The 10th International USk Symposium has just wrapped up. It took place in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. The 9th USk Symposium was held in Porto,...
This year, I brought my family with me to the Urban Sketching Symposium. It provided a nice balance between work and relaxing. My family is...
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...
Introduction to Urban Sketching 18th-20th October 2019
I am so excited to announce that my new book is out. It has been a while in the gestation, and I have had a...
It’s May and it’s paradise here in Galway. It’s hard to find a place that is so totally unspoiled this close to action, but we...
Marriage brings all kinds of benefits. If you have married into a family sprinkled with other countries of origin, your life can be enriched in...
PREMIUM. Fungie the Dolphin, escaping crabs and doomed oysters, moody surfers - I sketched them all during my trip around the Irish coast. Hear how...
It was a privilege to teach at the 9th International Urban Sketching Symposium took place in Porto, Portugal, from 19th-21st July 2018, and I fell...
PREMIUM - Sometimes when you're sketching you have to get it right first time. Here I share some of the tips I've picked up to...
PREMIUM. SeaFest is the annual celebration of Galway's intimate relationship with the Atlantic Ocean and a great family day out. Of course it wouldn't be...
PREMIUM. To be sent to a country I'd always wanted to visit - to sketch for the Tourist Board...was a dream come true. Portugal was...
PREMIUM. I recently had a great week of sketching in a lovely little Irish town in West Cork, but in mid-February. Schull turned out to...
The end-of-year holiday over Christmas and New Year provides a great opportunity for sketching family, one of which I take full advantage.
PREMIUM. My parents have a place in Nice, on the French Riviera, a city of sun-baked beaches, fabulous gastronomy and exotic landscapes. I spent a...
PREMIUM. I was asked to sketch at Seafest 2017, and it was a real pleasure: sunshine, sea, spray and sketching all combined to make a...
PREMIUM. The art of dog grooming celebrates our very human love of beauty, skill and, above all, our canine companions. It was a joy to...
PREMIUM. A long-overdue family reunion was a marvellous opportunity to sketch my loved ones, who had travelled far and wide to be in Nice, France,...
I sketched a few events at Culture Night this year. It's a national, annual event which takes place every September, and a great opportunity to...
PREMIUM. Family weddings are always fun, even if it's not the bride whose nerves are in pieces...our trip to Rye in the summer was made...
Our koi carp didn't do a whole lot, but they were beautiful, and were an oasis of calm in my busy day. We lost them...
PREMIUM. Camping with teenagers has its ups and downs. I experienced both on a recent camping trip to Connemara, Co. Galway, but I kept my...
PREMIUM. The life and colour of Galway City in the summer are legendary. I've caught a few of my favourite Galway sights in watercolour over...
PREMIUM. Sometimes the sun arrives to stay for a while in Ireland and we remember what a paradise we live in. Here are a few...
PREMIUM. There are worse ways to spend a week than sketching Optimists in early spring sunshine in Baltimore, West Cork. As usual, the young sailors...
I sketched the Galway Bay Jazz Band and the swing dancing in Busker Brownes, Galway. There's no nicer way to spend a stormy day in...
PREMIUM. Drawing in public can be nerve-wracking when you start, but not only have I encountered great kindness in the onlookers I've met, they're often...
PREMIUM. Sketching for mindfulness is a powerful tool. I'm a nervous flier and not alone does sketching takes my mind off fears of imminent death,...
PREMIUM. The Fishery Watchtower in the heart of Galway City is an intriguing little museum full of original architectural features and lots of information about...
A city on the sea like Galway is always full of wonderful sketching opportunities...but on a cold winter's day sketching the city of the tribes...
Most people passing through Kilcolgan on the busy N18 never venture off it. My exhibition in Gort Library from 11/09 - 17/10 2015 shows its...
PREMIUM. Galway Hookers, traditional boats of Ireland's West Coast, were once a vital part of Galway's trade and economy. Their beauty and glory are celebrated...
PREMIUM. I grew up beside Powerscourt Waterfall, near Bray, a seaside town on Ireland's East Coast. I took my children on a break there and...
PREMIUM. My husband's mother gave us some gorgeous furniture, which my brother-in-law brought to us from England. We spent a week fishing and hiking together...
PREMIUM. Thoor Ballylee in Co. Galway is known as Yeats' Tower, because it once belonged to the great Irish poet. It has re-opened to the...
PREMIUM. Kinsale is a beautiful town in Cork. The Munster Optimist Championships were held in May and I was proud to see my children take...
The Coconut harvesters of Mauritius risk their lives to bring us their bounty - and to let Róisín sketch them at their work.
PREMIUM. Fiona Godfrey has painted the tropical landscape of Jamaica for 25 years. Life as a painter on a Caribbean island isn't always easy, however....
PREMIUM. Róisín describes the Optimist dinghy training event which takes place in Baltimore, county Cork every year. This significant event, taking place in February really...
Róisín talks to Kelly's Oysters after 60 years in business in the west of Ireland and hears how they struggled and overcame in the early...
Róisín Curé describes how in Galway, the City of the Tribes, the magic is enduring.
PREMIUM. Róisín describes her sketching experience in Nice during a short break with sun, strong shapes and shadows - and Bouillabaisse!
PREMIUM. Róisín sketches an old Galway institution, McCambridge's : an emporium of aroma
PREMIUM. Róisín sketches the world famous Clarenbridge Oyster Festival
Róisín talks about finding paradise on a sandy beach in Mauritius
PREMIUM. Róisín sketches Jim Rooney, Mick Daly and Arty McGlynn in Ballindereen, Galway
Artist interview with Wanderarti: Róisín Curé
Róisín paints the botanical garden Pamplemousses in Mauritius, including its famous giant lilies
Painting the giant lilies in the Bassin aux Nénuphars, the Botanical Gardens, Pamplemousses, Mauritius
PREMIUM. Róisín describes Tyrone House and its past through watercolour