What better way to spend the last Sketch Holiday of the year at the beautiful relaxed Daku Resort Fiji. Four tours over the years and one of our favourites. We laughed and sketched, talked and snorkelled, drank and dined, shopped and joined in with the locals. So proud of everyone who were willing to get loose and throw a bit of paint around. Nothing can wrong remember. We’ll do it again in 2021.
Read MoreFollow our sketches and our stories as we travel around the magnificent and relatively unknown Campania Southern Italy. This wa sour September 2019 sketch tour.
Our return tour will be September 2021. We’ll then explore all the places we didn’t get to discover. Let me know if you’d like to be on our priority list for this one.
Read MoreSummer is the time when the social swing hits the heights in the little French villages. Once you’ve been coming for a few years you are invited to all sorts of dinners, aperos, and summer parties. Even 10.00AM coffee and Rose at the markets every week. You are never alone. Unless you choose to be. Walk out your door and you’ll be invited to something.
Read MoreEvery Tuesday from early till midday the Olonzac markets take over several streets. About 15mins drive from our village. These are considered some of the best around, although every village has a market once a week. Very small villages have vans that arrive in the mornings, play very loud old time music over a speaker to alert you to them being there. You could be in a broom cupboard and you’d hear them.
Read MoreBecause we spend so much time each year in the South of France, we either stay in our very special village of Trausse, or in Azille. Depends which one is available. Both are home. From here I can work with Annette our France Licensee doing classes and Workshops in villages all over the area from here to the coast.
Read MoreErin Hill Sketching France offers WEEKEND and MIDWEEK sketch experiences, in the South of France. In less than 2 hours from U.K. and you’re here. Magical.
Come and experience the joy of travel sketching and the peace and quiet of a wine growing village. No experience needed at all.
Perfect getaway with friends, family get togethers, couples celebrations and more.
July to September 2021
Read MoreOur inaugural Travel Sketch Workshops just took place at Cass Art Islington. Wow was it exciting. If you think you haven’t a creative bone in your body - then this is for you.. Everybody can sketch, Yes truly. We’ll be back with more classes and workshops so keep in touch about London Workshops and our ShortStay Sketch Holidays in South of France.
Read MoreJoin me on a 2 Day Travel Sketching Workshop in London.
Sunday June 30th / Monday July 1st.
Day 1. Learn to sketch the simple shapes as you plan your page, without the extra detail. Day 2 will be our ‘Getting Loose with watercolour’ day. keeping to just 8 colours we’ll learn the layering trick which gives you the freshest and brightest watercolour.
First days in Havana on our April 15 -25 Sketch Tour. So much to see. So much to learn and we loved every minute.
I’ll add sections covering each of the 4 towns/cities we visited and sketches for each. Enjoy.
We have enquiries about our next Cuba Tour in November 2020. . Let me know.
Read MoreOur popular Taste of Sketching Workshops teach people to become sketchers. No previous skills required as we teach you all you’ll need to know.
As a follow on we now have ‘next Steps’ Workshops for those who’d like to progress.
In this workshop we addressed the query we often get - how do we paint/sketch reflections. Kathy lead the students through a sea demonstation followed by a greenery scene. Suddenly it seems easier to know where to put lights and darks….
Read MoreAll sketched in a wash of watercolour, without a black line sketch to start. Try it yourself. You do have to think but the results will surprise you. Take a look….
Read MoreTake a look at the fun we had on two terrific days in Boston. You’ll learn to let go of fear, and put on the page the simple form of what you see. We sketch on location and we work quickly in the time you have. It’s travel sketching and we’re on the move. Love to see you on one of Workshops.
Read MoreEvery ticket, entry card, lunch receipt, postcard etc etc. comes home with Anne to be turned into a new treasure. You just never know when you might need stuff says Anne. I have to say I’m very guilty of collecting all that too when I travel and when I get home, it’s filed away somewhere neatly, waiting for the ‘just in case’ moment. Still waiting!
Read MoreOne of our group had been in touch with me for a year or so saying nobody taught Travel Sketching in Adelaide and how could she learn. A definite cry for help.
Another student, Lyn B who joins us in France and Australia was very instrumental in encouraging a lovely group to join in. Others found the Workshop online.
Everyone had planned how they’d get to the Workshop, (even on crutches) where they’d stay and enjoy spending two glorious days immersing themselves in sketching.
What a great group we had today. One dear student who has been with me over the years flew from New Zealand to do both this Workshop and Alissa’s on Saturday, the day before. Another flew from Sydney to do both. Another came from faraway and stayed 2 nights. It seems everyone worked hard to get to be with me here in the heart of Melbourne.
Read MoreThis was The Art of Living Autumn/Winter promotion for David Jones in Sydney and Melbourne. I would be the sketch tutor in Melbourne and Donna would be in Market St Sydney. Guests who would attend the 30 minute Sketch and Sip sessions were customers of David Jones Department Stores.
What amazing results….
Read MoreOur Sketch Tour to Cuba is coming up fast. April 15th to April 25th in fact.
I’m very keen for those of you already booked to be encouraged and inspired before you come, and have an enormous amount to look forward to. The marvellous James Richards has sent me some of his Cuba images and links for you to study and learn a little from. Like us he uses pure colour, plenty of whites and plenty of darks.
Take a look at the link below and immerse yourself in his journeys and thoughts about Cuba.
Read MoreI think of life sketching as a landscape. When you start to see those hills of Tuscany or French Alps as undulating lines you’ll begin to feel the form that you’re seeing on the model. That will show in your landscape sketches.
Read MoreJoin Anne Scott in her upcoming workshops at Erin hill Studio and have some fun. See how much you can paste on your page, sketch over it and add paint. This is Travel Sketching with collage. All your memories in a wonderful mixture of texture and colour.
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