Urban Sketching In Watercolour For Beginnners Course, 12th-16th June – The Kit You’ll Need
Thinking of attending my Urban Sketching In Watercolour course for beginners? Here is the kit you will need
The Gift Of Urban Sketching!
Urban Watercolour Sketching Course, Live Online, 12th-16th June 2023, 7.00pm-8.30pm GMT+1
Join Me This Month For Sketchbook Revival
This month sees the return of the popular Sketchbook Revival event, free and online. Find out all about how to sign up in this article.
Turning Up The Volume On Colour
I want to tell you a story about colour. A colourful story, if you will. When I first started sketching, I was a bit “AI” about it, a bit of a computer. My process was as follows: 1. Look at the scene. 2. Record the shapes you see with a pen. 3. Now colour them…
Sketchalong Tuesday 7th February 7.00pm GMT
Spring is in the air, and with Valentine’s Day around the corner, love seems to be in the air too…just look at those cute rooks lined up on the wire. I wonder have they worked out how far apart they need to be for a bit of privacy, as they always seem to take the…
An Urban Sketching Workshop, 19th-21st August 2022
Last January I announced two urban sketching workshops for the month of August. Each would last two and a half days and would take place in Galway City. The last one I had run was late in 2019, which is a big gap – this one would be just short of three years later. Since…
Sketching in Morocco: September 13th – 21st & September 23rd – October 1st 2021
A Dream Sketching Holiday Are you dreaming of your next sketching trip? Cast your mind to nine days in Morocco: the desert, the food, the architecture, the oases, the date palms, the people. In partnership with Morocco Ecoway, I am delighted to announce a wonderful trip, planned for September 2021. My teaching style is to…
Practical Urban Sketching: Workshop, Dublin, 20th-23rd March 2020
When it comes to urban sketching, there is a world of tips and techniques to make your experience easier and better. From choosing handy tools to clever ways to paint: from sneaky ways to master perspective to knowing when to use the right ink for the right pen, there are myriad things an experienced instructor…
Compostela Ilustrada! Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 8th-10th November 2019
I have just returned from the beautiful medieval city of Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain, where I attended the fabulous Compostela Ilustrada sketching event. (Warning: this may be an envy-inducing post, unless you cannot abide rain, in which case you will be very glad indeed that you did not attend.) The old part of…
Urban Watercolour Workshop, Haarlem, The Netherlands, 26th-28th June 2020
The beautiful city of Haarlem in the Netherlands could have been designed with urban sketching in mind. Join me for a watercolour workshop there 26th-28th June 2020!