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Urban Sketching Indoors: Workshop in Galway 24th-26th October 2019
(Update: this workshop is now fully booked. Workshops planned for Haarlem, Netherlands, June 2020; Kent, UK, September 2020; Turin, Italy, October 2020. Dates to be...
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The 10th International Urban Sketching Symposium, Amsterdam, July 24th-27th 2019
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,...
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A Week in Sweltering Amsterdam with My Family
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...
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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...
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Winter Urban Sketching: Workshop in Galway 24th-26th October 2019
Introduction to Urban Sketching 18th-20th October 2019
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Book: An Urban Sketcher’s Galway
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...
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Water & Waves In Watercolour…
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...
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Foreign Relatives Enrich Your Life
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...
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The Róisín and Sharon Tour of the Irish Coast – Sketching for Bluefish Part 1
PREMIUM. Fungie the Dolphin, escaping crabs and doomed oysters, moody surfers - I sketched them all during my trip around the Irish coast. Hear how...
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Sketching A Love Letter To Porto: 9th USk Symposium 2018
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...
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SeaFest 2018: Sketching An Event Right First Time
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...
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SeaFest 2018: Sketching Sizzling Sun and Splashy Fun on Galway Docks
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...
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A Sketch Tour of the Algarve, Portugal
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...
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Away From It All: Sketching in Schull, West Cork
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...
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Keeping Up With The Curés – Holiday Special (in Sketches)
The end-of-year holiday over Christmas and New Year provides a great opportunity for sketching family, one of which I take full advantage.
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Farewell to the French Riviera! Watercolour Memories of Nice
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...
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Sketching Seafest 2017: Celebrating Our Seas in Ink and Watercolour
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...
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Banishing Bad Hair Days: Sketching at a Dog Grooming Championship
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...
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The Ballad of Seán and Orla and Other Stories: a Weekend in Nice, France
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,...
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Iron, Zinc and Pure Gold: Culture Night 2016 in Galway
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...
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Till Death Do Us Part: Sketching and a Family Wedding
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...
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Sketching Koi Carp: My Way To Mourn
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...
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Family Camping in Connemara: Better Bring the Paints
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...
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Sketching Life and Colour of Galway City
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...
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Summer Sketching in Galway – A Week in Paradise
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...
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Sketching Optimists in Spring Sunshine: Sailing Week in Baltimore, West Cork
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...
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Sketching Jazz in Galway – Things Hot Up with the Cool Cats
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...
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Drawing in Public: Feel the Fear and Sketch it Anyway
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...
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Sketching for Mindfulness: or, Asylum Drawing
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,...
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Discovering a Treasure: The Fishery Watchtower, Galway
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...
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Sketching the City of the Tribes
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...
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Beyond the N18: Hidden Kilcolgan – Art Exhibition in Gort Library, 11th-17th October 2015
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...
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Cruinniú na mBád: Galway Hookers in Kinvara – Grace and Beauty in Blackberry and Oxblood
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...
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It’s A Knockout: Family Harmony on the East Coast of Ireland
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...
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A Week in the Summer, Galway Style
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...
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Yeats’ Tower, Thoor Ballylee, Re-Opens Amid 150th Birthday Celebrations
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...
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Optimist Sailing in Kinsale, Co. Cork: My Kids Are Alone On The Ocean!
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...
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Sketching Coconut Harvesting in Mauritius
The Coconut harvesters of Mauritius risk their lives to bring us their bounty - and to let Róisín sketch them at their work.
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Painting in Jamaica: A Tropical Odyssey with Fiona Godfrey
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....
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Optimist Dinghy Sailing – More Messing About In Boats
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...
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Kelly’s Oysters at 60: A Story of Determination
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...
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The party refuses to end in the City of the Tribes
Róisín Curé describes how in Galway, the City of the Tribes, the magic is enduring.
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A Week in Provence…I’d Prefer a Year: A Sketching Experience in Nice
PREMIUM. Róisín describes her sketching experience in Nice during a short break with sun, strong shapes and shadows - and Bouillabaisse!
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McCambridge’s, Galway: An Emporium of Aroma
PREMIUM. Róisín sketches an old Galway institution, McCambridge's : an emporium of aroma
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Pearls of Our Ocean: Sketching the Clarenbridge Oyster Festival
PREMIUM. Róisín sketches the world famous Clarenbridge Oyster Festival
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Next Year in Paradise? A Sandy Beach in Mauritius
Róisín talks about finding paradise on a sandy beach in Mauritius
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Music To My Ears: Sketching Jim Rooney, Mick Daly and Arty McGlynn
PREMIUM. Róisín sketches Jim Rooney, Mick Daly and Arty McGlynn in Ballindereen, Galway
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Artist Interview with Wanderarti
Artist interview with Wanderarti: Róisín Curé
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Painting the Botanical Garden Pamplemousses, Mauritius, in Watercolour
Róisín paints the botanical garden Pamplemousses in Mauritius, including its famous giant lilies
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Video: Painting the Giant Lilies in the Pamplemousses Gardens, Mauritius
Painting the giant lilies in the Bassin aux Nénuphars, the Botanical Gardens, Pamplemousses, Mauritius
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Discover Tyrone House, Co. Galway in Watercolour
PREMIUM. Róisín describes Tyrone House and its past through watercolour
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