Skip to content
  • Home
  • About Róisín Curé
  • My Account
  • Contact
Small Top
Facebook page opens in new windowTwitter page opens in new windowYouTube page opens in new windowLinkedin page opens in new window
Róisín Curé
Róisín Curé Online Art Magazine
Róisín Curé
  • Live Classes
  • Download Recordings
  • Free Sample Classes
  • Podcasts
  • Blog
    • Daily Life
    • Sketching
    • Art Lessons
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Travel
      • Ireland
      • Mauritius
  • Shop
    • Merchandise
    • Materials
    • Books
    • Voucher
      • Physical Gift Card
      • Virtual Gift Card
€0.000

View CartCheckout

  • No products in the cart.

Subtotal: €0.00

View CartCheckout

  • Live Classes
  • Download Recordings
  • Free Sample Classes
  • Podcasts
  • Blog
    • Daily Life
    • Sketching
    • Art Lessons
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Travel
      • Ireland
      • Mauritius
  • Shop
    • Merchandise
    • Materials
    • Books
    • Voucher
      • Physical Gift Card
      • Virtual Gift Card

Blog

You are here:
  1. Home

The Lockdown Blog, Day 10

BlogBy Roisín CuréMarch 23, 20202 Comments

Sunday 22nd March 8.30am It’s Mother’s Day in Ireland and I’m in bed, but I have to get up soon because I’m meeting my friend for a walk in the Burren. Reuben scratches prettily at the door, and I ask my husband Marcel to get up and let him in, seeing as it’s Mothers’ Day.…

Details

The Lockdown Blog, Day 9

BlogBy Roisín CuréMarch 22, 20204 Comments

Saturday 21st March 10.00am I’m up at nine, ready to broadcast the Instagram Live video that I promised to the kids I teach, and anyone else who wants to tune in. I am very lucky to teach the nicest bunch of kids, and they make what I do (drawing very silly stuff) feel like a…

Details

The Lockdown Blog, Day 8

Blog, Daily LifeBy Roisín CuréMarch 21, 20204 Comments

Friday 20th March 9.00am Liv (15) is up and ready. “I can’t wait to get out and do some gardening!” she says. I follow her out half an hour later. She is on a deck chair outside my studio window, shrouded in a blanket. The sun is shining but it only March and it’s “fresh”.…

Details

The Lockdown Blog, Day 7

Blog, Daily LifeBy Roisín CuréMarch 20, 2020Leave a comment

Thursday 19th March 10.30am I host a Zoom session with my husband Marcel, Paddy (18) and Liv (15). The idea is to find a way to continue teaching online. It is moderately successful: the video quality is excellent and I figure out how to switch between overhead camera to draw and paint for the participants,…

Details

The Lockdown Blog, Day 6

Blog, Daily LifeBy Roisín CuréMarch 19, 20204 Comments

Wednesday 18th March 10.00am The government is showing great leadership. Yes, the “lockdown”, such as it is, could have come a bit more quickly, but a good balance was struck between doing too little and doing too much. We have nearly 300 cases, and rising, of the Covid in Ireland. The pubs and most restaurants…

Details

The Lockdown Blog, Day 5

Blog, Daily LifeBy Roisín CuréMarch 18, 20202 Comments

Tuesday 17th March 1.00pm It’s St. Patrick’s Day. It’s raining. With the best will in the world I just can’t muster enthusiasm to go out for a walk. I decide to do a fun drawing for kids to put up on my Instagram live broadcast. I draw a St. Patrick. My daughter Honor (20) appears…

Details

The Lockdown Blog, Day 4

Blog, Daily LifeBy Roisín CuréMarch 17, 20206 Comments

Monday 16th March 9.10am I sit down to breakfast. Paddy (18) already has the books out on the dining table. Liv (15) is his study buddy, and she is nowhere to be seen. I phone up to her bedroom but get nothing more than a grunt. Paddy takes the phone. “It’s ten past nine, you’re…

Details

The Lockdown Blog, Day 3

Blog, Daily LifeBy Roisín CuréMarch 16, 20206 Comments

Hello folks! I will start by saying thank you for your effort in getting here: my links to this blog on the various social media are refusing to work. I suspect I have a problem with my website because I can’t even post my link to whatsapp! But I’ll get there, and my intention is…

Details

The Lockdown Blog: Days 0, 1 and 2

Blog, Daily LifeBy Roisín CuréMarch 15, 202010 Comments

Thursday 12th March 1.00pm The Irish government announces that all schools are to close from the next day, Friday, and will remain closed 13th-29th March. Later, my good pal Lorraine collects the kids from school with all their books, so that they can study at home. Lorraine and I go for a wild and windy…

Details

Texaco Art Competition – and Lent Starts Today

Blog, Daily LifeBy Roisín CuréFebruary 26, 20204 Comments

Today was the last day the kids I teach could submit the paintings they had done for the Texaco Art Competition. This competition has been going for decades in Ireland: many Irish adults still bear the scars. When this year’s competition was announced back in January, a few people were talking about it on Twitter.…

Details
1
2345
…678910…
11121314151617181920212223242526272829
30
Recent Posts
  • My Sketching Week, 9th – 22nd May
  • Not A Lot Of Sketching Going On…April 23rd – May 6th
  • My Sketching Week: Easter with the Family 16th-22nd April
  • My Sketching Week, 9th-15th April…The Fish Are Safe!
  • My Sketching Week 31st March – 8th April
Recent Comments
  • Róisín Curé on Not A Lot Of Sketching Going On…April 23rd – May 6th
  • Orla Flanagan on Not A Lot Of Sketching Going On…April 23rd – May 6th
  • Róisín Curé on Workshops
  • Róisín Curé on Workshops
  • Róisín Curé on Workshops
Archives
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • October 2021
  • August 2021
  • March 2021
  • October 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • November 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • April 2017
  • January 2017
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • Home
  • About Róisín Curé
  • My Account
  • Contact
Small Top
Go to Top