June | 2012 | erin hill sketching

Water soluble Wax Crayons

June 22, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

What fun these are. I like trying different mediums to see what happens. Did a quick sketch while at Interpolitan in line then applied a few crayons using layers to build intensity where it’s needed, and softly for other places. Next the waterbrush is used – sparingly people. Hold back or you get blaaah. it was warm enough the other day to sit outside and sketch the coffee ordering window. Not today with class though. Nice and warm inside. See […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, Bright Colour, Food Sketches, Sketches, Water soluble wax crayons • Tags: Composition & Colour, Sketches

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Knitted by Peruvian ladies helping themselves out of poverty

Helping Women to help themselves

June 19, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

I just adored all the wonderful knitted and woven products we saw on display at a very successful event, to raise funds by selling the handiwork of these Peruvian women. The room was filled with wonderful bags, rugs, wall hangings, clothing, toys and much more. These people are true artists. There was tasty food of the region available, as well as dance displays by some very talented young people. My friend Jan is very involved in organising and co-ordinating these […]

Categories: Art, Art to enchant, Handmade Art & Craft, Working Artists • Tags: Clothing, Knitting, Peru, Sketches, Wool

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A bite of Raspberry Creme Tartlet

June 18, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

Just a yummy little tiny morsel I purchased the other day, the whole idea being to sketch it. Before consuming it of course. I wasn’t planning to do it from memory but it was close. Art comes first! The fresh berry on top was a clue as to the rich flavour explosion one was about to experience. If you’d like to sketch beautiful cake creations yourself, we have our next delicious ‘Cake Sketching’ High Tea at Bather’s Pavilion on Tuesday […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, Creative food, Drawings & Sketches, Food Sketching, Sketch & High Tea • Tags: Baking and Confections, Bather, Cake, Cook, Home, Line drawing with Watercolour, Pastry, Tart, Tea

Kiraz- one of my favourite French Illustrators

June 10, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

I was very lucky to catch an exhibition in Paris in 2010 of Kiraz’s fabulous sketches and illustrations. I didn’t know his work even though I’d been in Advertising in the 70′s & 80′s when many illustrators worked in similar styles. I now realise where the influence would have come from. He’d gone to Paris in 1946 and began sketching for the newspapers of the time. His ‘Parisiennes’ were launched in 1959 in the newly launched ‘Jours de France’ and […]

Categories: Art, Drawings & Sketches, Illustration, Paris • Tags: art, France, Illustration, Jours de France, Paris, Parisienne

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Little Treats on a Wet Day

June 10, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

I’m doing some cake sketches at the moment. We were out walking the dog on a very sunny Saturday and I decided to drop into Adriano Zumbo’s Manly hideaway and choose a couple of exquisite little cakes so that I could take them home and sketch them. Adriano has an enormous following here in Sydney. The cakes and macarons he makes are indeed a work of art. Not only that though, they taste wonderful. Sometimes something that looks so beautiful […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, Creative food, Food Sketches, Line & Watercolour • Tags: Amélie, Art as food, Cake, Chocolate, Line drawing with Watercolour, Macaron, Sydney

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Line sketches with Inktense pencils & water

Trying Inktense Pencils on Sketches

June 7, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

This was an experiment. So that we can try different mediums with colour on our sketches, we tried out Elaine’s Inktense pencils. Two arrangements of hibiscus. Luscious blooms. At first we thought they may be similar to the regular watercolour pencils we use. We still use layering. Just 4 colours you’ll get every colour you want. No colour is used as is. All the colours benefit form a light layer of the others. You learn to press lighter or darker […]

Categories: Art, Art Materials, Bright Colour, Sketching • Tags: Composition & Colour, Line drawing with Watercolour, Sketches

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Monthly Archives: June 2012

Water soluble Wax Crayons

Helping Women to help themselves

A bite of Raspberry Creme Tartlet

Kiraz- one of my favourite French Illustrators

Little Treats on a Wet Day

Trying Inktense Pencils on Sketches

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