Sketch-your-Cake High Tea at The Tea Cosy.

August 1, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

  SketchyourCake High Tea. Thursday July 31st. 2014. We’re so used to Tuesday being the afternoon of our sumptuous High Teas, that we had to keep reminding ourselves it would be Thursday this time. We’d chosen a little traditional Tea Shop called the Tea Cosy. It’s a family run business which is always nice, because you know they care. A change from the wide variety of larger venues we’ve been to over the years. That’s part of the fun of […]

Categories: Art, Food Sketching, Sketch & High Tea • Tags: Art as food, Cake, Sketching, Travel Sketching

Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea. Sketching & Giving.

May 31, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

THURSDAY 10AM & 11.30AM CLASSES. MAY 29TH 2014. This week we were sketching to raise funds for Cancer Council’s ‘Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea’ I’d received the promotional material in the mail before leaving for overseas, and had put it  into our term schedule, so that I could be part of it on my return. Everyone would place a donation in the box provided and we’d be doing something for research as well as enjoying some sketching together.   We’d thought […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, Creative food, Food Sketching, Out & About Sketch Classes, Travel Sketching • Tags: Art as food, Cake, Coffee, Food, Line drawing with Watercolour, Sketches, Travel Sketching

SketchYourCake Japanese High Tea

May 28, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Azuma Japanese High Tea. Tuesday May 27th. We’d planned this months ago but only this week did we manage a suitable afternoon to go. The easiest way to get there was by ferry and a short walk up Philip St bringing you to the corner of Chifley Plaza. In through the very grand entrance, past enormous contemporary paintings we went. Up the escalator and round to the far end and we arrive at the very elegant Azuma Japanese Restaurant. One […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, Food Sketching, Sketch & High Tea • Tags: Art as food, Cake, Coffee, Line drawing with Watercolour, Sketching, Travel Sketching

Our Delicious Chinese NY High Tea.

January 28, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Who would have thought. A very English tradition, with a very Chinese influence. That is multi-culturism for you. We have just celebrated Australia Day, so we’ve had a 3 day weekend to enjoy, to share with friends and be grateful that we are lucky enough to live here. We celebrate our multi-cultural society, and the contribution we all make to enrich the lives of all Australians. So how very timely that Anna the Executive Pastry Chef at Shangri-la Hotel Sydney, […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, Food Sketching, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketch & High Tea • Tags: Art as food, Cake, Food, High Tea Sketching, Sketching

Shangri-La Sketch your Cake

October 29, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

  It’s amazing with today’s weather that we all turn up in one piece! Gale force winds and thunder at the very moment each of us is attempting to get to our bi-monthly Sketch your Cake event. But sketchers are very hardy folk. Here we are at the glorious Hotel Shangri-La, smiling and full of anticipation for what is ahead. Kevin our table attendant is there in a blink to take our tea and coffee orders. My car is being […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, Food Sketching, Sketch & High Tea, Sketching Chocolat • Tags: Cake, Chocolate, Food, Hotel Shangri-La, Sketch

Sketch your Cake at Shangri-La

October 11, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

It’s almost Sketch your Cake time once again. In fact this is the last one for 2013! Oh so soon. Anna from Bathers Pavilion had let me know she’s now the pastry chef at Shangri-La hotel. Atsuko and I decided to make an exploratory trip to the city, to check  it out. We were very impressed with the Lobby Lounge and its very inviting low tables and sofa chairs, which can be moved about a bit. Yes you can get […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, Food Sketching, Sketch & High Tea, Sketching Chocolat, Sketching in Sydney, Uncategorized • Tags: Cake, Shangri-La, Sketch, Tea, Teapot

Sketch your Cake at Hyatt on The Rocks

August 28, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Well it was a beautiful day in Sydney, and we all felt a little like rather posh tourists taking in our High Tea at the Park Hyatt. Both Christy and I ( being Vivianne )were there so you got two tutors for the price of one! With a stunning view of the harbour and The Rocks, we all took our seats at a long marble table.  Smartly dressed and very polite staff brought out beautifully shaped plate stands filled with […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, Creative food, Food Sketching, Sketch & High Tea, Travel Sketching • Tags: Cake, Park Hyatt, Sketching, Tea

The big Birthday, Sweet Sugar Lounge & Creating a Travel Sketching Journal with Alissa. Whew.

August 24, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

THURSDAY AUGUST 22 ’13 Oooh a chilly day. Blue skies for a while, but warm clothes the order of the day. But our subject for this week is very special and brings sunshiny smiles. One of our sketcher girls has turned 70. So to celebrate every class will be sketching birthday cakes and tarts. We won’t see Birthday Barb till tomorrow but at least everyone this week can share the fun in advance. Sketching only of course. No nibbling! Yet. […]

Categories: Art, Compositions, Food Sketching, Manly Beach, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketching and Yoga Fiji, Sketching Cafes, Travel Sketching, Travel Sketching Workshop, Traveling & Sketching • Tags: Beach Views, Cake, Fiji, Location Sketches, Manly Beach, Sketches, Travel Sketching

Sketch your Cake at the Park Hyatt Hotel. August 27 ’13

August 6, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Just a reminder that our next ‘Sketch your Cake, and eat it too’ is coming up again soon. In fact on Tuesday August 27th, we’ll be at the gorgeous Hyatt Hotel at The Rocks. 3pm to 5pm and $75 for a wonderful display of cakes and savouries, which once sketched you can  – yes – eat. Bookings very limited so let me know if you’d like to join us. If you are anywhere in the Globe, you still have time […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, Food Sketching, Sketch & High Tea, Sydney Harbour • Tags: Art as food, Cake, Hyatt Hotel, Location Sketches, Sketching