January | 2012 | erin hill sketching

For my upcoming Exhibition

January 29, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

I need a very large painting on the main wall as you enter the exhibition. Did I mention my Bather’s Pavilion Exhibition in March & April? Well it’s 2 years since my last one already! So this 1metre square piece will do the honours. Not in it’s present state of course. This is the scrubbed on colour only. Yet to follow when I get a moment – between moving house, Nic & Adrian’s Fiesta Wedding & Term 1 Sketch Classes […]

Categories: Acrylic & line painting, Art, Beach Paintings, Compositions, Quick Sketches, Waterscapes • Tags: Balmoral Beach, Balmoral New South Wales, Composition & Colour, Raoul Dufy, Square Canvas

Beach Sketches Manly

January 19, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

These are a few of my Manly Beach Sketches, done over the last year or so. I know I have others and as I locate them in my Sketch books, I’ll add them here for you to view. ©ErinHill2012

Categories: Acrylic & line painting, Acrylic Painting, Art, Beach Paintings, Sketching • Tags: Acrylic paint, Beach Views, Harbour happenings, Location Sketches

Ferries Passing, Balmoral

January 11, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

Well this is different. For me anyway. By using a sketch as the reference, which I’d done on location at Balmoral Beach, I decided to block it in using my acrylics straight onto 300gsm Arches Aquarelle. Interesting how you get a slightly illustrative look, because it’s already that way in the sketch. Also has a pastel look, with the soft edges. I’m thinking of doing another in this technique to see if I like it, and if I can do […]

Categories: Acrylic Painting, Art, Beach Paintings • Tags: Acrylic paint, Balmoral Beach, Location Sketches, Water views

Mixed Media Acrylic – Balmoral & French Window

January 7, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

An entirely different work from the previous ‘Intense Colour Sketch’. Again based on a sketch done at Balmoral Beach when sketching one day, this was about 5pm in the afternoon. People were beginning to spread out their picnics and rugs and get out the crisp white wine. Tonight at 8pm sharp would be a performance of a Shakespeare play in the rotunda. This time I prepare an 18 X 24 inch canvas with scrunched paper towels which are then gessoed […]

Categories: Acrylic Painting, Art, Beach Paintings, Mixed Media, Painting Techniques • Tags: Acrylic paint, art, Balmoral Beach, Beach Views, French Window, Location Sketches, Shakespeare

Colour Intense Sketch

January 5, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

I’m trying some serious colour for a new series of sketches. Done on 300gsm Aquarelle Arches. Good solid strong colour. Mask off the area and get the acrylic paint ready. Because I’m looking through my sketches for good compositions I don’t need to do any drawing or indications on the paper at all. I like to keep a real spontaneity about my work especially if it’s not the first time I’ve done a subject. Then it’s a matter of blocking […]

Categories: Acrylic Painting, Art, Quick Sketches, Travelling & Painting • Tags: Acrylic & Line, Acrylic paint, Beach Views, Composition & Colour

A Shiny Brand New Year

January 1, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

The sun was streaming through curtains and woke me. 6.15am on the first day of ‘Next Year’. Time to get my ‘wake up’ cuppa tea. Wow, it’s glorious out there. I can hear cicadas and tweety chirpy birds, happy chat from early risers walking off their Christmas pudding, a boat engine as chaps go fishing. Pretty quiet overall. Fills one with happiness. Sketched the early calmness with the dark horizon before everybody started pouring onto the beach. Before the day […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, Food & Wine, Line & Watercolour, Sketches • Tags: Beach Views, Christmas pudding, Garden Orbweaver, Harbour happenings, Location Sketches, Milton, New Year, Nicky, Sketches

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