Week5.Term1. Wheels & Shiny Things

March 4, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

Week 5. Term 1. This was a week where unrelenting rain was promised every day- and it delivered. Admittedly there were breaks in the clouds and sunny periods did allow for quick sketching if we were lucky. But Toni and Kathy had very cleverly planned an indoor week for General Sketchers at the impressive Harley Davidson showroom. And it’s been a huge success. Our theme of thumbnails, light and heavy line work certainly translated well to motorcycles and all the […]

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Cruel Water

January 11, 2011 by Erin Hill Sketching

This is Queensland. Three quarters of the state is now a disaster zone.The worst flooding in living memory. The pictures are horrifying. Raging water carrying trees, houses, cars, at breakneck speed. Pictures of people desperately trying to cross swirling water. Grabbing onto trees. Isolated on rooftops. Stranded cattle. Snakes wrapped around poles. Goannas clinging to fence posts. Kangaroos atop patches of grassland. Baby possums clinging hopelessly to branches. Some of this I have tried to record. The water I look […]

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