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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”
February 16, 2023
New Year, New You…In Body and Soul
Whatever your resolution is, it’s bound to be ambitious, good for you and something you feel you didn’t do enough of in 2022. For me,
January 5, 2023
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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
September 12, 2022
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Sketching In Menorca 31st July – 7th August
This article first appeared on Substack. It’s free for everyone there, and here: however, if you like what I write and draw, then please consider
August 11, 2022
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My Sketching Week, 20th-28th July
Endless summer days are meant for sketching. I get many chances to sketch this week, with and without screens.
July 29, 2022
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Sketching in the Burren with Mrs Guns and Roses: 11th-16th July
I spend a few days sketching with my mother, Cinnie, in the Burren, Co. Clare. We have a simply marvellous time.
July 19, 2022
-Travel
How I Fell In Love With France, 1975 -2022…& A Week at Clermont Dessine, 14th-20th June ’22
All about a week of sketching and teaching in the Auvergne, France, at Clermont Dessine, with good friends.
June 27, 2022
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A Bit Of An Owl Chat, And Art In Gardens – 6th-10th June
Monday 6th June It’s a Bank Holiday in Ireland and there’s a talk on in the Burren Nature Sanctuary. A guy is coming to talk
June 12, 2022
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Summer Days of Sketching: 25th May – 4th June
Wednesday 25th June I am a believer in “drawing in the cracks” and so I sketch the view from the post office in my village,
June 6, 2022
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My Sketching Week, 9th – 22nd May
Monday 9th May I want to paint the roses my lovely family bought to welcome me home from hospital, and I finally get my chance
May 22, 2022