The Art of Learning to Sketch

People love the idea of being creative but often do not know where to start. That is where ErinHill Studio steps up. Without you having any previous experience, we will show you how to sketch and love what you do. Everybody can sketch once they have learned 'How to see'. Weekly Sketch Classes. Private Lessons. Overseas Sketch Holidays. All details www.erinhillmyblog.com

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Sunday May 20th ’18 with Tammy

Theme this month: Simple Architecture. Once everyone had settled and met each other, our first ‘warmup’ exercise was to observe some iron gates and sketch the colour and texture. A flat perspective of the oldest church in Manly was our next mission. It happens to be Market Day on Sundays, so being very flexible, we moved from our planned sketch spot , and took another view round the corner. Starting with a thumbnail sketch, we planned out the shapes in a small version of what we see, which makes it much simpler to start the bigger sketch.

Lunch nearby was chance to re-energise and get acquainted with our watercolour sets. Colour can then be added to our flat perspective and when food arrives, a fun chance to sketch what we’ll soon be enjoying, on the plate and on the page.

Lovely work from everyone and a most enjoyable day. Keep up the sketching now that you’ve started and we’ll see you again soon.

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Sunday Taste of Sketching Workshop Sunday May 20th '18 with Tammy Theme this month: Simple Architecture. Once everyone had settled and met each other, our first 'warmup' exercise was to observe some iron gates and sketch the colour and texture.

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Saturday 12th May, 2018

Our Intro sketchers are well on the way to seeing shape, form, and dimension. It’s water, sea and composition for this week. Quite a step up and everyone did a great job.

For Travel Sketching we were taking a good look at one of our old favourites – the English artist David Gentleman. He has some wonderful sketches of parks, gardens and many Victorian style architecture. So our sketchers turned Federation to Victorian and did our best to keep loose and simple. A complete change from last week!

Tuesday

Manly Travel Sketching with Toni

Manly Intro to Travel Sketching with Gaye

Blue mountains Intro to Travel Sketching with Anna

Wednesday

Sydney Adventure Sketching with Kathy

The Rocks Intro to Travel Sketching with Tammy

Thursday

Manly Travel Sketching with Kathy

Blue mountains Travel Sketching with Anna

Friday

Manly Intro to Travel Sketching with Pamela & Donna

The Rocks Travel Sketching with Tammy

Saturday

Manly Travel Sketching with Kathy

Special Workshops

Sketch & Lunch – India In Harris Park with Anna

Sticks, Ink & Watercolour Workshop at the Manly Studio with Kathy

That’s all folks. See you here next week for Week 4!

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Week 3 Term 2. Victorian Architecture Influence Saturday 12th May, 2018 Our Intro sketchers are well on the way to seeing shape, form, and dimension.

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Saturday 28th April, 2018

We’re off again. First time sketchers have started with our essential ‘how to see’ your subject and already feel relived. They could actually follow their tutors guidance and magic happened on the page. Those who start next week – on May 2 – will do the same.

Foe Travel Sketching we will be following the way some of our favourite sketch artists interpret their subjects. We have always enjoyed seeing how others see similar scenes as we do. But what pens do they use? What kind of lines do they make? whats do they do with colour? All this helps us decide how we would like to go about our own sketching.

This week it’s an old favourite – Felix Scheinburger.

Tuesday

Manly Travel Sketching with Toni

Small class today with several away. Lots of time to discuss Felix loose approach to line and colour. Lots of fun sketching eachother. They asked to stay in the studio, ‘much more relaxing’. The feedback was that this style makes sketching people and looking for character much more fun and less scary. A couple of sketchers are planning on buying Felix urban watercolour sketching book.

Manly Intro to Travel Sketching with Gaye (Erin this week)

A lovely group arrived for their class tonight. A little nervous and excited but as soon as we opened our little sketch kits and got started calm prevailed. First big shape, then completing the jigsaw. Step away and take a look. You’ve just sketched your first vase of hibiscus. Everyone breathes a little. We’ve done it. Next a quick cup/Apple/banana exercise using just 3 colours. There is surprise at how layering simple colours creates such richness in their work. A very happy week 1.

Wednesday

Sydney Adventure Sketching with Kathy This was a combined class of Adventure and General doing make ups. I wanted them all to have a go at Felix style so they didn’t miss out, so sketching each other was a great warm up. The rememberance poppies were sketched in the studio before we walked down the hill to the ceremony. I think they worked as a link between Felix and The gravitas of the day. As we were standing at the back of the crowd it took the stress out of people sketching and both people, kids and dogs stayed relatively still. We moved to Girdlers to add colour to our crowd scenes, trying to keep it minimal for added impact, flags, poppy buttonholes, bugle.

Thursday

‘Let’s Explore Watercolour’ Workshop with Toni Our first watercolour workshop was lots of fun. We started with intros to hear what everyone wanted to learn, then a warmup continuous line sketch before watercolour demos. Colour application (wet on wet, colour blending, dry brush, pigment/water ratios and glazing) brush techniques, trying different types of brushes (natural and synthetic, flat brush, mop brush etc). We then tested different types of paper and compared results. (Thanks Larry Post) Lots of play and experimentation before applying new techniques to sample sketches. The emphasis was on creative exploration and playing with colour. Watercolour pencil on top of watercolour paint was really popular.

Friday

Intro to Travel Sketching with Pamela & Donna

A very keen group starting today. Pamela here, with Donna to share the lesson and be sure everyone gets plenty of attention. The hibiscus is such a lovely first sketch and people who couldn’t believe that had any ‘talent’ at all definitely find the do.

The Rocks Travel Sketching with Tammy

Felix Scheinberger is a “Hit”. His style was immediately embraced. This lesson was an absolute delight. As soon as one of the students arrived home she messaged to say it was a great class and has now ordered the book. The warm up sketch: sketched with the wrong hand was a great start to ‘letting go’

  Saturday

Travel Sketching with Kathy ( Erin this week)

Everyone was wondering what the first subject would be for the new term. In fact we did a quick ‘other hand’ frangipani sketch for Therese. She’s been a Saturday sketcher since forever. We farewelled her yesterday. She has a place in all our hearts. Channeling Felix Scheinberger this week. Big continuous line character people. Lots of black corners and bright lips and cheeks. We had a look at the way he treats his person sketches and in we went. Anyone who was opposite you was a target. Nobody could be offended as it was too much fun. Every sketch was new way of working for all. Break the rules and throw caution to the wind. Wow.

See you here next week to see Week 2

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Week 1 Term 2. Sketching What You See Saturday 28th April, 2018 We're off again. First time sketchers have started with our essential 'how to see' your subject and already feel relived.

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Sunday April 22 ’18

A smaller group this time due to some last minute postponements, but great for those who attended. We’d be doing a lot of looking at shape, page planning and use of simple colour, with as few as 3. One of our more experienced sketchers took the chance to refresh this particular class and was delighted with the results. All out sketchers let go and had that pen racing around the page making delicious shapes and forms.

Part of this class is to see how our layering system works. One colour over another with bright and colourful effects. Where to put the lights and the darks. For those sketchers who travel it’s ideal to have such a minimal kit. You can do anything with this.

Lets take a look. Sausage people are great for gearing an eye on people proportion, standing as a family the some action. To get the idea of the colours that can be created with just 3, we do our cup apple banana exercise. Then fast sketches of one another, and finally using watercolours, and enjoying a well deserved lunch, the collaborative people sketch. How much fun can you have in someone else’s book!! A very successful day and thank you everyone for producing such lovely results.

See you at the next Workshop. Sunday June 24. Boats and Water.

Sunday Workshop. People Faces and Figures Sunday April 22 '18 A smaller group this time due to some last minute postponements, but great for those who attended.

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April 14 – May 3 2018

Rhodes 1 night *  Halki 4 nights. * Tilos 4 nights. *  Nissiros 3 nights. *  Kalymnos 6 nights.

Our Kate is the tutor on this year’s Greek Isles sketch Tour. We love the Dodecanese Isles and Diana, our tour organiser knows we like to change it up a little every two years when we’re there, so these are the islands she’s picked for us.

The group all met on an exciting Saturday night in Rhodes and began with hearing what lovely places they’d be visiting from both Kate and Diana, and getting to know their fellow sketchers.

The first island would be after Rhodes would be Halki. below we’re seeing some of the pics of everyone getting into their first day of sketching. You soon relax whether a first time sketcher or one of our experienced people, each creating their own memorable moments.

Watch this space for more form our Greek Isles sketchers.

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Sketching in The Greek Isles

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Saturday 7th April, 2018

Our big finale.  Classes were all over Sydney this week putting together all the skills they’ve learned over the term. These days we’re very inclined to use any medium which gets the look we want, from pure watercolour to big bold line. Mix it up we say. Take a look at some exciting results.

Tuesday

Rose Bay Introduction to Travel Sketching with Tammy. At Jewel on the Bay and Rose Bay foreshore.

Manly Travel Sketching with Toni. At Freshwater Surf Club, Salt Bush Cafe. 

Manly Evening Introduction to Travel Sketching with Gaye. At Manly Wharf and Gelato Bar

Wednesday

Manly Travel Sketching with Erin. At The Newport Hotel gardens

Sydney Adventure Sketching with Kathy. At Cockatoo Island

Thursday

Manly Travel Sketching with Toni. At The Newport Hotel 

Manly Evening Travel Sketching with Kathy. At The Flamingo Room, Manly Wine.

Friday

The Rocks Travel Sketching with Tammy. At Rose Bay foreshore.

Manly Travel Sketching with Kathy. The Bower Restaurant, Fairy Bower

Manly Intro to Travel Sketching with Erin. At The Newport Hotel Gardens.

Saturday

Manly Introduction to Travel Sketching with Donna & Pamela. At The Royal Botanic Gardens.

Manly Travel Sketching with Erin. At The Newport Hotel Gardens

  That’s all from our amazing classes this week. Be sure to drop by next week.

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Week 10. Term 1. Title Saturday 7th April, 2018 Our big finale.  Classes were all over Sydney this week putting together all the skills they've learned over the term.

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We met on a gorgeous sunny day in Eastwood. First I took our group to a friendly local pop up market where the vendors sell a variety of fresh seasonal fruits and veg. We tasted longans and had a laugh with the vendor. The energy of this market means we had plenty to capture. We tackled 1 point perspective, scribbling simple human forms and getting a sense of the depth of the space amongst the hustle and bustle.  It was a 15 minute sketch, then off to some street food. Topokki in Korea is one of the most popular streetfoods. Its made with the dense chewy cylindrical rice cakes, plently of gochujang (a fermented rice chilli paste) and this version had cabbage and fish cakes in it as well. Some of us loved it, and some were happy to sketch and leave their portion behind! Korean food is one of those cuisines that does not always win everybody over immediately!

Next we headed to the Korean side dish store where we choose from a great big variety of classic Korean side dishes that are typically eaten with every family meal. This shop also sells a big variety of kim chi. After I filled my Erin Hill Sketching bag with a fermented things such as chillies and lotus roots and dried radish, we headed to a sweet little dumpling house for handmade dumplings. Here we had a relaxing sit and sketch and talked about all things Korean food, whilst looking at tone, colour, shape and perspective in our sketches.

Finally it was time for cake and coffee. Those who were still game tried the sweet potato latte, the yam latte, the citron tea and the red bean cinnamon pumpkin buns. Those who had experienced enough of a new cuisine for a little while were happy with a cafe latte. All delicious, and a fun group and happy day! Take a look at out sketches below. We also had a sketcher who was using his ipad and an apple pencil. Wonderful results for a brand new sketcher! Well done everybody.

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Sketch&Lunch-Korean We met on a gorgeous sunny day in Eastwood. First I took our group to a friendly local pop up market where the vendors sell a variety of fresh seasonal fruits and veg.

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Saturday 24th March, 2018

Week 8 has been a very enjoyable week. For our Intro classes, it’s been ‘Sketching from Memory’! Can you remember what a bicycle looks like? Of course you can. Ok, sketch one from memory. Oh dear, it has 2 wheels, and a seat, umm, maybe handle bars and pedals. But something isn’t right! So let’s bring out our little model bike, and we have an aha moment. Such clever machines and we’ve never really observed how they work.

The strezlitzia proved quite a good warmup sketch in the Studio this week. A chance to let go before starting on the subject of the week. Some gorgeous versions here.

Travel Sketchers were looking at Victorian or Federation style building facades. Mostly they are just one or two storeys above us, so not too tricky to look up at them. We love our old buildings and enjoy discovering deco details and a variety of embellishment from varying periods, not really noticed before. Quite different colours, lines and tones were coming through this week. Yet another way to sketch.

Check out the work of our week 8 sketchers. Well done everyone.

Tuesday

Rose Bay Introduction to Travel Sketching with Tammy

  Blue Mountains Introduction and Travel Sketching with Anna – last class for Term 1!

  Manly Travel Sketching with Toni

  Manly Evening Introduction to Travel Sketching with Gaye

Wednesday

Manly Travel Sketching with Erin

  Sydney Adventure Sketching with Kathy

Thursday

Manly Travel Sketching with Toni

  Manly Eve Travel Sketching with Kathy

Friday

The Rocks Travel Sketching with Tammy

  Manly Travel Sketching with Kathy

  Manly Introduction to Travel Sketching with Erin

Saturday

Manly Travel Sketching with Erin

  Manly Introduction to Travel Sketching with Gaye

  That’s all from our amazing classes this week. Be sure to drop by next week.

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Week 8. Term 1. Bicycles & Federation Facades Saturday 24th March, 2018 Week 8 has been a very enjoyable week. For our Intro classes, it's been 'Sketching from Memory'!

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Sunday March 18 ’18

What a wonderful and enthusiastic group we had today, even though it hit 38 degrees in Sydney. Donna was my assistant today and immediately took over the coffee making department, and kept an eye on anyone needing a hand. People come from far and wide so sustenance is vital before starting.

Before long we were seeing the strong clear shapes of the 3 Birds of Paradise in a watering can beginning to take shape. Certainty that becoming was sketcher was no longer a distant dream, here we are doing just that. Sketching something 3D and putting it on a flat page, with dimension.

Out on location in the cool of Ivanhoe Park was the next part of the day. Here we sketched a simple tree form and applied the few colours needed on a quick impression. For that is what travel sketching is about. What you see in the time we have. Fresh and free. Lovely work from everyone.

At lunch we order something from the menu plus a cool drink and plan our next sketch. Here is when we begin to use watercolour. Colours are layered over the tree sketch we now have waiting. Again, everyone did a great job and each in their new found style.

We had time for another sketch, either of our lunch or some of the restaurant decor. We had a great day, despite the heat and each sketch is a credit to it’s owner. Well done everyone and now you can enjoy seeing all your work together.

Our next Taste of Sketching Workshop will be Sunday April 22. ‘Fast and Loose People Sketching’

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Sunday Workshop. Birds of Paradise and Trees Sunday March 18 '18 What a wonderful and enthusiastic group we had today, even though it hit 38 degrees in Sydney.

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WEEK 6. SATURDAY MARCH 10 ’18

Another week and even more progress.  Intro Sketchers faced up to Eye Level Perspective. Usually a big mystery along with big groans.  It can evoke some worry especially for those who’ve never had it properly explained. But with our step by step guides, people do begin to see how it works. It’s a great feeling. Another notch in your belt! I can do it.

Travel Sketchers were using lines and marks in many different forms this week.  Some sketched scenes on tinted paper in black blue and white. Others used dramatic bright colour with contrasting line.  Such gorgeous effects.  All very easy and quite different ways  to sketch a scene wherever you are. Meantime one of our classes was doing action people. And very busy were their pages. Happens when people keep moving but all were captured. Well done

Others were doing furry woolly creatures in a mix of bold, fine, gentle, scary or action lines. Some took us back to childhood, others reminded us of great movies. We all had favourite books we loved as children and now we were bringing them back. Such stories in just the lifework.

TUESDAY MARCH 6 ’18

ROSE BAY INTRO with Tammy

  BLUE MOUNTAINS INTRO & TRAVEL CLASSES with Anna 

  MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING with Toni

  MANLY TUES EVE with Gaye

  WEDNESDAY MARCH 7 ’18

MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING with Erin

  SYDNEY ADVENTURE with Kathy

  THURSDAY MARCH 8 ’18

MANLY TRAVEL with Toni

  MANLY THURS EVE with Kathy

  FRIDAY MARCH 9 ’18

THE ROCKS GENTLE TRAVEL SKETCHING with Tammy

  MANLY TRAVEL with Kathy

  MANLY INTRO with Erin

  MANLY TRAVEL with Erin

  SATURDAY INTRO with Gaye

That’s all from our amazing classes this week. be sure to drop by next week.

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Week6 Term1. Mixed media, lines & stories WEEK 6. SATURDAY MARCH 10 '18 Another week and even more progress.  Intro Sketchers faced up to Eye Level Perspective.

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Week 5. Saturday March 3 ’18

Another glorious sketching week once again.  By week 5 our Intro Sketchers are beginning to see what they can achieve. Such progress in such a short time and it’s very exciting for we tutors too. We’re loving the perspectives we’re seeing from you. First architectural sketch plus using watercolour and look at what a story you’re telling.

Nature in many techniques was they way we went for our Travel Sketchers.

I’ve had the pleasure of joining several classes this week with the Anzac Sketchers, here from New Zealand with their tutor Tony McNeight.  and seeing how wonderfully each of our tutors can make sketching an ancient fig tree become an amazing art piece. Sponges, gladwrap, sticks and twigs and even stones, anything we can use to make patterns and marks all helped give big personalities to your work. Thank you to each tutor for including our visitors in the fun.

For our Saturday class today, we sketched the VW Kombi Van rally, as part of the surf carnival at Manly Beach. The owners are such total characters still living in the 60’s and make great sketches.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27 ’18

BLUE MOUNTAINS MIXED CLASS with Anna

  MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING with Toni

  ROSE BAY INTRO with Tammy

  MANLY TUESDAY EVE – with Gaye

  WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 28 ’18

WEDNESDAY MANLY TRAVEL & SYDNEY ADVENTURE

  THURSDAY MARCH 1 ’18

MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING – with Toni

  MANLY THURSDAY EVE – with Kathy

  FRIDAY MARCH 2 ’18

MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING with Kathy

  MANLY INTRO CLASS with Erin

  THE ROCKS GENTLE GENERAL with Tammy

  SATURDAY MARCH 3 ’18

  MANLY INTRO CLASS with Gaye

That’s it for this week. Please join us again next week.

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Week5.Term1. Flat Buildings & Fig Trees Week 5. Saturday March 3 '18 Another glorious sketching week once again.  By week 5 our Intro Sketchers are beginning to see what they can achieve.

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February was Malaysian Sketch&Lunch. We had a ball in Chinatown, Sydney. The Nasi Lemak at Ho Jiak (a relatively new Malaysian streetfood restaurant on Hay St) was absolutely delicious! The wagu beef rendang was to die for so was the the Char Kway Teow (a rice noodle dish with king prawns and the “breath of the wok”) We ate with relish whilst learning to sketch ellipses and capturing the cups of tea and coffee Malaysian style.

Next we headed out to capture the energy of the street. The main street of Chinatown is a walking street, so its a perfect place for people sketching and a great place to stop and learn all about 1 point perspective.

Then it was time to eat again! We were not hungry, but we had Roti to try. I was particularly looking forward to the Roti with Kaya (a coconut pandan flavoured jam). I finished with a delicious “pulled tea” Teh Tarik, and the others has a lemon barley drink and a hot milo (classic malaysian beverages), and we settled down to some more sketching. Fun! Take a look. Next Sketch&Lunch is Korean in Eastwood. Limited small groups only.

Sketch&lunch-Malaysian February was Malaysian Sketch&Lunch. We had a ball in Chinatown, Sydney. The Nasi Lemak at Ho Jiak (a relatively new Malaysian streetfood restaurant on Hay St) was absolutely delicious!

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Saturday February 24 ’18

Week 4 means first use of watercolours for our Introductory Sketchers. Having learned the colours and the layering system already, it now follows through with doing similar but with paint. Always an exciting day! You’re starting to feel like a ‘real’ artist now.

For our more experienced sketchers we were looking at shape and form of people. But this would be very different. We’d be sketching who we saw, but sharing our sketchbooks around. When you get yours back, it’s full of interesting additional sketch people. You  then apply your colours and link it all together. Everyone loved it and the fear of sketching people seemed to fade a little.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20 ’18

ROSE BAY INTRO – with Tammy

  MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING – with Toni

  BLUE MOUNTAINS – with Anna

  TUESDAY EVE INTRO – with Gaye

  WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21 ’18

SYDNEY ADVENTURE with Kathy

  WEDNESDAY TRAVEL SKETCHING – with Erin

  THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22 ’18

MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING – with Toni

  THURSDAY EVE TRAVEL SKETCHING – with Erin

  FRIDAY FEBRUARY 23 ’18

THE ROCKS TRAVEL SKETCHING – with Tammy

  MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING – with Kathy

  MANLY INTRO – with Erin

  SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24 ’18

MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING – with Erin

  MANLY INTRO – with Gaye

That’s all for this week. Do drop by next Saturday for more sketching progress.

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Week4.Term1. First Watercolours & Co- Sketching Saturday February 24 '18 Week 4 means first use of watercolours for our Introductory Sketchers. Having learned the colours and the layering system already, it now follows through with doing similar but with paint.

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Sunday February 18 ’18

Another glorious Sydney day. How do we cope! coming along to one of very enjoyable ‘Taste of Sketching’ Workshops helps a lot. Once we get started with observing our subject, we wouldn’t know what was happening out there in the world! Nor are we concerned. Sketching is one of these wonderful moments in time where you are completely immersed in playing with line and colour. Our first subject was the spray of frangipane in a purple jar. Having mastered that, we spent some time noticing some of the trees in Ivanhoe Park. All different and each having it’s own character.

Lunch was calling so off to Girdlers in Manly for a drink and something very tasty to get our energy back. A quick 30sec coffee sketch, into watercolored application to another tree sketch. Lastly was a still life of the table setting. Very successful sketches all round.

Thank you everybody. A lovely group of keen sketchers who are all now able to continue becoming travel sketchers.

Our next Sunday ‘Taste of Sketching’ Workshop is March 18 ’18.

Sunday Workshop. Sketching & Simple Colour Sunday February 18 '18 Another glorious Sydney day. How do we cope! coming along to one of very enjoyable 'Taste of Sketching' Workshops helps a lot.

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Saturday February 17 ’18

Some fun sketches resulted from all the excellent locations you’ve traveled to for Week 3.

From Narrabeen Lagoon to Centennial Park and Wentworth Falls Lake, we found tranquility among the thriving wildlife.

Ducks and ducklings, geese, swans, pigeons, magpies, ibis, gulls, parrots and pelicans, All performed brilliantly.

All of these were scattered across our pages using many differing techniques to get a variety of looks.

Intro classes had a beach day, starting with a 3 colour still life, for some, swapping hands! Then a simple explanation of composition which is so vital in creating a pleasing sketch. We continue to talk focus and composition every week.

Where do we focus? How do I lead my eye up to where I want to look.

What’s important and what’s not?

We selected colours which would make sand and sea come to life and keep the sketch simple.

Gold Star everyone.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 13 ’18

BLUE MOUNTAINS COMBO CLASS – with Anna

  ROSE BAY INTRO CLASS – with Tammy

  MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING – with Toni

  MANLY TUES EVE INTRO – with Gaye

  WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14 ’18

SYDNEY ADVENTURE SKETCHING – with Kathy

  MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING – with Erin

  THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15 ’18

MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING – with Toni

  MANLY THURS EVE TRAVEL SKETCHING – with Kathy

  FRIDAY FEBRUARY 16 ’18

THE ROCKS GENTLE TRAVEL SKETCHING – with Tammy

  MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING – with Kathy

  MANLY INTRO SKETCHING – with Erin

  SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17 ’18

MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING – with Erin

  MANLY INTRO SKETCHING – with Gaye

That’s it for this week. The sketches were showing excellent progress for all students.

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Week3.Term1. Lagoon Life and Beaches Saturday February 17 '18 Some fun sketches resulted from all the excellent locations you’ve traveled to for Week 3.

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The first Sketch&Lunch of the year was held in Sydney’s Cabramatta. I absolutely love Cabramatta  and Vietnamese food, so this Sketch&Lunch day is one of my favourites. First we started with a Vietnamese coffee at the best Vietnamese cafe in town. Cafe Xua. The coffees taste pretty much just like a ca phe sua da you would buy in Vietnam. Ivy, the owner is a delight too. We learnt about Vietnamese herbs and sketched them in our food journals labelling with the Vietnamese names. Next we headed to the supermarket for a look at clay pots for cooking our recipe, and the best fish sauces to purchase. A sketch of the fish market was all about capturing the energy and the impression of the environment. We looked at perspective and repetition of shapes too. Much relief was felt as we walked into our air conditioned restaurant of choice to try our recipe of the day. Ca Kho To. Its a clay pot fish dish. The restaurant we visit does one of the best Ive tried, so here we enjoyed the food whilst sketching it! A fun day as always. If you would like to book for the next one, they are usually held on the last Monday of the month. email me at [email protected]

Sketch&Lunch-Vietnamese The first Sketch&Lunch of the year was held in Sydney's Cabramatta. I absolutely love Cabramatta  and Vietnamese food, so this Sketch&Lunch day is one of my favourites.

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Week2 Term1. Saturday February 10 ’18

Intro classes were discovering round shapes and our particular way of showing dimension – white top and sides, dark down the centre. Lemons and limes give a great chance to show how darks behind whites give you that depth in the fastest way.

Travel Sketching classes were looking at techniques for brick, render and sandstone. We picked the 3 colours we’d use a base here and tried both watercolour and aquarelle to try different effects. Then either vignettes or entrances to one of our many churches and chapels here in Manly Australia. Sandstone is what most of the rock here is, very ochre in it’s colour and very attractive to sketch.

TUESDAY FEB 6 ’18

ROSE BAY TRAVEL SKETCHING – with Tammy

BLUE MOUNTAINS COMBO CLASS – with Anna

MANLY TRAVELSKETCHING with Toni

MANLY TUES EVE INTRO

WEDNESDAY FEB 7 ’18

MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING with Erin

SYDNEY ADVENTURE SKETCHING  with Kathy

THURSDAY FEB 8 ’18

MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING with Toni

THURSDAY EVE TRAVEL SKETCHING with Kathy

FRIDAY FEB 9 ’18

THE ROCKS GENTLE TRAVEL SKETCHING with Tammy

MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING with Kathy

MANLY INTRO SKETCHING with Erin

SATURDAY FEB 10 ’18

MANLY TRAVEL SKETCHING with Erin

MANLY INTRO SKETCHING with Gaye

Hope you enjoyed everyones work this week. See you here again next time.

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Week2.Term1. Shape,Tone,Texture Week2 Term1. Saturday February 10 '18 Intro classes were discovering round shapes and our particular way of showing dimension - white top and sides, dark down the centre.