Sketching Your Family Is Wonderful…Here’s How To Make It Easier!
Sketching your family is wonderful. Here’s how to make it easier.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
Texaco Art Competition – and Lent Starts Today
Today was the last day the kids I teach could submit the paintings they had done for the Texaco Art Competition. This competition has been going for decades in Ireland: many Irish adults still bear the scars. When this year’s competition was announced back in January, a few people were talking about it on Twitter.…
A Watercolour Sketching Workshop in Haarlem, 19th-21st July 2019
I was in Porto, Portugal, last year when this year’s Urban Sketching Symposium location was announced. It would take place in Amsterdam. “You should consider staying in Haarlem,” said Anne Rose Oosterbaan, one of the many Dutch sketchers in Porto. “It’s very pretty, cheaper than Amsterdam – and only twenty minutes away by train.” That…
The Journey Is Everything
At Taekwon-Do last night, the instructor took us though kicking moves. He explained the stance we should be taking and the part of the foot we needed to deliver maximum impact. We are beginners, so he found fault with one or other aspect of our moves. “You’re focusing on the destination,” he said. “Focus instead…
Let It Glow: Five Watercolour Techniques for Beautiful Painting
PREMIUM. When it comes to bringing out the beauty of watercolour, good timing is of the essence. Five easy techniques, with practice will enable the best from this beautiful medium.