Next Travel Sketch Trip – Cockatoo Is.

April 28, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

Subscribe to this blog for updates on new Sketching Trips or email erin@erinhill.com.au COCKATOO ISLAND  –  MAY 21 – MAY 23 ’12 3DAY/2NIGHT – Midweek  Bookings now being taken.  4 places of the 6 are gone.  We arrive about 10am on Monday and meet at the cafe. All our belongings can be left at the accomm. office till checkin at 3pm. Our first sketches will be along the foreshore to the see the interiors of the buildings straight ahead. Each day […]

Categories: Art, Gorgeous places to stay, Harbour action, Sketching Holidays, Sketching Locations • Tags: Cockatoo Island, Location Sketches, Quick Watercolours, Sketching, Water views

Pouring Rain on Sketch Day

November 18, 2011 by Erin Hill Sketching

The forecast was for rain, but we still went ahead with our planned class visit to Cockatoo Island. My first sketch was waiting at a cafe for the others to arrive, and the black sky and reflections show what the day was like. The 2nd sketch is while seated on the ferry, looking out the window as we pulled away towards the harbour bridge – which was barely visible. The 3rd sketch was one to show the scale of the […]

Categories: Art, Great places to exhibit, Harbour action, Public Art, Sketching, Sketching Classes • Tags: Cockatoo Island, Ferry, Line drawing with Watercolour, Location Sketches, Sydney

Pale Moon

November 17, 2011 by Erin Hill Sketching

I intended to show some sketches from our class visit to a very wet Cockatoo Island, but haven’t had a chance to tidy up the work for you. However for something that’s nothing to do with the above – I did a little lightening up of this little square acrylic recently, and now I’m happy with it. One thinks late afternoon skies will happen more easily on canvas than they actually do. After 3 attempts I now have more of […]

Categories: Acrylic Painting, Art, Colours of the night, Painting • Tags: Cockatoo Island, Composition & Colour, Harbour happenings, Pale Moon, Square Canvas