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Baskets, Manly Ferry & the Cove

May 11, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

THURSDAY MAY 9 ’13 I know I keep talking about the weather but it’s just too beautiful. Downunder we should be headed for cold. That’s usually june. MMmmm. In the Studio where all the action was, we were doing baskets. Round ones, long ones, lidded ones and 2 little old dolls from Peru. A nice touch. Yes there are some challenges. Getting each shape right, getting the inside shadows to show corners turning, the light on top, the darker sides […]

Categories: Art, Beach sketches, Boats, Bright Colour, Manly Beach, Manly Sketches, Out & About Sketch Classes, Sketching Beaches • Tags: Beach Views, Ciao Belli Cafe, Composition & Colour, Location Sketches, Manly, Manly ferry services, Sketches, Sydney

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Lunch at Ciao Belli Cafe

The Seagull and Me

May 7, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

A very nice day again. Decided to pop in to Ciao Belli Cafe, sit quietly in the sun, and sketch. Flavia brought me a delicious Greek Salad and I settled into the seat with a seaside view. St Patrick’s sits high on the hill above the wharf. The Norfolk pines framed the setting. Looked like a sketch to me. Not a soul around so it seemed more like my own place, unlike weekends when we share Manly with all the […]

Categories: Art, Beach sketches, Line & Watercolour, Manly Beach, Out & About Sketch Classes • Tags: Beach Views, Food, Greek Salad, Harbour happenings, Location Sketches, Travel Sketching

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Quarantine Station. Vistas & Vignettes

April 13, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

THURSDAY APRIL 11 What a stunning day. One out of the box. A perfect day for an adventure. At 10am everyone managed to be at the Info Centre ready for our trip down the bumpy ol’ road to the Quarantine Station on the foreshore of the harbour. For 140 years new arrivals were brought here if anyone on the ship was suspected of having a contagious disease. Smallpox in the 1800s, Bubonic plague in the 1900′s, Spanish influenza 1918 -19, […]

Categories: Art, Beach sketches, Line & Watercolour, Manly Sketches, Out & About Sketch Classes, Quarantine Beach, Water and rockscapes • Tags: Beach Views, Harbour happenings, Location Sketches, Quarantine Station, Sketch, Sketches, Travel, Water views

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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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Strawberries sketched in Madrid. Therese.

Student Sketches

January 4, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

It’s always very rewarding for me when class members so enjoy their sketching that they send me email and text images of them. Here are some for you to enjoy……… Erin this is my first proper sketch of the holiday. Have tried a few buildings but need to get my eye in. We visited a market in Madrid today and bought 250g of strawberries for .50 euro. They were wrapped in a cone of plain paper and we ate them […]

Categories: Art, Flower Sketches, Landscapes, Line & Watercolour, Sketching Beaches, Sketching Flowers • Tags: Beach Views, Line drawing with Watercolour, Sketch, Sketches, Sri Lanka, Travel Sketching, Watercolor painting

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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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Thurs Nov 22. Perfume & Wooden hands

Perfume,Hands,Streets & Boats

November 24, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

Our Sketching Week. Nov 22,23,24.  An excellent week for our sketchers. Take a look. THURSDAY NOV 22 ’12 I love the new wooden hands they had in my Art store. One is slightly larger than the other so having two together is a great sketch for people. The two hands are not forgiving if you don’t observe well before starting your sketch. And seeing I sketched my new perfume yesterday, that was the inspiration for the other choice today. Both […]

Categories: Art, Beach Paintings, Manly Beach, Perfume Sketch, Sketching Classes, Travelling & Painting, Waterscapes • Tags: Beach Views, Christmas, Harbour happenings, Manly, Perfume, Sketches, Travel Sketching, Water views

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Thurs. Nov 1. Summer friuts still life.

Delicious Fruit & Beach Sketches

November 3, 2012 by ErinHill Sketching

Nov1,2 & 3.’12. You’ll want to eat some of the fruit sketches you see here from our weekly classes. THURSDAY NOV 1 ’12 We could feel the heat in the air today, with a hot wind sweeping through. The rain never did come. It was summer fruits today as our warm-up still life.  Oranges are seemingly simple but need a touch of blue to give them roundness.  Leaving white edges on the light side gives depth. Visiting today was Adeline, who […]

Categories: Art, Beach sketches, Boats, Food Sketches, Line & Watercolour, Sketching Cafes, Sketching Classes, Watercolour Pencils • Tags: Beach Views, Cafe Sketches, Corso, Deli sketches, Fruit, Location Sketches, Saturday, Sketch

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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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