Combien y a t-il d’arrondissements á Paris?

August 25, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sketch&French 9h30 du matin Lundi 25 Août ’14 It is so blue and lovely today. A bright sunny day to continue our classes by 3 more weeks. This is just a small group of dedicated students keen to carry on the learning they’ve started to get a handle on. Today’s French conversation with Sandrine would be about the 20 arrondissements of Paris, locating monuments and famous landmarks, and of course opening and closing times. Sandrine had a wonderful Paris city […]

Categories: Art, French conversation, French sketches, Great coffee, Sketch & French Classes, Travel Sketching, Uncategorized • Tags: France, French language, Travel Sketching

Quelle est la date aujourd’hui?

August 18, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sketch&French. Neuf heures trente. Le 18 Aout. Well you know that deal I have with the weather. It didn’t work for long. Absolutely bucketing down out there. I was bringing our house guest to today’s class because she was keen to see what happens in a S&F class. Sandrine was doing quite a bit of revision today, which is a very good idea. The kind of questions you’d want to ask plus the answers you’d expect to hear.  Everything from […]

Categories: Art, French conversation, Sketch & French Classes, Sketching in France, Sketching Perspective, Travel Sketching • Tags: France, French language, Travel Sketching

Je voudrais réserver une table SVP.

August 11, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sketch&French. Week 4. 9.30am Monday August 11 2014. We were missing one person today but we had no less fun.  Today Sandrine would help us to book a restaurant, and how to order from the menu. She had kindly made a very informative sheet on how to say everything, and we could role play, and make a booking.  We also learned what ‘ Sorry we are full’ would sound like! There was a wonderful menu on another sheet, from one […]

Categories: Art, Sketch & French Classes, Sketching architecture, Sketching in France, Sketching in Manly, Travelling with your Sketchbook • Tags: France, French language, Location Sketches, Travel Sketching

Excusez-moi, oú est …?

August 4, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sketch&French 9.30am Monday August 4 ’14 A gorgeous day for our French&Sketchers to be out bright and early ready for our 3rd week of partaking a little language and art. Sandrine had created a street map (plan) for today’s lesson, which based on ‘Asking & Giving Directions’. She laid it on the table and went through a list of words on our sheets which were the essential ones needed to string a question or answer together. It was a clever game, as […]

Categories: Art, French conversation, Sketch & French Classes, Sketching in France, Travel Sketching • Tags: France, French language, Travel Sketching

Je Voudrais Deux Croissants, S’il Vous Plaît?

July 28, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sketch&French. 9.30am. July 28 ’14. Everybody arrived bright, keen and ready to immerse themselves in some new French phrases. Sandrine had created leaflets with groups of words and phrases which are absolutely essential if you need to have dialogue of any sort in France, particularly if you have croissants in mind.  The French do not necessarily speak fluent English so you need to meet them half way. As Sandrine says, they are very proud of their beautiful language and do […]

Categories: Art, French conversation, Sketch & French Classes, Sketching houses, Sketching in France, Travel Sketching • Tags: France, French language, Travel Sketching

Bonjour mon nom est….

July 21, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sketch&French. Monday 9.30am. July 21 ’14 The Studio was a nice warm place to come into on this slightly chilly day. Our students arrive all slightly hesitant about what they’d let themselves in for, as one always is on the first day of anything new.  No need to worry. Sandrine was probably just as worried, as she hadn’t tutored one of our classes before either, but she didn’t show it.  So I was the only one who could happily sit […]

Categories: Art, Flower Sketching, French conversation, Sketch & French Classes • Tags: Composition & Colour, France, French language, Sketches, Travel Sketching

Je Voudrais une Table prés de la Fenétre

November 5, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

  Our Sketch & French class today started with sketching tiny model houses. This week we are sketching houses and buildings. Just a single front] was all we needed. When travelling you do see some quaint little flower shops or boulangeries or a stone corner store which you’d love to sketch. So I’ve used the ‘stand in front’ idea to avoid too much perspective or angles which may confuse one. By standing directly in front of it you’ll get all […]

Categories: Art, Sketch & French Classes, Sketching in France, Sketching Perspective, Travel Sketching, Villages of France • Tags: France, French language, Sketch, Travel Sketching

Entrez, Je Vous En Prie!

October 14, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Je vous en prie!  Please come in!  Yes we’re back for more Sketch & French fun. With some new students and some ‘old hands’ we all spend some time chatting and catching up with each other’s news and some encouraging words for those about to begin sketching. We have the simple leaf setup on my table, and for the students already familiar with how to start sketching, their setup is on the other table. That’s because they are still expected […]

Categories: Art, Flower Sketching, French conversation, Sketch & French Classes, Sketching Classes, Travel Sketching • Tags: English language, French language, Travel Sketching

Briques et pâtisseries délicieuses

September 2, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2 ’13 It was our last class in Term 3 for our Sketch & French students. We always start with the Sketch part of class, and now that everyone has learned to ‘see shapes’ and can visually measure, before putting pen to paper – we went outdoors. Woohoo. Just as in our travel sketching classes, we start inside and then go outside. So round the corner we went and chose brick posts and letterboxes, and a brick archway. […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, Flood sketch, French conversation, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketch & French Classes, Sketching Perspective • Tags: Adeline, French language, Paris, Sketch, Term 3