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Foreign Relatives Enrich Your Life January 10, 2019 Róisín 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, 2018 Róisín 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, 2018 Róisín 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, 2018 Róisín 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, 2018 Róisín 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, 2018 Róisín 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, 2018 Róisín 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, 2018 Róisín 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, 2017 Róisín 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 ...
Sketching Seafest 2017: Celebrating Our Seas in Ink and Watercolour July 19, 2017 Róisín Curé
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 day of great colour and ...
Banishing Bad Hair Days: Sketching at a Dog Grooming Championship November 2, 2016 Róisín Curé
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 sketch at the IPDGA annual ...
The Ballad of Seán and Orla and Other Stories: a Weekend in Nice, France October 12, 2016 Róisín Curé
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, for a sunny weekend.
Iron, Zinc and Pure Gold: Culture Night 2016 in Galway September 19, 2016 Róisín Curé
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 get a dose of culture. ...
Till Death Do Us Part: Sketching and a Family Wedding September 13, 2016 Róisín Curé
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 the more memorable by my ...
Sketching Koi Carp: My Way To Mourn August 19, 2016 Róisín Curé
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 recently due to our own ...
Family Camping in Connemara: Better Bring the Paints August 12, 2016 Róisín Curé
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 serenity with a bit of ...
Sketching Life and Colour of Galway City June 28, 2016 Róisín Curé
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 the last couple of weeks.
Summer Sketching in Galway – A Week in Paradise June 3, 2016 Róisín Curé
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 of my sketches of a ...
Sketching Optimists in Spring Sunshine: Sailing Week in Baltimore, West Cork February 22, 2016 Róisín Curé
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 greatly impressed.
Sketching Jazz in Galway – Things Hot Up with the Cool Cats February 1, 2016 Róisín Curé
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 January.