Surely You’re Joking, Ms Curé
Thirty-five years ago I took part in a larp: this is the awful, cringey story of that day.
Tour de France 2026 – Part 3
I spent a dreamy week teaching a wonderful group in Atelier Clos Mirabel, in Southwest France, this July.
Tour de France 2026 – Part 2
Part Two of my Tour De France 2026, during the USk Symposium in Toulouse went better than Part One.
Tour de France 2026 – Part 1
I have visited France twice in the last three weeks, so I am saying it’s my Tour de France 2026.
Lemongate
We all like to think we’re the good guys. But what if there’s no room for doubt that you’re not?
Welcome to Wild Atlantic Ink – Stories from the Edge of Ireland
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…
“Vignettes of the Pyrenees”: Urban Sketching in France 2026
Join me in France this summer for a week that promises to be unforgettable. From 25th July to 1st August 2026, I will teach a one-week Urban Sketching course in ink and watercolour in the beautiful Clos Mirabel, a French manor house near the city of Pau in the far south of the country, in…
The Show Must Go On: Course Dates and Locations in 2026 and 2027
Thank you all for responding to my last post about Fake George. You were all very kind and gracious about my gullibility. One or two people wondered what Fake George and his silly friend Adrian Bot wanted from me: I don’t really know. If it was an elaborate way to get me to pay Adrian…
It’s Been Intense But I Wouldn’t Change A Thing
November is here and I have started to exhale at last. Back to writing my beloved blog. I hope you noticed my absence. I shall be greatly offended if you did not. It’s been intense. In August I taught for the Urban Sketching Symposium in Poznan, Poland and picked up Covid. Spent much of the…
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…