Week2.Term3. Christmas in July

July 30, 2016 by Erin Hill Sketching

NEW SKETCHERS: Kathy:   It was an enthusiastic group who were keen to see what we had on the agenda for today.  It’s always a secret. Shhh. You never know what you’ll sketch, just like any day. You sketch whatever is around you from where you happen to be. Wow look at the fruit, smell the aroma!  On the table were apples and citrus fruits. Let’s look at leaving whites top and sides and colour down centre. Then your sketch has […]

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Sketching Lessons Trausse

July 6, 2016 by Erin Hill Sketching

Wednesday July 6 ’16 For Carolyn and Paul 10am was the appointed time and we’d meet at La Bergerie. Our Studio was the garden. It was a very hot South of France kind of day. The kind the romantic novels always wax lyrical about, and the movies tend to favour. And the grapes really do need propping up. Must be ripe soon in all this heat. For both, it was the first Travel Sketching Lesson. We had our new French sketching kit […]

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Week 10 Term2. Sketchcrawl

July 2, 2016 by Erin Hill Sketching

A wonderful term 2 has just concluded and everyone has made huge progress along the way. People who had no idea they had a shred of creative ability are now hooked. For most though it’s just the sheer confidence that comes with having a go at any subject and feeling good about the outcome. We never worry about ‘getting it right’ as your sketch will be just as you see it. You cannot go wrong. No more worry or judging oneself. […]

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Week 8 Term2. Texture & Wheels

June 18, 2016 by Erin Hill Sketching

An interesting selection of subjects for our sketchers this week. New Sketchers looked at shapes you think you know until you count on your memory. The bicycle. You know it so well. But what does it look like when you sketch it from memory. Mmmmm. Some lovely sketches were done at the wharf where dozens of bicycles are parked while their owners hop on ferry to the city. Regular Sketchers tried cross hatching as a way to add texture to their […]

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Sketching Holiday in Tuscany. First few days

July 3, 2015 by Erin Hill Sketching

We seamlessly moved across France and into Italy ready to begin our Tuscany sketch holiday arriving in Pisa late afternoon. Here we would catch up with everybody who’d be part of our exciting coming week. Dinner that night is our first chance to get together and  talk about what’s ahead. Next morning all of us, new sketchers and experienced, wander over to the Leaning Tower for our warmup sketch of the day. By afternoon we have travelled to Barga and […]

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Sketching in Provence. The rest of the week

June 25, 2015 by Erin Hill Sketching

The seemingly endless days of our sketching journey in St Remy de Provence had become so much part of us that we could never imagine leaving. Here are the final few days. Enjoy. (Run your mouse over the images for titles)  DAY 5. SATURDAY JUNE 20 ’15. ROUSSILLON DAY 6. SUNDAY JUNE 21 ’15. L’ISLE SUR LE SORGUE   DAY 7. MONDAY JUNE 22. SKETCHING AT HOTEL VILLA GLANUM   DAY 8. TUESDAY JUNE 23. LEAVING DAY & SOME OF US […]

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Sketch&French Wk 4. Asking the Way.

May 23, 2015 by Erin Hill Sketching

Monday May 18 ’15 Sketching this week in our first part of the lesson was learning to see  vignettes. That means the details and not the full story. You’ll get enough from a doorway or iron gate as from the whole building. You won’t have time and you don’t need to. We have many iron gates and railings in our neighbourhood, so off we go to find one. By simply doing a couple of sections of it, and still using bright colour, […]

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