Sketch&French Week 3. I need some Wine!

May 15, 2015 by Erin Hill Sketching

We’re learning to sketch trees this week. We want to be able to sketch all those manicured trees around Paris, but we don’t quite have those here in Manly. Not to worry as once we learn to observe shape, and use colour in layers, we’ll be very happy. Yes we did well today. They do look like trees. Now we are beginning to get a few excellent phrases falling more easily off our tongues. We are sure we can organise a […]

Categories: Art Classes Manly, Art Classes Sydney, French Conversation Manly • Tags: French Conversation & Sketching, Learn to speak basic French Manly

Sketch&French, Week 2

May 8, 2015 by Erin Hill Sketching

S&F Monday May 4 ’15 Our sketching this week was a small still life of fruit with white jug. Simple and clear shapes which make it easy to see the differences. Colour would be simple too. Layers of watercolour pencil give a very colourful look and the techniques we use made for very effective finished sketches. Coffee was served when Adeline arrived and it was time to move onto the French conversation part of the class. Today we’d be shopping […]

Categories: French Conversation Manly, Learn to Sketch in Manly • Tags: Art Classes Sydney, French Conversation & Sketching

Sketch&French. A little sketching & A little French. Ooh la la.

February 3, 2015 by Erin Hill Sketching

Week 1. Monday Feb 2 ’15. Our first class for Term 1 on a bright Monday morning is Sketch&French. We will be starting with sketching and we have already two gorgeous flower studies we’ll be observing. Some of our people are already sketchers, so they will be doing the more complex flowers and leaves. For those new to the game, we choose the simple clear red hibiscus, and we get started. Our first class is about ‘seeing’ and we move […]

Categories: Art Classes Manly, French conversation, Sketching & Language classes, Travel Sketching • Tags: French Conversation & Sketching, Travel Sketching Classes Northern Beaches

Comment fait-on pour aller á l’aéroport?

September 1, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sketch&French 9.30am Monday September 1 ’14. Not a spot of rain to be seen. In fact a lovely bright and clear Spring morning Just a small class with another of our S&F being unwell. So today we would learn about getting around and asking the way. We talked about buying tickets to the airport, getting buses, getting the metro Sandrine had questions ready for us to ask and answer, and she doesn’t slow down. That’s the way you’ll hear the language […]

Categories: Art, Art Classes Manly, Art Classes Sydney, French conversation, French sketches, Line & Watercolour, Sketch & French Classes, Sketch Classes Manly • Tags: Art Classes Sydney, France, French Classes Manly, French Conversation & Sketching, Mannequin, Sketching classes Manly, Travel Sketching

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

Sketch&French – Conversation de Cafe

November 13, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

We started with a delicious coffee, followed by French Waffles……. Our subject today would be around the coffee – un cafe au lait?  un cafe noir? So while Adeline met everyone and introductions were taking place, the coffee orders were taken. We were off to a good start, and soon the sketchbooks were out and the bits and pieces on the table were being sketched. Meantime, as people sketched, the discussion was about ordering the various coffee types so that […]

Categories: Art, Food Sketches, Great coffee, Sketch & French Classes, Sketching in France • Tags: Café au lait, Coffee, Food, France, French Conversation & Sketching, French Waffles, Sketch

Our Sketching Life. More than Just Sketching.

October 10, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

Here are a few of the activities we enjoy in our Sketching lives. You may have some creative experience or very little but we’d love you to come and join us in any of the activities below. THURSDAY TRAVEL SKETCHING CLASSES: 10 a.m. – 1 pm. Details of our Sketching Classes. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… FRIDAY TRAVEL SKETCHING CLASSES: 10 weeks. 10am – 1pm. Details of our Sketching Classes. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. SATURDAY TRAVEL SKETCHING CLASSES: 10am – 1pm. Details of our Sketching Classes. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… SKETCH […]

Categories: Art, Art appreciation, Food Sketching, Sketch & High Tea, Sketching and Yoga, Sketching Classes • Tags: French Conversation & Sketching, Sketcher Fitness, Travel Sketching, Yoga