The Sketchers arrive. First Afternoon at Daku

September 27, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Saturday Sept 14 You can hear the fan whirring at first light. You remember where you are. It’s Fiji. The group will arrive later today. Can’t wait. And it’s balmy and warm outside. The sun is streaming across our balcony and its time to rise and shine. My cuppa tea sitting out here never tasted so good. Breakfast seems like a good idea. I love papaya straight off the trees. Milton likes the jam made from apple jelly on his […]

Categories: Art, Bright Colour, Food & Wine, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketching and Yoga Fiji, Travel Sketching in Fiji, Traveling & Sketching • Tags: Daku Resort, Fiji, Saturday, Savusavu, Sketch, Tea

Paperbags & Windmills

February 3, 2013 by Erin Hill Sketching

Our first classes for 2013 are off to a flying start after our long summer break. So take a look at what our sketchers achieved this week, including several new people. THURSDAY JAN 31 ’13 Some of our class are still away, so the new kids in school had my full attention. Who would have thought that paperbags, string and scissors would be a sketch. It meant your shapes could be a little taller or wider and it would still look […]

Categories: Art, Art School, Line & Watercolour, Out & About Sketch Classes, Plein air painting, Sketching Classes • Tags: Friday, Line drawing with Watercolour, Saturday, Sketch, Sketches, watercolour, Windmill

Delicious Fruit & Beach Sketches

November 3, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

Nov1,2 & 3.’12. You’ll want to eat some of the fruit sketches you see here from our weekly classes. THURSDAY NOV 1 ’12 We could feel the heat in the air today, with a hot wind sweeping through. The rain never did come. It was summer fruits today as our warm-up still life.  Oranges are seemingly simple but need a touch of blue to give them roundness.  Leaving white edges on the light side gives depth. Visiting today was Adeline, who […]

Categories: Art, Beach sketches, Boats, Food Sketches, Line & Watercolour, Sketching Cafes, Sketching Classes, Watercolour Pencils • Tags: Beach Views, Cafe Sketches, Corso, Deli sketches, Fruit, Location Sketches, Saturday, Sketch

Cafes Where We Sketch

July 7, 2012 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sometimes I’ll show you the cafes where we sketch. That part of the weekly classes is what makes our Sketch classes so different from your usual ‘Art lesson’. The cafes where we go are a real reward for us. We all love the Cafe Society thing and having it combined with learning to sketch is such a bonus.   ©ErinHill2012

Categories: Art, Food Sketching, Great coffee, Manly Beach • Tags: art, Café Society, Food, Location Sketches, Mango, Milton, Saturday