoid the beachfront – phew. Our Intensive Workshop was a lovely way to spend Valentine’s Day and two lucky folk were given the workshop as a present from partners – beats a red rose any day in my books! We started with sketching hibiscus in the studio and learning how to see, how […]

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Sketching. Finding Your Eye Level

December 3, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Eye level perspective is what we’ve worked on this week. The ‘P’ word can create a lot of fear in people. OOOh I can’t do this. I never understood it. I can’t see how it goes down not up etc. So it seems an excellent time to pop this into onto our program of learning – one week before we finish. And by taking it one step at a time, you begin to get the concept,  begin to understand how it works and even enjoy it! […]

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‘A Taste of Sketching’ Workshop. September 6th ’14.

September 6, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Yes more rain. Just for a moment though one sees blue skies and even some rays of sun. But none of this matters to we sketchers. You find a dry spot somewhere and carry on. We all meet upstairs at Nominom in Manly, actually a great place for amazing ice cream and yoghurts, though they do a good coffee and other food. And we love our ‘upstairs studio’ with views straight to the beach. Fabulous even in the rain. Once […]

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