Doorways & Windows. Intensive, April 2 ’16

April 5, 2016 by Erin Hill Sketching

Hi Judy here. What a lovely day we had!  Our theme this month was Windows and Doors.  One of my favourite subjects because I believe that the doors and windows are the soul of a building and have a sort of magic surrounding them.  The challenge is to create some depth and a feeling of light and shade so that we feel that we are “looking in” to a building. We started in the studio with the usual teas, coffees and […]

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Sketching Week 8. Colour and Distance

June 18, 2015 by Erin Hill Sketching

This week while I’m in St Remy de Provence enjoying glorious hot days, I’m so enjoying seeing you all in the pics your tutors are sending. I will be posting the first part of our marvellous Sketch Holiday soon, so you can share some of it too. Although you had a tropical theme followed by ‘beach and sea’ using bright colours  to soft, the weather didn’t seem to realise that for some classes. So lots of rain and many shades of grey […]

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Sketching Week 7. Transport and Complimentary Colours

March 21, 2015 by Erin Hill Sketching

For Week 2 New Sketchers the class was about leaving whites, colour techniques and how to compose a sketch. Whites on top. Darks in behind. Cakes in the Studio and a pathway at Gilbert Park were the subjects to practice these skills on. Cafe Cridas was this week’s coffee refueling station. Some great results from you all. Transport was our subject for all classes in Week 7.  Included this week was ‘which colours look good together.’ We made several groups of […]

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