Friday 22nd May Breakfast in the hotel dining room CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH I deserve this. I’m RELAXING. CRUNCH But it’s sliced white pan toast and fake blackcurrant jam. The first slice is hot but by the time I get to the next one a little time has elapsed and it’s bendy and cold. I smear…
Monday 23rd September This autumn, my head is full of nature subjects for sketching. My students and I have been loving the autumnal subjects we’ve been capturing in our sketchbooks. I make two more paintings, for my brother’s birthday. They are small and square and look very nice in their mounts, I think. He seems…
Wednesday 14th August It’s the day before my annual summer urban sketching workshop in Galway City. The group meets at Sangria on Augustine Street for dinner, to say hello and introduce ourselves. To my delight, everyone is there. I know from the first ten seconds that I am going to love this little group of…
There are as many ways to be an artist as there are artists. Do it your way and you won’t go too far wrong.
In early May 2024, I taught my first -ever masterclass in the beautiful house and gardens of Munt Congreve, in Co. Waterford.
2023 was a beautiful year for me, all because of my sketching activities.
Part Two of my account of sketching in Artform, Co. Waterford
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.
A Christmas Shopping Safari One crisp, cold winter’s night a few weeks ago, in Dublin on a sketching trip, I came to the end of South Anne Street, entered Grafton Street and was confronted by a vision of festive loveliness that made me catch my breath. The Christmas lights had arrived, and the street looked…
Beautifully presented giclée prints for sale this Christmas