Travel

Sketching in Morocco: September 13th – 21st & September 23rd – October 1st 2021 July 12, 2020Róisín Curé
A Dream Sketching Holiday Are you dreaming of your next sketching trip? Cast your mind to nine days in Morocco: the desert, the food, the architecture, the oases, the date palms, ...
Festive Fun in Dublin City, and a Grudge Match December 22, 2019Róisín Curé
A Christmas Shopping Safari One crisp, cold winter’s night a few weeks ago, in Dublin on a sketching trip, I came to the end of South Anne Street, entered Grafton Street ...
Prints from “An Urban Sketcher’s Galway” December 16, 2019Róisín Curé
Beautifully presented giclée prints for sale this Christmas
Compostela Ilustrada! Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 8th-10th November 2019 November 13, 2019Róisín Curé
I have just returned from the beautiful medieval city of Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain, where I attended the fabulous Compostela Ilustrada sketching event. (Warning: this may be an ...
Urban Sketching Indoors: Workshop in Galway 24th-26th October 2019 August 10, 2019Róisín Curé
(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 confirmed.) The end of the clement ...
The 10th International Urban Sketching Symposium, Amsterdam, July 24th-27th 2019 August 2, 2019Róisín Curé
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, Portugal, in July 2018. One ...
A Week in Sweltering Amsterdam with My Family August 2, 2019Róisín Curé
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 unusual in that we occasionally ...
A Watercolour Sketching Workshop in Haarlem, 19th-21st July 2019 July 31, 2019Róisín Curé
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 ...
Winter Urban Sketching: Workshop in Galway 24th-26th October 2019 July 2, 2019Róisín Curé
Introduction to Urban Sketching 18th-20th October 2019
Book: An Urban Sketcher’s Galway June 2, 2019Róisín Curé
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 wonderful time drawing and writing ...
Water & Waves In Watercolour… May 21, 2019Róisín Curé
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 manage it in this hidden ...
Foreign Relatives Enrich Your Life January 10, 2019Róisín Curé
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 many ways. I feel very ...
The Róisín and Sharon Tour of the Irish Coast – Sketching for Bluefish Part 1 October 28, 2018Róisín Curé
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 went and how I ...
Sketching A Love Letter To Porto: 9th USk Symposium 2018 August 6, 2018Róisín Curé
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 in love with the city…
SeaFest 2018: Sketching An Event Right First Time July 11, 2018Róisín Curé
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 make sure I don’t need ...
SeaFest 2018: Sketching Sizzling Sun and Splashy Fun on Galway Docks July 7, 2018Róisín Curé
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 complete without an official urban ...
A Sketch Tour of the Algarve, Portugal April 10, 2018Róisín Curé
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 way beyond everything I’d imagined. ...
Away From It All: Sketching in Schull, West Cork March 3, 2018Róisín Curé
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 be a sleepy little town ...
Keeping Up With The Curés – Holiday Special (in Sketches) January 10, 2018Róisín Curé
The end-of-year holiday over Christmas and New Year provides a great opportunity for sketching family, one of which I take full advantage.
Farewell to the French Riviera! Watercolour Memories of Nice August 16, 2017Róisín Curé
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 happy week helping my mother ...