Posted by: ErinHillArt.Travel Journal on: February 16, 2012
I may well be able to get back to the Studio. Weddings, moving house, a little eye surgery and intermittent internet, certainly creates a hiccup when one has a major exhibition on the horizon. I did get the line sketch onto the acrylic under painting for the metre square Balmoral feature work however. It’s in [...]
Posted by: ErinHillArt.Travel Journal on: January 29, 2012
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 [...]
Posted by: ErinHillArt.Travel Journal on: January 19, 2012
This one began life as a little sketch I did while sitting on the steps in the sun, at Manly Cove. It’s 2nd life was when the colour was applied and it became a greeting card and print. Third time lucky was the large line & watercolour sketch I did recently. But it’s luck ran [...]
Posted by: ErinHillArt.Travel Journal on: January 11, 2012
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 [...]
Posted by: ErinHillArt.Travel Journal on: January 7, 2012
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 [...]
Posted by: ErinHillArt.Travel Journal on: January 5, 2012
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 [...]
Posted by: ErinHillArt.Travel Journal on: January 1, 2012
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. [...]
Posted by: ErinHillArt.Travel Journal on: December 25, 2011
The Sun is out. Perhaps beginning to go down. It is 6.22pm. What a difference the sunshine makes. This is the day before Christmas. People go at dawn to the Seafood market, as fish and Seafood is one of our revered Christmas Day meals. Of course we still follow tradition and have Turkey, ham or [...]
Posted by: ErinHillArt.Travel Journal on: December 16, 2011
A fantastic opportunity to join me in the South of France, in a very tiny village called Trausse, where I’ve been painting since 1999. The owners of the 3 beautifully restored stone houses use one of my paintings each year as their Christmas card and a lovely way to keep in touch with all the [...]
Posted by: ErinHillArt.Travel Journal on: December 9, 2011
It was absolutely pouring when I left home – dressed in my raincoat, hoping my hair wouldn’t go curly. Got to Bacino bar where we’d meet up for our Sketch class. They have an outdoor area outside the doors to the cafe, with proper French tables and woven chairs. Very chic! and because that’s where [...]
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