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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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 doesn’t come around every day. The best way to celebrate would be with my family, but my father does things his way…
DetailsWelcome 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…
DetailsMy 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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These are the classes available for the Winter Term through Zoom. They range from Sketch Along to a clinic, or private classes.
DetailsI am very excited to announce that my urban sketching kits are now available for pre-order
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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…
DetailsTuesday 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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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…
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