Our Tuscan Sketching Life

October 2, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Sunday September 28 ’14 Another hot sunny day in Tuscany. How much of this can one take! Into the Studio by 9.30 and we’d be looking at eye level and perspective.  I have a simple little graph I get people to do into their books, which as we do it line by line helps to explain how to see where all lines go. We talk about that and people begin to get the idea of seeing the shapes and which […]

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More Tuscan Sketching Days

September 29, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Friday September 26 ’14 Today we would be starting on ‘people’ in the Studio. Chris gave a quick run through on our development drawings from early childhood and how we would now try our own grownup version of people. Hoping for a difference!  Visual measuring is our best way to get some sense of comparing one shape against another. Chris was the first model, and stood for 1 minute while everyone had a go at getting the body in some […]

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More Under the Tuscan Sun

September 23, 2014 by Erin Hill Sketching

Saturday September 20 ’14 Some even set their alarms to be out of the house by 8.15am!  We were going by train to Lucca, and we couldn’t be late.  Our yummy breakfast was taken a little earlier, but somehow we managed to all be ready, even remembering our sketching gear. The whistle of the train as it approaches the little country station and even those with various hip and knee replacements, pull themselves up those high steps onto the train. […]

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