French Living – a new mag for Francophiles

October 19, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

I recently discovered FRENCH LIVING magazine through Marilyn & Steve in South of France. It’s quite new so I decided to subscribe. Just loved my first issue as I think many of you will. If you travel there, spend time there, own property there, or plan to – then this is a great read. Some of us travel there quite often and plan to spend more and more time in France, so it feels like a local newspaper with that […]

Categories: French Living Magazine, Local Foods, Painting in France, Paris, Sketching in France, Sketching in Paris • Tags: France, French Magazines, Marais, Sofitel

A Paris Sketch from 2008

December 5, 2011 by Erin Hill Sketching

Another of some sketches I’d done when staying with Joanna in Paris. We stayed in this tiny 7th floor studio before moving to Beaumarchais the following week, and where we’d be for a month or so. I wasn’t paying much attention to sketching at this time, and did only a few – which I now regret. Instead I concentrated on watercolours which I’d work on most days. I now see sketching as being a most wonderful way to express myself […]

Categories: Art, Drawings & Sketches, French windows, Paris, Sketches, Sketching in France • Tags: France, Location Sketches, Marais, Paris, Sketches

Milo the Cat in his Paris Apartment

June 12, 2010 by Erin Hill Sketching

I have shown this before, but not with the most important element – Milo the cat. It was during the night that I suddenly realised he should be there, since we’d been to feed him while his owner was away. Now this is one of those superb rooftop apartments which was once relegated to the housemaid, but which are now so sought after. Only certain cats and people can have this lifestyle. Firstly you have to remember where all the […]

Categories: A Cat in Paris, Gorgeous places to stay, Sketches • Tags: Line drawing with Watercolour, Marais, Paris

Place des Vosges

May 9, 2010 by Erin Hill Sketching

I just love this park. Those extraordinary homes on all 4 outer edges, the same but not. The trimmed square trees around the edges, the cone shaped ones within and all those other newly leafed up ones placed so carefully about. This fountain is the one I like, but the further one was playing. Maybe only one goes at a time. I don’t know about that. I do like the fact that you can sit on the grass here, unlike […]

Categories: Drawings & Sketches, Paris, Plein air painting • Tags: Line drawing with Watercolour, Marais

Cafe Bouledogue

May 1, 2010 by Erin Hill Sketching

I needed a hit of caffeine after flying for 24hrs so wandered down Rue Rambuteau and found a quaint little bar/cafe of the very traditional french style which attracted me in. I might have sat outside at the cane  tables and chairs, but that’s where the smokers tend to be, sharing the aroma with one and all. The French do smoke, but somehow in a very short time they’ve banned it in restaurants. Tres bon. Using my very best French, […]

Categories: Line & Watercolour, Paris, Quick Sketches • Tags: Line drawing with Watercolour, Marais, Paris Cafes

Sketch-Rue de Turenne

March 6, 2010 by Erin Hill Sketching

I am giving a small gift to some dear friends of my daughter, who are now back in Melbourne after living in Paris for some time. There had been talk of one of my prints, but I really wanted to give a small original which I felt would be more meaningful, and these are people who had collected some lovely pieces of art while living overseas . So I tried an experiment. There is a watercolour in my Paris series […]

Categories: Line & Watercolour, Painting in France, Quick Sketches • Tags: Line drawing with Watercolour, Marais, Painting the essence

Paris Watercolours for Exhibition

January 25, 2010 by Erin Hill Sketching

I will be exhibiting a series of  small watercolours all painted while I spent a few weeks in Paris last year, woops the year before. Because I had a little longer there than most of my visits, I tried to learn my way about a little more. So out I went each morning with a plan in mind of where I would go. Then try hard not to get lost. Of course I did every so often, but I didn’t […]

Categories: Art exhibitions, Painting in France, Watercolour Painting • Tags: Marais, Painting the essence, Paris Icon

Art,cafes,Paris

October 26, 2009 by Erin Hill Sketching

Art, cafe au lait, bicycles, food, dogs, boutiques, language.

Categories: Painting in France, Uncategorized, watercolour • Tags: Cafes, Marais, Painting the essence, Paris