Sketching Banksia Men and Bush Babies

August 16, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Our title this week refers to May Gibbs sketches of native bush seeds and flowers. New Sketchers. 10am Tuesday August 12’14. I thought I’d definitely jinxed myself mentioning how we always ‘win the lucky lotto weather’ last week. But somehow we ‘do’ always end up with glorious weather!  Today was no different. It was forecast to rain most of the day, and so we’d all arrived with rain pelting down and shook off our umbrellas. But miraculously during our time […]

Categories: Art, Out & About Sketch Classes, Traveling & Sketching • Tags: Beach Views, Composition & Colour, Location Sketches, 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

Sketching Steps & Escape Stairs

August 9, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

New Sketchers. 10am Tuesday August 5’14. It’s a sunny day, which means it must be our sketching day! We always seem to land on the lucky lottery with weather for our ‘New Sketchers group’.  We have a full house today, and I’m delighted to have Karen and Toni on board to observe and help with the tutoring for this large group. The setups this week continue to look more challenging than the last. We’re focusing on ‘stairways’ and we have […]

Categories: Art, Manly Sketches, Sketching architecture, Travel Sketching • Tags: Composition & Colour, Eiffel Tower, Location Sketches, Travel Sketching

Sketching Design, Packaging & Signage

August 2, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

New Sketchers. 10am Tuesday July 29 ’14.  Everybody is in a sunny mood when they arrive for our 3rd week of travel sketching. We seem to back to sunny days again. Christy welcomes everyone and Karen is there to assist. The setups this week look more challenging than they are. Big words, small type, borders, colour and patterns. Yikes. A colourful collection of household products ranging from a gorgeous large olive oil can to a tiny Tobasco bottle, with all […]

Categories: Art, Manly Sketches, Out & About Sketch Classes, Travel Sketching • Tags: Composition & Colour, Location Sketches, Manly, Travel Sketching

Sketching Vignettes. Small Aspects of Something Bigger.

July 26, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

New Sketchers. 10am Tuesday July 22 ’14. We had a very happy group of New Sketchers arriving ready for their second sketching  day. Christie explained what the subjects were about and how we would approach them. Vignettes it would be. The little snippets or small aspects of something bigger. What we were looking at was carved boxes, decorative bowls and stands, a Vietnamese dagger and a Victorian mantelpiece support. Sketch any or all, and perhaps spread them over two pages […]

Categories: Art, Painting Techniques, Sketching Gardens, Sketching houses, Sketching in Manly, Sketching Perspective, Travel Sketching • Tags: Composition & Colour, Location Sketches, Manly, Travel Sketching

Term 3 Begins. Observing Nature.

July 19, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

New Sketchers. 10am Tuesday July 15. ’14 Welcome back everybody. To kick off Term 3, your tutors have made some changes to the classes by listening to you our sketchers. We have 3 levels for you, from New Sketchers, General, and Advanced. We’ve also added monthly workshops for those who’d love a full day immersed in doing what they love. Many of you who are travelling or cannot commit to a full term are excited about these. A very excited group […]

Categories: Art, Flower Sketching, Out & About Sketch Classes, Travel Sketching, Watercolour Pencils • Tags: Composition & Colour, Location Sketches, Sketching, Travel Sketching

Sketching – The Way we Were.

June 28, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

THURSDAY CLASSES COMBINED 10AM. JUNE 26 ’14 After the high winds we’ve had for 2 days, it was back to blue and lovely for our Sketching class. Christy and I decided we’d combine our classes, as several sketchers have completed their course, or away for the holidays, so it made sense. We are a great team, and the sketchers get double the love. We had a lovely big group and much chatter and laughter took place before we settled into […]

Categories: Art, Manly Sketches, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketching Perspective, Travel Sketching • Tags: Composition & Colour, Location Sketches, Travel Sketching

Sketching Boston, with a dash of NYC.

June 25, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

I’m surprised by how much water and shoreline I can see from the plane as we make our landing. Boston. What will I think. How will it be. Well, it’ll take a few days of images and impressions to float by me before I’ll begin to know. Spring has certainly sprung. I know it snowed recently so I’m surprised that it’s so hot and blue. Clear Cobalt. 27degrees. New green shoots on the sycamore trees are a smudge of Sap […]

Categories: American Museums, Art, Art exhibitions, Family & Friends, Sketching in the USA, Travel Sketching, Traveling & Sketching • Tags: Colours of the USA, Composition & Colour, Location Sketches, Travel Sketching

Advanced Sketching. Coloured Fibre Pens & Watercolour.

June 21, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

FRIDAY 11.30AM. ADVANCED SKETCHING. JUNE 20 ’14. This week we are trying waterproof coloured fibre pens. Because we quite liked the setups already in place, our sketchers were happy to get stuck in and use those as the basis for their coloured pen work. You could do the whole sketch in one colour, or change to another crazy colour at any moment. Even half way through an object if you felt like it. Why not. And don’t forget to breathe! […]

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