Tintin and David Attenborough Are In A Clown Car…
I have produced a new physical, paper comic. It’s called Wild Atlantic Ink. I promise to do my best never to be boring.
The Best Way To Learn Is To Teach
My loyal and enthusiastic students generally trust me, so when I offered an illustration course last summer as an add-on to my weekly classes they joined in their dozens. Perhaps it helped that I wasn’t charging anything extra for it! Why wasn’t I charging? There were a couple of reasons. The result was a spectacular…
The 7th Swiss Urban Sketching Symposium, Geneva: Part Three
PLEASE NOTE: Due to a cancellation, one place has just become available in my French Pyrenees week-long course, 18th-25th October this year: https://atelier.clos-mirabel.com/painting-holidays/vignettes-of-the-pyrenees-a-sketchbook-masterclass-in-ink-and-watercolour-with-roisin-cure If you’re free and can get a flight, have a look at the schedule for the week. Just the thing before the long winter sets in. But back to last week in…
The 7th Swiss Symposium Of Urban Sketchers, Geneva: Part Two
Thursday morning, 4th September I teach a workshop in the afternoon, so I head out to the workshop location I’ve been given to suss it out and maybe make an explanatory sketch or two. When I arrive at Place de la Fusterie close to the edge of the lake I am struck by the number…
7th Swiss Symposium Of Urban Sketchers: Part One
Just back from Geneva. Whew! Between Poland and Switzerland just two weeks apart, it’s so good to be back on terra firma. I will tell you all about my trip, but as usual, if you’re hoping for some nice sketches of fairytale Swiss streets of half-timbered houses, along with upbeat descriptions of a great time,…
Painting In A Glorious Garden: Mount Congreve In June
Friday 13th June This June 14th and 15th I’ve been invited to take part in a summer art festival in Mount Congreve in Co. Waterford. It’s called Art In The Gardens and it’s the second year of the event. It’s been facilitated by the good folk who steward the gardens and keep them looking so…
Sketching Odyssey In The Aegean: A Week In Greece
Tuesday 22nd April I am heading to Greece to spend a week with nine students from all over the world. They, like me, are keen sketchers, and I will share some of my techniques with them as we explore the hills, valleys and coast of the hidden part of Greece where we’ll be staying. I’ve…
Tulip Mania: Five Ways Of Sketching A Spring Bouquet
This post is about my current mania for sketching tulips, my attempts to capture their beauty and the pros and cons of each approach. At the end, you’ll find details of my summer teaching schedule. 1. Ink and watercolour on 100% cotton cold pressed 250g A6 Portrait Hahnemühle sketchbook Pros: Cons: 2. Gouache on Fabriano…
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
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.