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A Quick Fix Sketch

April 26, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

There I was, sitting under the wooden portico in this cafe, checking out the ambiance, the coffee, the menu and so on. I had my sketching kit with me so decided to do a quick sketch. You’d think I’d be better at this, but I used a way too thin pen to start and wasn’t happy! For a moment I thought I heard myself say ‘ I think I’ll tear it out’ What was I thinking! I preach the mantra […]

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Sketching Towards Easter

March 23, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

THURSDAY MARCH 21 ’13 Our still life setups were in place. A nice old ‘Ford’ car on one table and a small not very accurate model of the good ship Endeavour on the other. Tom arrived with a bag of fresh out of the oven pretzels! – as you do! ‘We’re having a musical soiree at home and these are a few spare pretzels to share’. Onto the plates, with some butter and a tasty addition to the transport setups […]

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Building Blocks, French Boxes & Bell Towers

March 17, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

THURSDAY MARCH 14 2013 I knew people would groan when they arrived. Nothing forgiving about perspective. Just so happens if you don’t have some idea about how it goes you’ll forever wonder why your buildings don’t look quite right. With different sized boxes on one table, we had the kids building blocks made into a sort of church on the other. I had a demo sketch on the whiteboard, which helps see the direction the lines go. Most people had […]

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Apples Leaves & Trees

March 9, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

I’ve done some demo sketch treatments of leaves and trees on the whiteboard, so you’ll see that way below, for your interest. THURSDAY MARCH 7 ’13 A bright sunny day this Thursday. Already our 6th week of this term. We simply had to have apples as a sketch still life today – all the way from the Blue Mts, and the same apples sketched over 3 days. We’re doing trees in the park, so it seems a good idea to […]

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Morning sun on the paddocks.Bilpin Springs Lodge

Blue Mts Getaway – March 2013

March 7, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

A rainy ol’ Sunday. What better thing to do than tootle off to the Blue Mts for a Sketching Getaway. Everyone arrived at Kurrajong Village on the dot of 10, bright eyed and bushy tailed. Bluebox Cafe was very happy to give us a balcony table overlooking the blue and lavender misty Gross Valley. We ordered our essential first caffeine of the day, and a tasty something if we’d missed breakfast. Introductions took place for those who hadn’t met but […]

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Sketch your Cake- and eat it too

February 27, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

This was our first 2013 Sketch your Cake High Tea. When someone says ‘I think I’ve died and gone to heaven’, you know everything is close to perfect. This is Gunner’s Barracks’ an old stone building, once the Officer’s Mess, and now so elegantly set up for dining. With views to Sydney harbour you can’t keep your eyes off, until your High Tea is served. For us it’s much more about the ‘look’ to begin with as all this needs to […]

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Mardi 19 Février: Classe de Français

February 19, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

It was a busy morning but Adeline had made a very special gluten-free cake for class. We started with a cute bowl and spoon, a milk pot and some apples. (Un bol et cuillère avec des pommes) We do like to start with a tea or coffee, and today with a tasty French cake served with an apple puree. Mmmmm. Now to sketching. A little trickier than last week as we are now introducing elipses and perspective. However I just […]

Categories: Art, Art to Eat, French sketches, Sketch & French Classes • Tags: Apple, Cake, Food, France, Gluten-free diet, Line drawing with Watercolour, Sketches

People, Faces & Pointy Hotels

February 16, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

It’s helpful when you’re a sketcher to know how to approach anything & everything – from bikes to buildings, crowds to millponds. So we challenged ourselves this week. THURSDAY FEB 14 ’13 Good ol’ Valentines Day. We had Liz Steel – guest tutor with us today – back observing classes and adding her knowledge when needed. Because we’re on people this week, we did our first sketch of the mannequins on the table, each with a red heart somewhere on […]

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Trying Out the Brushpen

February 11, 2013 by ErinHill Sketching

This term we are looking to explore other techniques we can use in our sketching. Trying out the brushpen, some of us in Saturday’s class had a go at a few sketches – at high speed. You simply can’t linger with one of these. It slides over the paper and you hang on for dear life. The brushpen decides how the sketch will turn out! It’s enormous fun. Everyone loved it and were even surprised that they did. […]

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