Term 2 Sketching Begins

May 4, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

We are back for a new and polished up term. We tutors have spent time listening to what you’d like in your classes and that’s they way we work. So the new classes reflect that. This week’s blog comes to you from the South of France where I’m sketching with 3 painter girls for the week. Two from Texas, one from NZ and little me from Sydney. It’s a clear blue day and everything looks so lovely. Roses and aromatic vines climbing […]

Categories: Art, Flower Sketching, Out & About Sketch Classes, Self Publishing your Sketches, Sketching Classes, Sketching in France, Travel Sketching • Tags: Composition & Colour, Line drawing with Watercolour, Manly, Sketching, Travel Sketching

Anzac Day Sketching – or Don’t Rain on my Parade

April 26, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

FRIDAY APRIL 26 2014 Do you remember that fab song by Barbra Streisand?  From the 1964 musical ‘Funny Girl’.  Surely. It seemed so right for today and I love all the words. Don’t rain on my parade. Well it did. But it did not dampen anyone’s spirits.   Anyway, Karen and I had planned to go sketching with Sydney Sketch Club, at the Memorial Pool in front of the Cenotaph in Hyde Park. Let’s also say that a few decided to […]

Categories: Art, Line & Watercolour, Out & About Sketch Classes, Reflections, Sunrises, Travel Sketching, watercolour • Tags: Composition & Colour, Line drawing with Watercolour, Sketching, Travel Sketching

By George! Our New Sketching Term Starts Jolly Soon

April 18, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Pardon the pun, but we’re just so excited today. The young Royals are visiting Manly. Kate, William and baby by George. However let us not be distracted a minute longer as there are things you need to know. Do you like the idea of discovering parts of Manly you didn’t know existed? Would you like to try a different Manly cafe every week? Then you’d better sign up to our Out&about Sketch Classes – beginners to Advanced – at ErinHill Studio. All the […]

Categories: Advanced Sketch Classes, Art, Bright Colour, Compositions, Manly Beach, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketching Cafes, Travel Sketching • Tags: Composition & Colour, Line drawing with Watercolour, Location Sketches, Travel Sketching

Cockatoo Island Sketching Adventure. Term 1 Finale.

April 12, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

THURSDAY APRIL 10 ’14  – FINALE OF TERM 1, GROUPS 1-2 “Hello, its Christy here” and you’re joining us on our last class of term, our trip to Cockatoo Island! If you were like me, and had never had the pleasure of visiting this amazing little island nestled rather secretively in the city waterways before, you’d have been immensely excited and treating this like a little bit of an adventure or a holiday away! Those of us who departed on the […]

Categories: Art, Cockatoo Island, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketching in Sydney, Sydney Harbour, Travel Sketching • Tags: Composition & Colour, Line drawing with Watercolour, Sketches, Travel Sketching

Early Easter Sketching Week

April 5, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

  THURSDAY APRIL 3 ’14  –  GROUP 1 “Hello, its Christy here” and our first group of sketchers are arriving, excited to see what is in store for them today. Easter is in store for us, wrapped up in bows and foil, with chubby cheeked bunnies and cute little chicks. We sketched two lovely Easter themed still lives in the studio today. We talked about how to make good use of the chinograph when we are sketching ‘shiny’ objects like […]

Categories: Art, Manly Sketches, Observing the Light, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketching architecture, Sketching techniques, Travel Sketching, Uncategorized • Tags: Composition & Colour, Easter Sketching, Line drawing with Watercolour, Sketching, Travel Sketching

Sketching. Ripples and Reflections

March 22, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

THURSDAY 10AM CLASS.  MARCH 20 2014. More blue skies. Great that we decided to do water and reflections this week. We have lots to cover during a term and water and the way it moves and reflects is a very important lesson, given that we are surrounded by it. Our still life setups are goggles and snorkle with sea shells, the other a beach towel with shells. We need to remember to measure the shape you see. Good to have […]

Categories: Art, Manly Pavilion, Manly Sketches, Out & About Sketch Classes, Painting Techniques, Reflections, Travel Sketching, Travelling with your Sketchbook, Uncategorized • Tags: Beach Views, Line drawing with Watercolour, Manly, Quick Watercolours, Sketching, Travel Sketching

Getaway to the South Coast. March ’14

March 19, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Our Getaways are 3 day/2night Sketching Holidays. Usually just a few hours from Sydney. DAY 1. SUNDAY MARCH 16TH. We’ve been getting excited as the time drew near to go south of Sydney on our South Coast Getaway. We would all meet at 10am about 2 hrs drive South of Sydney at Berkeleow’s Bookbarn. It’s been there for years. An early Dutch family lived on a Southern Highlands farm and just happened to be passionate about collecting books. The barn […]

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Sketching Down Mexico Way

March 15, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

THURSDAY MARCH 13 2014. 10am Class. This week we’ve travelled from last week’s cool climate of Scandinavia to  the hot climate and colours of Mexico. We’ve sketched brightly coloured fruit and vegetable still life’s and enjoyed pouring colour one over the other and seeing the pigments work. Using the china graph to scribble in your whites is a great timesaver. You can freely add your colour and know that the white will be maintained as you sweep your colour in. […]

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Sketching People in Action

February 22, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

THURSDAY 10am Class. FEBRUARY 20 ’14 Good morning to those who joined us in the early group this Thursday. When walking in the door, seeing the mannequins on the table, some wanted to walk straight back out again! Just teasing, I know sketching people can seem a little daunting, but as soon as you commit to your sketches, you soon discover it’s like sketching anything else, and it’s a matter of shapes and proportions. We have a new person today, […]

Categories: Art, Food Sketches, Out & About Sketch Classes, Painting Techniques, Quick Sketches, Sketching Cafes, Travel Sketching • Tags: Beach Views, Line drawing with Watercolour, Travel Sketching