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Music for Everyone with St Agnes Orchestra Crumlin

Feature ArticlesBy Roisín CuréJuly 9, 2015Leave a comment

PREMIUM. St Agnes School Violin and Orchestra Project, Crumlin, makes learning a stringed instrument available to everyone, regardless of means. They played in Kinvara on American Independence Day.

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Yeats’ Tower, Thoor Ballylee, Re-Opens Amid 150th Birthday Celebrations

Feature Articles, Painting in IrelandBy Roisín CuréJune 16, 20156 Comments

PREMIUM. Thoor Ballylee in Co. Galway is known as Yeats’ Tower, because it once belonged to the great Irish poet. It has re-opened to the public after six years.

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Cartooning for Kids: Getting Started

Cartooning, Lessons, Painting tips and techniquesBy Roisín CuréJune 11, 20154 Comments

PREMIUM post. Children are natural cartoonists. There are a few tips I’ve learned that will make it easier for children to get more out of the comic strips they invent.

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Optimist Sailing in Kinsale, Co. Cork: My Kids Are Alone On The Ocean!

Feature Articles, Painting in IrelandBy Roisín CuréJune 4, 2015Leave a comment

PREMIUM. Kinsale is a beautiful town in Cork. The Munster Optimist Championships were held in May and I was proud to see my children take to the ocean as competent sailors.

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Sketching Coconut Harvesting in Mauritius

-Travel, Painting Demos, Painting in MauritiusBy Roisín CuréMay 8, 20151 Comment

The Coconut harvesters of Mauritius risk their lives to bring us their bounty – and to let Róisín sketch them at their work.

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Sketching Everyday Life

Daily Life, Painting tips and techniquesBy Roisín CuréMay 5, 20152 Comments

PREMIUM. Sketching everyday life may not be glamorous, but drawing the objects around your home can be just as satisfying and rewarding as more dramatic or exciting scenes.

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Painting Reflections in Watercolour

Lessons, Painting tips and techniquesBy Roisín CuréApril 29, 20152 Comments

PREMIUM article. Painting reflections in watercolour can be challenging. Getting to know their main forms provides a short cut to learning to look well and paint faithfully.

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Painting in Jamaica: A Tropical Odyssey with Fiona Godfrey

-Travel, Feature ArticlesBy Roisín CuréApril 23, 20157 Comments

PREMIUM. Fiona Godfrey has painted the tropical landscape of Jamaica for 25 years. Life as a painter on a Caribbean island isn’t always easy, however. Godfrey’s magical paintings speak for themselves.

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Forge an Old Master: The Japanese Art of Ukiyo-e

Lessons, Painting tips and techniquesBy Roisín CuréApril 19, 2015

PREMIUM. You can learn a lot by trying to forge an Old Master: in this article, I offer tutorials to download, based on the beautiful Japanese prints of Utamaro.

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25 Dos and Don’ts When Urban Sketching

Painting tips and techniquesBy Roisín CuréMarch 29, 201537 Comments

Here are 25 urban sketching tips for you to consider when you are out in the field. They include some things you should be doing and some you shouldn’t.

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