Briques et pâtisseries délicieuses

September 2, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2 ’13 It was our last class in Term 3 for our Sketch & French students. We always start with the Sketch part of class, and now that everyone has learned to ‘see shapes’ and can visually measure, before putting pen to paper – we went outdoors. Woohoo. Just as in our travel sketching classes, we start inside and then go outside. So round the corner we went and chose brick posts and letterboxes, and a brick archway. […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, Flood sketch, French conversation, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketch & French Classes, Sketching Perspective • Tags: Adeline, French language, Paris, Sketch, Term 3

Fruits et légumes à esquisser

August 19, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Our Sketch today was about the market. The fruit and the vegetable markets are an everyday place for most French people. Choosing and deciding the purchase is also an art form. Our art is to take the time to observe each piece and sketch the still life. Again speed was the essence and even if late, you still needed to do two sketches with colour and move on. In this case Adeline’s arrival was the reason for the ‘Move on’. […]

Categories: Art, Sketch & French Classes, Sketches, Travel Sketching, Watercolour Pencils • Tags: Adeline, art, France, Languages, Sketching

Je Prendrai un Verre de Vin Rouge s.v.p.

August 12, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Week 3 of our 5 week Sketch & French course. Vivianne and I were both tutoring today as we wanted to give people who are still quite new to sketching, as much guidance as possible. Our still life was a South Pacific beach theme, similar to last week’s Travel Sketch class setups. They’re up for this now. We also knew that we’d be expecting two sketches within the hour today, both completed with colour. If anyone arrived late, they simply […]

Categories: Art, Beach sketches, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketch & French Classes, Sketching in France, Travel Sketching • Tags: Adeline, France, French, French language, Languages, Travel Sketch

L’art Sauvera le Monde

February 12, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

That is what it said inside the wrapper of our papillotte. Art will save the world. Quote Platon. Who’d have thought you’d find such a truth inside a shiny chocolate wrapper. Here we were at the first of our 5 week SKETCH & FRENCH classes in the Studio with Adeline and myself. Set up on the table is our gardenia still life surrounded by a tempting scattering of wrapped chocolate. Not to be tasted yet! After a tea or coffee […]

Categories: Art, Sketch & French Classes, Sketching Cafes, Sketching Chocolat, Sketching Flowers, Traveling & Sketching • Tags: Adeline, Chocolate, Christmas, Confectionery, French Conversation & Sketching, Lyon, Papillotte