Comment fait-on pour aller á l’aéroport?

September 1, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sketch&French 9.30am Monday September 1 ’14. Not a spot of rain to be seen. In fact a lovely bright and clear Spring morning Just a small class with another of our S&F being unwell. So today we would learn about getting around and asking the way. We talked about buying tickets to the airport, getting buses, getting the metro Sandrine had questions ready for us to ask and answer, and she doesn’t slow down. That’s the way you’ll hear the language […]

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Sunset Sketching. China, Mannequins and The Artichoke

November 22, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

After a 3 week break we had an excited group of sketchers along to tonight’s Sunset sketching class. With two tables set up in the studio, students could choose mannequins or a quaint still life of china. It’s a good time to remind ourselves that we can just have fun with this, it’s only a sketch, an experience, capturing an impression, a moment in time…just enjoy the process…and then turn the page… Mannequins were measured out and coloured and painted, […]

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Mannequins and Shop Displays

November 16, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

    THURSDAY NOVEMBER 14. 2013 It’s  a gorgeous day today. Sitting in the sun very early, I can hear happy birds, and watch the ferries plying all those lucky people travelling by water to the city. It will be a good day. Christy and I are guiding our class today in observing the mannequins which are our sketching setups this week. There’s a single one and an action pair. It’s very pleasing the way everyone gets stuck in. People […]

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Thursday 9 & Friday10 August Sketch Classes

August 10, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

Today we started with the human form – the little wooden mannequins. They are a very simple way of seeing the proportions of the body. If you are out and about sketching, it’s going to be hard to avoid people getting in your way – so might as well get the form into your head and get them into your sketches. If you can’t beat them join them. Some of our students love to get a person sitting somewhere, and […]

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