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Midnight. NYE Sydney 2012

New Year’s Eve Sydney

January 2, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Not a black line in sight. Pure watercolour sketch. It’s too impossible for me to watch fireworks and sketch. I’m sure there’s a way, and if there is I’ll try to find it. So from my photo reference I present Sydney exploding at Midnight Dec 31 2012. It was a fantastic display – as it always is – and I hope I’ve captured here something of the essence of the night. ©ErinHill2013  

Categories: Art, Bright Colour, Colours of the night, Harbour action, Watercolour Painting • Tags: Fireworks, New Year, New Years Eve, Pyrotechnics, Sketching fireworks, Sydney, Sydney Harbour Bridge

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Delwood Beach below us

Summer at the Beach. NYE.

December 31, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

The colours in the water at little Delwood beach are quite remarkable. This is summer at it’s best. Swimming is a must when you see these colours, and for me a sketch as well. I’m pleased for people who work hard all year and only have this time as their holiday. On a day like this you go for breakfast at a seaside cafe. You walk a little further at a leisurely pace. You wonder in amazement at ones rushing […]

Categories: Art, Colours of the night, Sketching Beaches • Tags: Fireworks, Holiday, New Year, New Years Eve, Sydney

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NYE Excitement

New Year’s Eve Excitement

December 31, 2010 by Erin Hill Sketching

    Any minute now, the barge should arrive with tonight’s fireworks on board. The boats have been gathering and jostling for position since last night. The weather is perfect and everyone sleeping on board would have been gently rocked to sleep, ready for the anticipation of the first of the world’s NYE fireworks displays. We happen to be ahead of the rest of the Globe you know. Apart from New Zealand. This is one of the barges which co-ordinate […]

Categories: Art, Drawings & Sketches, Family & Friends, Harbour action • Tags: Fireworks, Harbour happenings, Line drawing with Watercolour, New Year, New Years Eve, Sydney

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