Fearlessly Sketching People

June 14, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

THURSDAY 10AM GENERAL SKETCHING. JUNE 12 ’14 I can see blue skies and not a rain cloud anywhere. We begin this week with people sketching.  This and perspective would be the 2 subjects people think they cannot do. Something of a blockage occurs early in our lives when we can’t get it ‘right’.  So we decide not to go there again. However, when you are shown what to look for it all begins to make sense. Some of the sketches […]

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

Each Other & Walk&Sketch time

October 26, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

THURSDAY OCTOBER 24 ’13 My goodness what a gorgeous day. Only a hint of bushfire smoke first thing, and they say the worst may be over. So off I go to the Studio to be there good and early as I like to be. Then I can set up the still life for the day.  I have little roses Ive found on the way here, in a jar on each table –  because I like them. But today is different. […]

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The big Birthday, Sweet Sugar Lounge & Creating a Travel Sketching Journal with Alissa. Whew.

August 24, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

THURSDAY AUGUST 22 ’13 Oooh a chilly day. Blue skies for a while, but warm clothes the order of the day. But our subject for this week is very special and brings sunshiny smiles. One of our sketcher girls has turned 70. So to celebrate every class will be sketching birthday cakes and tarts. We won’t see Birthday Barb till tomorrow but at least everyone this week can share the fun in advance. Sketching only of course. No nibbling! Yet. […]

Categories: Art, Compositions, Food Sketching, Manly Beach, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketching and Yoga Fiji, Sketching Cafes, Travel Sketching, Travel Sketching Workshop, Traveling & Sketching • Tags: Beach Views, Cake, Fiji, Location Sketches, Manly Beach, Sketches, Travel Sketching

Shoes, Manly Wharf, & Mexican

July 20, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

THURSDAY JULY 18 ’13 First day back to the Studio, still life waiting and sketchbooks poised. For something to get our observation skills tuned up, but not too challenging after a break, we had shoes. Sneakers on one table and ladies shoes on the other. Plus a cacti with one, and soft yellow hibiscus with the other. That was to welcome Penny to our class, and it’s easier to get some simple flower shapes down while learning to visually measure. […]

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Heirlooms, Charity and another Birthday

June 22, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

THURSDAY JUNE 20 ’13 Crisp blue morning. Definitely wear scarf and coat I remind myself. We were sketching our family memories today. The brief was, to sketch something you’ve inherited and which may have been stored away. Most of us have inherited our parents belongings and most of us have nowhere to display them, so it goes into storage, or to charity shops like Red Cross and Vinnies (previously known as St Vincent de Paul.) Even the charity shops brand […]

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Cafe & Beach people, and a little Cuba

June 8, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

THURSDAY JUNE 6 ’13 Slightly overcast today, and chilly in the mornings. Thought you’d like to know that! Today there was nothing on the tables when people arrived. What? Whatever can this mean. Well it means you are sketching each other as if in a cafe. The person sitting with the cup was the model for around 5 minutes or so. Everyone else would sketch like the wind to get the likeness into their books plus colour. We did have […]

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Decorative Manly

July 13, 2011 by Erin Hill Sketching

Got myself some 12inch square canvases. Really wanted to make a decorative style painting. Just adore this view so again the Church is on the hill, the ferry gliding past, and the square apartment blocks overlook the goings-on. Something very ‘story-like’ about this and a previous one (Happy Harbour). Maybe that’s what I like to do – tell a visual story with each painting. Something you can go back to time and again, and get something new each time. ©ErinHill2011 […]

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Afternoon Shadows, Manly Beach

June 15, 2011 by Erin Hill Sketching

This is a Winter beach painting. If it was summer, you’d hardly see the sand for people, and the shadows would be much less. Winter can be the best of both seasons. Clear blue skies, no wind, calm seas and no humidity – and warm. I do put clouds in my paintings anyway, cos I love them. The shadows at this time of year are very dramatic from late afternoon on, and I like the moment when I add that […]

Categories: Art, Landscapes, Manly Beach, Watercolour Painting • Tags: art, Beach Views, Manly Beach, Original Watercolour, Water views

Sketching at Manly’s OceanCare Day

December 5, 2010 by Erin Hill Sketching

    We were so lucky with the weather. Apparently it was to rain all week and it sort of has been. But not today. The Manly Environment Centre does an annual celebration of the Ocean. So today everyone who cares about our survival was here to show it. I was asked by well known Manly artist Angela van Boxtel, if I would represent the Sydney Sketch Club and draw on location. Angela is organiser of many community Art Events so […]

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