How I Fell In Love With France, 1975 -2022…& A Week at Clermont Dessine, 14th-20th June ’22
All about a week of sketching and teaching in the Auvergne, France, at Clermont Dessine, with good friends.
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A Bit Of An Owl Chat, And Art In Gardens – 6th-10th June
Monday 6th June It’s a Bank Holiday in Ireland and there’s a talk on in the Burren Nature Sanctuary. A guy is coming to talk about barn owls. I ask my family if they would like to come along. “We’re going to meet Erin the barn owl,” I say. My son Paddy (20) immediately agrees,…
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Summer Days of Sketching: 25th May – 4th June
Wednesday 25th June I am a believer in “drawing in the cracks” and so I sketch the view from the post office in my village, while I wait for the kids (my girl Liv and her classmate and friend Mattie, who I bring home twice a week) to arrive off the school bus. I can’t…
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My Sketching Week, 9th – 22nd May
Monday 9th May I want to paint the roses my lovely family bought to welcome me home from hospital, and I finally get my chance late on Monday evening. I can’t get my view right – on the table they’re too high to see the blossoms, and on the chair they are so low they…
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Not A Lot Of Sketching Going On…April 23rd – May 6th
I get a fever, everything goes pear-shaped and I end up spending ten days in hospital.
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My Sketching Week: Easter with the Family 16th-22nd April
Saturday 16th April The subject for my sketchalong class is a well that my daughter stumbled upon in a field up the road from us in Kilcolgan. We get it all drawn, but have only got as far as the moss and reflections at the end of class, even though it’s gone over time by…
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My Sketching Week, 9th-15th April…The Fish Are Safe!
Saturday 9th April The day starts off really cold – in fact there is frost on the grass when I go outside to my studio. But it starts to look better and my youngest, Liv, and I head into Galway City. She wants to buy shoes and I don’t want to join her in her…
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My Sketching Week 31st March – 8th April
A busy week of sketching takes in Galway City and County: people, animals and landscape all feature this week!
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A Book Launch…with a difference
A book launch doesn’t come around every day. The best way to celebrate would be with my family, but my father does things his way…
DetailsSchedule and Topics for Class, September – December 2021
Welcome to my class schedule for the next few months. Everyone is welcome, whatever your level. Because you follow along with me, you won’t get lost. My aim is to encourage you to LOVE making art – whether you’re an old hand or a total newbie! Make sure to read the materials list carefully…and if…
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