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 12, 2018 by Erin Hill Sketching

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 10 ’18 What will the weather do today? That question is getting harder to answer. I used to be able to count on gorgeous days whenever we sketched, but lately someone isn’t playing by the rules. Well fine. We’ll get on with sketching and ignore what’s coming out of the sky. A couple of found items today became our sketches over coffee. I’d picked a delicate flannel flower on the track earlier, including the leaves, so we could […]

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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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Holiday Sketching

December 29, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

  There’s something nice about holidays and sketching. Yawn, Stretch, Sketch. Our Wednesdays at Bella Vista are very relaxed. Just turn up if you feel the mood coming on, and start with a great coffee or apple tart or mushrooms on toast, overlooking one of Sydney’s best Harbour views. The first Wednesday had a promised temperature of 35C, however outside under those massive Morton Bay figs, with a slight breeze, the temperature was 10C less. So lovely. This week people […]

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Week10 Term4. Adventures in Colour

December 16, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

Well we have just completed 10 wonderful weeks of Travel Sketching together. New Sketchers have achieved so much over the weeks and you are now ready to move into full Travel Sketching Classes. Your tutors are delighted to see how much confidence you now have. Our regular Travel Sketchers have flexed their brushes and gone way outside the envelope. You’ve let go of fear and played with line and colour in ways you never thought you could. From all of […]

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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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SketchYourCake Class

January 26, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

SketchYourCake for a family group. January ’17 This is the newest version of our favourite SketchYourCake afternoon teas. Together with EHS, Anna our very own highly regarded chef and sketch tutor, is taking SketchYour Cake into her kitchen and taking people on a baking /sketching adventure. Guests begin with a welcome tea or coffee and a nibble of what’s to come while Anna prepares the kitchen for her first demo. Everyone takes part in stirring and mixing the cupcakes and getting them […]

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Sydney.Summer Sketching. Rain Rain Rain

January 5, 2016 by Erin Hill Sketching

Tuesday Jan 5 ’16 The forecast was for rain so it was hardly a surprise that it did. Not that it was cold, just raindrops kept falling on our heads – till we hurried inside at Crinitis. A good group of us today and already settled wondering what we’d be doing. Rain of course. Usually we look for blue skies and sun regardless of what is actually happening. But there will be days when there’s very little blue around so that’s […]

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