Sketch&lunch-Malaysian

March 2, 2018 by Erin Hill Sketching

February was Malaysian Sketch&Lunch. We had a ball in Chinatown, Sydney. The Nasi Lemak at Ho Jiak (a relatively new Malaysian streetfood restaurant on Hay St) was absolutely delicious! The wagu beef rendang was to die for so was the the Char Kway Teow (a rice noodle dish with king prawns and the “breath of the wok”) We ate with relish whilst learning to sketch ellipses and capturing the cups of tea and coffee Malaysian style. Next we headed out […]

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Week 2. Term 1 – Shape, tone, texture

February 10, 2018 by Erin Hill Sketching

Intro classes were discovering round shapes and our particular way of showing dimension – white top and sides, dark down the centre. Lemons and limes give a great chance to show how darks behind whites give you that depth in the fastest way. Travel Sketching classes were looking at techniques for brick, render and sandstone. We picked the 3 colours we’d use a base here and tried both watercolour and aquarelle to try different effects. Then either vignettes or entrances […]

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Week 1 Term 1 ’18. Looking for Shape

February 3, 2018 by Erin Hill Sketching

Our first week of term and back to sketching with a hiss and a roar. I’m sure everyone had a big lie down after their classes. Never has our right brain worked so hard, seeing past what we know and deconstructing our subjects into shapes. Intro classes studied how to make objects in nature into simple shapes. Then how to get that onto a page! Toss in some colour and……there it is. Laneways and alleyways was the subject for Travel […]

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Holiday Sketching

January 19, 2018 by Erin Hill Sketching

Wednesday January 17 ’18 Usually we have the place to ourselves, pretty much, on Wednesdays at Bella Vista. Kathy was hosting this week and luckily had 2 tables for our sketchers. Two busloads of visitors arrived and the place was full to busting. We however sketch on. That’s what we do. As Travel Sketchers we sketch in any conditions at all, to get the subject we want. So look out world. Everyone enjoyed the time together, as we do every […]

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Holiday Sketching

January 6, 2018 by Erin Hill Sketching

Wednesday January 3 ’18. This week instead of sky high temperatures, we had belting rain and gusty wind. But that doesn’t mean we are not sketching. Life still goes on you know. We had an inside table and warmed up with drinks before launching into cafe people sketching. A captive audience. Just what we wanted. Jo was already there, wearing her new A-Line dress from the fabulous ErinHill Studio collection. I’d not actually seen the real deal and we were […]

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Sketching Holiday Vietnam

December 23, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

December 1 – December 14 2017 Oi Choi Oi! (Vietnamese for OMG) It’s been less than a week since my return and I’m working hard at losing the 2 kgs of Vietnamese noodles and condensed milk coffees I managed to sneak through customs around my midriff, before the Festive Season of Indulgence truely kicks in. What a wonderful introduction to travelling with sketchers, our trip to Hoi An was for me! We arrived as strangers and left as friends. In […]

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A Taste of Sketching. Sunday Dec 10

December 10, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

What a glorious Sydney Sunday we woke to. Eight enthusiast sketchers arrived at the Studio right on 10am, ready to meet each other and enjoy a tea or coffee. Most people have had little sketching experience and it’s something about the freedom of it, plus the ‘only pleasing yourself’ approach which appeals. We started with the lovely pink hibiscus and learning how to plan our page and observe the whole still life as shape and form. What great results from […]

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Term4 Week8. Bicycles & Books

December 2, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

New Sketchers started by sketching a bicycle from memory! Something we’ve seen all our lives, but can’t remember how it looks without seeing one. Our observation skills were honed up once we saw the real thing. Lots of laughs over our memory sketches! General classes were back at harry Hartog Booksellers, one of our favourite locations to sketch. We were looking for vintage or crazy shop displays – and there were plenty. That’s a paper mache reindeer wearing red antlers, […]

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Student Exhibition 2017

December 2, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

What a gorgeous evening we had at our favourite spot on North Head, gazing across the National Park towards Sydney town, as the sun went down. What a wonderful gathering too of students family and friends, all there to celebrate the work on display. Some of our very early students (2012) were in attendance, as were some who are in their first term. Such a variety of styles this year and so many different techniques and colour. A lot of […]

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