Coconuts with everything. Last day at Daku Resort.

October 4, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Friday Sept 20 Woke up at 5am today. I’m an early person. Birds are getting  out of their nests at the same time as me. And singing. With a nice cuppa tea I sit outside in the planters chair and watch Savusavu wake for almost the last time this week. Instead of yoga today its decided we need a class lesson in paint and colour. It’s easier to cover the core skills together like this than on location. We are […]

Categories: Art, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketching, Sketching and Yoga Fiji, Sketching Holidays, Travel Sketching in Fiji • Tags: Coconut, Copra, Fiji, Ganesha, Savusavu, Travel Sketching

Yoga, Markets, Shopping at Daku Resort Fiji

September 30, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Monday Sept 16 We are so lucky having this balmy warm weather, and very little rain. That seems to fall during the night if at all. Some sketchers are out walking at 6am and others are now keen to join in. We are also completing breakfast earlier which means we can start our yoga and be energized to begin our sketching day. Today Jan and Therese lead the session following Jo’s Travel Yoga sketches. All created just for us as […]

Categories: Art, Bright Colour, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketching and Yoga Fiji, Sketching Holidays, Travel Sketching in Fiji • Tags: Daku, Fiji, Savusavu, Sketch, Travel Sketching

Let’s get Sketching. At home at Daku Resort

September 28, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sunday Sept 15 ’13 A cup of tea  on the balcony as the sun rises is a perfect start to the day. It’s not possible to be uptight in Fiji. You can try but it won’t happen. That’s a city thing. I’m not sure I’ll need my watch. Breakfast is a relaxed meeting time and everyone slowly appears. The choice of fresh fruit all grown locally looks beautiful and tastes even more so. Papaya grows all over Savusavu and we […]

Categories: Art, Flower Sketching, Line & Watercolour, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketching and Yoga Fiji, Sketching Holidays, Sketching techniques, Travel Sketching in Fiji • Tags: Fiji, Kava, Keni, Savusavu, Sketch, Tea

The Adventure Begins. Fiji Here We Come

September 25, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Daku Resort Savusavu, Fiji. An incredible sketching Adventure. The first two days. Thursday Sept 12 ’13 A 6.30am flight. Of course that’s when it leaves,  so you can imagine what time we arose from our cosy beds to be there bright eyed and bushy tailed. Managed a sketch in pen and watercolour pencils. We are on our way to Fiji. Who knows what’s ahead. Once in Nadi, a short stopover, and time to sketch my samosa – before a short […]

Categories: Art, Sketching and Yoga Fiji, Sketching Holidays, Travel Sketching, Travel Sketching in Fiji, Traveling & Sketching, Travelling with your Sketchbook • Tags: Fiji, Nadi Fiji, Resort, Savusavu, Sketch, Sketching, Travel Sketching

Blue Mts Getaway – March 2013

March 7, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

A rainy ol’ Sunday. What better thing to do than tootle off to the Blue Mts for a Sketching Getaway. Everyone arrived at Kurrajong Village on the dot of 10, bright eyed and bushy tailed. Bluebox Cafe was very happy to give us a balcony table overlooking the blue and lavender misty Gross Valley. We ordered our essential first caffeine of the day, and a tasty something if we’d missed breakfast. Introductions took place for those who hadn’t met but […]

Categories: Art, Artists, Painting holidays, Plein air painting, Sketches, Sketching Holidays, Traveling & Sketching • Tags: Apple, Bilpin New South Wales, Composition & Colour, Gardens, Line drawing with Watercolour, Location Sketches, Sketches, Travel Sketching

Blue Mountains Bookings Now Open

January 27, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Our first 2 night / 3day Getaway for this year is on Sunday March 3, Monday 4, and Tuesday 5. Fully booked for this Getaway. We meet at Kurrajong Village at 10am on the Sunday, have morning tea and sketch till our lunch at the gorgeous Sassafras Creek Restaurant. We make our way to Bilpin Springs Lodge around 2pm, meet Coola the dog, settle into our rooms, check out the spacious lodge and visit the animals. This will be our […]

Categories: Sketching Holidays, Sketching Locations, Traveling & Sketching • Tags: Bilpin New South Wales, Blue Mountains, Sketches, Sketching Getaway

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

Holiday Sketches

October 5, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

Several Sketchers have had some wonderful trips overseas recently and others have visited other places closer to home, but all have produced some delightful travel sketches. Therese has returned from Rome and London, and Jenny had a marvellous time in Botswana and Namibia. Jacquie has been in Singapore and Melbourne. Pam has been on the South Coast, Atsuko has been to Ayers Rock and Robbie has been between Manly and Lindfield – though has broken a wrist so hopefully can […]

Categories: Boats, Landscapes, Sketching, Sketching Holidays, Traveling & Sketching • Tags: African Animals, Ayers Rock, Beaches, Botswana, Manly, Namibia, Sketching & Travelling

On the way

August 29, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

Ben very kindly transported us to the airport. It was kinda interesting to sketch in the car. You end up with a few lines in funny places as you bump or go round corners, even through tunnels. It all just adds to the personality of the sketch. Then there are a couple of sketches done while Milton checked out the Duty Free. If you sit there long enough you start to think you need to buy something.    

Categories: Art, Drawings & Sketches, Family & Friends, Sketching Holidays • Tags: Travel Sketching