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Up up and Away for St Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

This is my surprise birthday gift!!! Only trouble is I was busily making other plans for Saturday which absolutely definitely could not be changed. And the surprise was for Saturday. Sunday was St Patrick’s day so I thought I was clear. Not so. Finally when everything looked like it would go pear shaped – the family had to tell me what the surprise was. After a split second I ditched my friends and went with Plan A. As you do! […]

Categories: Harbour action, helicopter over Sydney, Special Occasions • Tags: Aerial views, Saint Patrick's Day

Seashells, Waves & Surfers

March 2, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

It was all about the sea this week. We live next to it so we chose to sketch sea shells, surfers, beaches and boats. THURSDAY FEB 28 ’13 Sea shells are such glorious creations. When you study the fine details you can’t help but be amazed at their designs and shapes. We tried one sketch using just watercolour pencils, and a touch of waterbrush. Then for a second one, line and water-colour with a bit of white chinagraph pencil scribbled […]

Categories: Art, Beach sketches, Food Sketches, Harbour action, Local Foods, Manly Beach, Sketching, Sketching Beaches, Watercolour Pencils • Tags: Beach Views, Location Sketches, Sketches, Surfing, Watercolor painting

New Year’s Eve Sydney

January 2, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

Not a black line in sight. Pure watercolour sketch. It’s too impossible for me to watch fireworks and sketch. I’m sure there’s a way, and if there is I’ll try to find it. So from my photo reference I present Sydney exploding at Midnight Dec 31 2012. It was a fantastic display – as it always is – and I hope I’ve captured here something of the essence of the night. ©ErinHill2013

Categories: Art, Bright Colour, Colours of the night, Harbour action, Watercolour Painting • Tags: Fireworks, New Year, New Years Eve, Pyrotechnics, Sketching fireworks, Sydney, Sydney Harbour Bridge

Sydney Hobart Race

December 27, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

This is one of the biggest yachting races in the Southern hemisphere. Every Boxing Day yachts as small as 30 metres and up to Super Maxis compete on a 3 day dash from Sydney to Hobart in Tasmania. We didn’t get the Christmas day rain but we sure as heck had a huge southerly buster. Every year these adventurous folk get themselves into all weather gear, and hit the ocean to work themselves day and night till they arrive in […]

Categories: Art, Boats, Harbour action, Quick Sketches, Traveling & Sketching • Tags: Boxing Day, Hobart, Sketches, Sydney, Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, Tasmania

Sunday Sept 30 Sketching. Manly Arts Festival

September 30, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

Another amazing day. Blue skies and the feel of a hot summer to come. A lovely keen group for the final of our 3 Manly Arts Festival Sunday Sketches. People with a little experience had three mannequins in different poses to work on. Those who had no previous sketching that they could recall, had the daises and lavender or the Endeavour. Once everyone was settled and observing their still life setup, came instructions on how to visually measure the height […]

Categories: Beach sketches, Flower Sketches, Harbour action, Life Drawing/Sketching, Sketching Classes, watercolour, Watercolour Pencils • Tags: Beach Views, Composition & Colour, Location Sketches, Manly Cove, Manly Cove Cafe, Travel Sketching

Acrylic Line & Wax Crayon on Canvas

September 27, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

Something new. Just to show that when we are between Sketch Class terms, that things are buzzing in the Studio. I now feel that the new line sketch technique is working well and this one is very pleasing. I have a variety of pens I can use on larger works like this, and using white water solouble crayon means I can pick up little areas of white. More coming soon. Oh this one in in the SHOP now. ©ErinHill2012

Categories: Acrylic & line painting, Art Materials, Harbour action, Studio Paintings, Waterscapes • Tags: Acrylic paint, Canvas, Crayon, Harbour happenings, Water views

Sketching at MCA

July 6, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

We’re on Term break, so some of us decided to grab a bit of ‘culture’ with a visit to the MCA and Biennale. There is a fab new wing so the 4 levels now spread between old and new, not that you are aware once trying to figure out some of the artwork. We were very keen to check out Lee Mingwei and ‘The Mending Project’. Such a fascinating project and idea. You can see all the big cotton reels […]

Categories: Art, Art exhibitions, Contemporary Art, Harbour action, Sketching • Tags: Art appreciation, Location Sketches, MCA, Thinking outside the box

Next Travel Sketch Trip – Cockatoo Is.

April 28, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

Subscribe to this blog for updates on new Sketching Trips or email erin@erinhill.com.au COCKATOO ISLAND - MAY 21 – MAY 23 ’12 3DAY/2NIGHT – Midweek Bookings now being taken. 4 places of the 6 are gone. We arrive about 10am on Monday and meet at the cafe. All our belongings can be left at the accomm. office till checkin at 3pm. Our first sketches will be along the foreshore to the see the interiors of the buildings straight ahead. Each day […]

Categories: Art, Gorgeous places to stay, Harbour action, Sketching Holidays, Sketching Locations • Tags: Cockatoo Island, Location Sketches, Quick Watercolours, Sketching, Water views

International Sketchcrawl – Cockatoo Island Sydney

April 21, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

It was Sketch Club and International Sketchcrawl day. At last I had a Saturday free, and I could take part. The day dawned with a complete fog-out. My biggest concern was that the ferry would be able to see it’s way across to the city and over to the island. Yes it could see just fine, so Ethna and I hopped on a fairly early one and made our way there, holding off having coffee till we had arrived. The […]

Categories: Art, Harbour action, International Sketchcrawl, Sketchclub, Sketching • Tags: Composition & Colour, Location Sketches, Sketches

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