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Fresh Lemons & Vine Tomatoes

May 4, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

THURSDAY MAY 2 A lovely bright day for Out & About Sketching. This is Term 2.  Already! Everybody was excited to be back sketching again, and catching up on what the others had been doing. We welcomed 2 new sketchers to our Thursday class, and one intrepid traveller returning with a sketchbook bursting with sketches of India. Some have swapped classes. Others are away travelling. But a very happy group we are. Before long all fears of starting first sketches […]

Categories: Art, Manly Sketches, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketching, Sketching Classes, Sketching techniques, Watercolour Pencils • Tags: Composition & Colour, Freshly grown local produce, Raglan Gallery, Sketching

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Heaven, Easter Saturday

An Everlasting Weekend

March 31, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

It’s all a bit confusing having Easter in late March. Usually I know exactly what day it is when I wake. Now each of the 4 days feels like Saturday, or is it Sunday? Not that I don’t enjoy having some spare days to think about the world a little. Cos I do. No clock watching. Just do as you wish and if it’s not finished there’s still tomorrow. Easter is a religious celebration, and that for many is a […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, Food Sketching, Manly Beach, Sketching, Sketching Chocolat, Waterscapes • Tags: Chocolate, Easter, Easter Moon, Easter Sketch, Holiday

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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

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Sketch your Cake at Gunner’s Barracks

February 7, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

Very exciting news. We are going to Gunner’s Barracks for our first Sketch your Cake High Tea this year. Tuesday February 26 ( 2 places available ) Tuesday March 26 ( 4 places available ) From 3pm – 5pm Cost is $65 p.p. Gunner’s Barracks, Suakin Drive, Chowder Bay, Mosman. This the beautifully restored Officers Mess is from the days when most of Georges Heights was a Military no-go zone. Thank goodness we can now all enjoy this prime piece […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, Food Sketching, Sketch & High Tea, Sketching • Tags: Art as food, Cake, Cake Sketching, Line drawing with Watercolour

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Two Wuffy Dogs

January 14, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

Amelie is our 13yr old Shi-itzu. Ruby the 6yr old Westie comes to stay, and it all changes. Amelie can’t be bothered. Not you again?  How long you planning on staying? You sleep in my bed, you try to eat my dinner. You know you annoy me when I’m sleeping. Hey now you’re here –  you wanna play. I’m going to jump on your head and push you over. Then I’m going to bite your ear. Then we might get […]

Categories: Art, Line & Watercolour, Sketching, Sketching Dogs • Tags: Amélie, Animal Sketches, Line drawing with Watercolour, Ruby, Sketches

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Joanna from Glasgow working in 43 degrees in Sydney!

What to wear in 43 degree heat

January 8, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

This is probably one of NSW’s hottest ever days. We get days like this. This country is of contrasts. Can have floods (not at the moment) fire, yes houses and people being lost right now, heat, yes 43 degrees instead of a cool 33! Violent hot southerly buster late in the day – just blew the whiskey decanter over – hot whiskey anybody? That wind is a nightmare for the firefighters. The 2 dogs ( one being doggysat ) both […]

Categories: Art, Family & Friends, Line & Watercolour, Sketching • Tags: Celsius, Composition & Colour, Glasgow, Location Sketches, Sydney, watercolour

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Dinner waiting al fresco.

The Importance of the Dining Table

January 6, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

I’ve been having some interesting conversations lately about this subject…. We are having such beautiful evenings of late. It is warm and the aroma of scented flowers wafts in the air. We don’t eat till later now with daylight saving, so there’s nothing nicer than sitting on the outdoor seating watching the sun slowly go down. This sketch was done as the sky and sea were changing from bright colour and becoming pale and smokey. The middle distance hills were […]

Categories: Art, Colours of the night, Family & Friends, Food & Wine, Food Sketches, Observing the Light, Sketching, Waterscapes • Tags: Dining room, Eating, Family values, Food, table

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Under the Market Umbrella

At last a Summer’s Day

December 29, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

Now THIS is what we like. Summer = blue skies, Sun not too hot, Sparkling water, slight breeze. Umbrella up. Same for everybody really. Now that the hurley burley is over we can flop on the sofas, stick our feet out and let go. This is the life. Worked all year for this. We have our swims, eat more ham or turkey – in sandwiches or salads – not tiring of it yet! Friends come and go and we just love […]

Categories: Art, Boats, Family & Friends, Sketching • Tags: art, Beach Views, David Gentleman, Harbour happenings, Location Sketches, London, Water views

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Mollymook Beach

Mollymook Getaway

October 17, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

Sometimes it’s just wonderful to get out of town and get some sand between your toes. To watch some whales. Eat some great food. Talk your head off. Laugh at everything. Taste a little wine. Read in bed. Hear the birds. Unwind. Coffee – absolutely. Thanks Jacquie. We all did all of these things and loved it. ©ErinHill2012

Categories: Art, Beach sketches, Creative food, Family & Friends, Food Sketching, My Artist Friends, Sketching, Traveling & Sketching • Tags: Beach Views, Composition & Colour, Food, Location Sketches, Water views, Wine Tasting & Sketching

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