Holiday Sketching.

January 29, 2018 by Erin Hill Sketching

Wednesday January 24 ’18. Bella Vista with Kathy We are rather used to having our Holiday sketching at Bella Vista with just the locals and luckily for us this week, we could sit in the shade under the massive Morton Bay trees and sketch in a small breeze. Kathy had found the glorious gum flowers which look exactly like upside down ballet tutus. Kathy is so good with her ways to treat what’s in front of you in different ways […]

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Week6 Term1. Looking for eye level

March 11, 2017 by Erin Hill Sketching

SYDNEY CLASSES WEEK 6 TERM 1 ’17 Week 6 Term 1. March 11’17 We were again planning well ahead for our locations this week, in case of rain. Actually we had less than last week but our venues were spot on. New Sketchers all managed to sketch eye level perspective on location without too many rain drops. Our students whether in Manly, Mona Vale, Blue Mts and The Rocks all found brick buildings with a good corner where they could see […]

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Week 10 Term 1. Quarantine Station

April 9, 2016 by Erin Hill Sketching

Last week of term 1. This term’s adventure was for all classes to visit Quarantine Station and sketch. There is much history here and from the 1700’s to late 60’s anybody with an infectious disease was isolated from the community in what seems like a spot in paradise. The early ships coming to Australia after months at sea, would have to send all passengers, staff and crew here if there was anybody on board who was unwell.You’d stay here for […]

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Week 8 Term 1. Colour Tricks

March 26, 2016 by Erin Hill Sketching

A very short week for most of our sketchers being the Easter break. Only the Tuesday classes who started a week after everyone else, were sketching. Of course everyone else would have sketched  all sorts of Easter things in their own time. General class. This was the flowers and trees they’d missed on first day of Term. Nice work and always fun playing with colours of nature. New Sketchers topped up with color techniques they were keen to do more […]

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Sydney.Summer Sketching. Weeds & Flowers

December 29, 2015 by Erin Hill Sketching

December 29 ’15.  We had been thinking ‘Flowers and Trees’ as our theme this week. But on the way to meet our happy sketchers, I decided to pick the flowers growing on the way. I can assure you none were ‘borrowed’ from peoples gardens – well maybe those curb side only. We had a Gardenia, a pink Grevillea, Frangipani, Banksia,( we think) Dandelions and Wandering Jew (well it’s called that) and some Bottlebrush pods. Double page vignettes was the plan. […]

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Sketch&Wine.Nov28’15. Christmas Cards

December 2, 2015 by Erin Hill Sketching

Judy hosted a really enjoyable and creative night with loads of ideas for using all sorts of ‘found’ bits and pieces to make lovely and very personal little artworks. Sketchers could copy or use some of the ornaments or decorations for inspiration. Everyone loved it! Judy did a few demos to give everyone ideas using simple bright sketches and adding and gluing on whatever you felt like. One Sketcher told Judy she spent all of the next day making cards as she […]

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Sketching Week 5 Term 4. Surf Beach, Rain or Shine

November 7, 2015 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sketching in Week 5 has been a little bit crazy weather wise. Very un-Manly. We’ve had rain and thunder on and off most days, but you should know that all our sketchers battled through and triumphantly came up with great work. Nothing deters our sketchers. Our Studio sketch could at  least be done in comfort as we sat cozily inside. The Manly Surf Lifesaving gear was an excellent exercise in page planning and observing – to make sure you got […]

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Sketching Week 4 Term 4 ’15. Shape & The Big Vista

October 31, 2015 by Erin Hill Sketching

Week 4 already and our General classes decided to sketch a Big Vista. That means weather has to be spot on. No wind or rain. Every class scored but Tuesday, however they bravely fought off the elements and managed to produce some great sketches. The plan with something big and with lots going on is to find a focus. What is your main features or icons? Here’s where composition comes into it. An landmark such as St Patrick’s monastery is a […]

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Sketching Week 3 Term 4. Colours of Food & Sea

October 24, 2015 by Erin Hill Sketching

This was week 3 and for our General classes it was food glorious food. Extremely healthy mind you. Nothing processed here. Our still life was a beautiful arrangement of artichokes, red radishes, pears, brie with balsamic and black truffle oil bottles. A very nice composition of shapes and colour. The learning this week was to make the colours of food look edible. Easy to get mud!! During the week a class or two tried sketching with both left and right […]

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