The Importance Of Good Values
There are few things that will help improve your sketching more than getting to know your values.
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Two Days In Dublin: A Cultural Whirlwind
Two of my three children go on their merry way at the end of this week: my eldest, Honor, is well established in Dublin. Of the two who have lived with us at home for the last while, Paddy is 22 and starts his Erasmus soujourn in Nancy, eastern France, and Liv returns to university…
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It’s Going Well So Far…
I thought I might sketch lots in 2024. I hoped I would. It’s 10th January today and my little sketchbook is filling up nicely. First I painted my husband Marcel. That wasn’t the plan: I had the idea to use a few colours from the latest range by Roman Szmal to see how they’d perform,…
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2023 Was A Beautiful Year
2023 was a beautiful year for me, all because of my sketching activities.
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Sketching Through The Seasons
Autumn to winter and the weather gradually gets colder but the joy is there to be had through sketching no matter what the season.
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Sketching Your Family Is Wonderful…Here’s How To Make It Easier!
Sketching your family is wonderful. Here’s how to make it easier.
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I Conducted An Urban Sketching Course At The Best Art School In Ireland! (Part Two)
Part Two of my account of sketching in Artform, Co. Waterford
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I Conducted An Urban Sketching Course At The Best Art School In Ireland! (Part One)
Artform, ann art school in Dunmore East, is the perfect location for an urban sketching workshop, and I taught there for three days in July.
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The Best Things In Life Really Are Free…In A Galway June
We don’t often get warm, dry weather in Galway, but when we do, it really is paradise around here.
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New Dates! Urban Sketching in Watercolour for Beginners August 21st-25th 2023…Plus – The Verdicts Are In!
I will conduct a new live online course, Urban Sketching in Watercolour For Beginners, from 21st to 25th August 2023.
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