Saturday Sketch Workshop with Judy. July 26th

July 28, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

‘LETTING GO WITH YOUR SKETCHING & WATERCOLOUR’ Workshop with Judy. I had been very busy planning our first workshop this term and had plenty in store for those unsuspecting sketchers. We all met in Nominom, a shocking pink building on the beachfront, easy to spot from a mile away.  The owner was most obliging as he had put together some tables for us upstairs and it was a truly colourful place to be, like having our own psychedelic studio by […]

Categories: Art, Manly Beach, Manly Sketches, Sketch Workshops, Sketching architecture, Sketching houses, Travel Sketching Workshop, watercolour • Tags: Composition & Colour, Line drawing with Watercolour, Travel Sketching

Anzac Day Sketching – or Don’t Rain on my Parade

April 26, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

FRIDAY APRIL 26 2014 Do you remember that fab song by Barbra Streisand?  From the 1964 musical ‘Funny Girl’.  Surely. It seemed so right for today and I love all the words. Don’t rain on my parade. Well it did. But it did not dampen anyone’s spirits.   Anyway, Karen and I had planned to go sketching with Sydney Sketch Club, at the Memorial Pool in front of the Cenotaph in Hyde Park. Let’s also say that a few decided to […]

Categories: Art, Line & Watercolour, Out & About Sketch Classes, Reflections, Sunrises, Travel Sketching, watercolour • Tags: Composition & Colour, Line drawing with Watercolour, Sketching, Travel Sketching

Apples Leaves & Trees

March 9, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

I’ve done some demo sketch treatments of leaves and trees on the whiteboard, so you’ll see that way below, for your interest. THURSDAY MARCH 7 ’13 A bright sunny day this Thursday. Already our 6th week of this term. We simply had to have apples as a sketch still life today – all the way from the Blue Mts, and the same apples sketched over 3 days. We’re doing trees in the park, so it seems a good idea to […]

Categories: Art, Landscapes, Line & Watercolour, Manly Sketches, Sketching Classes, Sketching Gardens, Still life, watercolour • Tags: Apple, Composition & Colour, Freshly grown local produce, Line drawing with Watercolour, Sketchbook, Sketches, Travel Sketching, Tree, Vespa

Pumpkins, Capsicums and Soldiers

February 23, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Our still life for this week were tiny mottled pumpkins in colours of marigold and forest green. On our other table, red green and yellow capsicums (bell peppers to some of you) with asparagus and brown mushrooms. THURSDAY FEB 21 ’13 So attractive to view and such rich colour to capture. All versions you see above tell the story so well. Each one a personal sketch of how it looked to to them. When we hold sketches up as progress […]

Categories: Art, Bright Colour, Manly Sketches, Sketching Classes, watercolour • Tags: Composition & Colour, Location Sketches, Quick Watercolours, Sketches

Sketching demos – watercolour & white space

January 8, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Usually the demo sketches stay in my sketchbook. These are 2 from a recent lesson which I thought showed my use of layers of watercolour. In other words not pre-mixed in the lid of the paint box. These two were done as the client was sketching the same views/setups. They are done incredibly fast as I’m explaining what I’m doing as I go. Hence the loose look. Just what I want. Less is more as they say. I love to […]

Categories: Art, Bright Colour, Food Sketches, Manly Beach, Painting Techniques, Sketching Beaches, watercolour • Tags: Color, Jacaranda, Paint, Sketch, Watercolor painting, White paper

Croissants & Jacarandas

November 17, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sketching this week. Nov 15,16,17. This week seems to have a French flavour to it.   Having had our very successful Sketch&French class on Tuesday somehow a little of that has carried on through the week…………… We had the white setting with croissant and gardenia on one table and the more contemporary blue setting with baguette on the other.  Our sketches of the 2 settings look very edible, and definitely catch the mood of the moment. While the Jacarandas are […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, Food Sketches, French Living Magazine, Painting Techniques, Plein air painting, Sketching Classes, watercolour • Tags: Botanical garden, Coffee, Color, Jacaranda, Line drawing with Watercolour, Sketch, Terraced house

Portraits & Streetscapes

October 27, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

Oct 25,26,27th ’12 Another week with some fun and challenging subjects……. THURSDAY OCT 25 ’12 Not a still life in sight. Whatever will we sketch then! The answer – each other. The idea is to sketch whoever is nearby, so you are not staring at each other. This also means people will hold that position till their own sketch is done.  One cannot take this personally as you’ll discover. We just want the shape and character of whoever we are sketching. Some […]

Categories: Art, Compositions, Doorways, Sketching architecture, Sketching Classes, Sketching houses, watercolour, Watercolour Pencils • Tags: Architecture, Composition & Colour, Location Sketches, Travel Sketching

Grevillea & Belgian Waffles

October 12, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

Back to Sketch Classes again for Term 4. Oct 11 & 12 ’12 Thursday October 11.  Bit of a grey ol’ day, after the hot hot ones we’ve had it was a bit tough. But let’s see what we got up to this week. The native Spring flowers are just glorious at the moment. Streets and gardens are lined with red bottlebrush and various warm shades of grevillea. On my way to the Studio I picked 2 nice bunches as our still […]

Categories: Art, Food Sketching, Sketching Cafes, Sketching Classes, Sketching Flowers, watercolour, Watercolour Pencils • Tags: Coffee, Food, Manly Walk Arcade, Sketch, Sketches, Travel Sketching, Waffles

Sunday Sept 30 Sketching. Manly Arts Festival

September 30, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

Another amazing day. Blue skies and the feel of a hot summer to come. A lovely keen group for the final of our 3 Manly Arts Festival Sunday Sketches. People with a little experience had three mannequins in different poses to work on.  Those who had no previous sketching that they could recall, had the daises and lavender or the Endeavour. Once everyone was settled and observing their still life setup, came instructions on how to visually measure the height […]

Categories: Beach sketches, Flower Sketches, Harbour action, Life Drawing/Sketching, Sketching Classes, watercolour, Watercolour Pencils • Tags: Beach Views, Composition & Colour, Location Sketches, Manly Cove, Manly Cove Cafe, Travel Sketching