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…
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Schedule 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…
DetailsNature…In All Its Glory
My bedroom has been a mess of late. When I say “of late” I mean for the last ten or fifteen years. In that time, my amazing daughter Liv has grown to be a formidable young woman: she recently turned seventeen. She doesn’t take any prisoners, and she informed me recently that we were going…
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Zoom Spring Term
These are the classes available for the Winter Term through Zoom. They range from Sketch Along to a clinic, or private classes.
DetailsSketch With Róisín Urban Sketching Kit — What’s In It And Why
I am very excited to announce that my urban sketching kits are now available for pre-order
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Summertime…And The Sketching Is Soothing
Saturday 15th August I’m restless. I want to make the most of my free Saturday. It’s warm, but not so sunny. I want to go into town to sketch the Potter’s Market, which will be in Galway City for just one weekend. I hop in the car with my son Paddy (18) but have not…
DetailsThe Lockdown Is Over (For Now)
Tuesday 21st July I dropped my children, Paddy (18) and Liv (16) to the sailing club to start their new jobs as sailing instructors. It was a grey day but I had been sketching in a 5km radius, or less, for many months, and wasn’t about to look a gift horse in the mouth. The…
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Sketching in Morocco: September 13th – 21st & September 23rd – October 1st 2021
A Dream Sketching Holiday Are you dreaming of your next sketching trip? Cast your mind to nine days in Morocco: the desert, the food, the architecture, the oases, the date palms, the people. In partnership with Morocco Ecoway, I am delighted to announce a wonderful trip, planned for September 2021. My teaching style is to…
DetailsGlorious Colour and Beautiful Line
Friday 26th June “For every old sock, there’s an old shoe.” I stop by a French bakery on the outskirts of Galway City, wait in a socially-distant queue and buy all the pastries I can reasonably buy without looking like I haven’t eaten for a month. I am celebrating: twenty-one years ago, in a tiny…
DetailsStill Messing About In Boats
Sunday 21st June There’s a place I have sketched many times. It is called Killeenaran Quay. It has colourful boats and a wall with a bridge, and sea and seaweed, and loads of sky that is usually a celestial canvas of something dramatic and beautiful. When I arrived last Sunday I dropped down over the…
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