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Schedule and Topics for Class, September – December 2021
Welcome to my class schedule for the next few months. Everyone is welcome, whatever your level. Because you follow along with me, you won’t get lost. My aim is to encourage you to LOVE making art –...
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A Book Launch…with a difference
My new book has just been published. It’s called Dublin In Sketches And Stories, and it’ll be in the shops from tomorrow 20th October. I thought there was going to be a launch, but I was vague about...
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My Sketching Week 31st March – 8th April
Thursday 31st March In the morning, I spend a couple of hours in Galway City with my younger brother Cormac, who lives in the south of Spain. He is considering third-level education for his wonderful...
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My Sketching Week, 9th-15th April…The Fish Are Safe!
Saturday 9th April The day starts off really cold – in fact there is frost on the grass when I go outside to my studio. But it starts to look better and my youngest, Liv, and I head into Galway City....
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My Sketching Week: Easter with the Family 16th-22nd April
Saturday 16th April The subject for my sketchalong class is a well that my daughter stumbled upon in a field up the road from us in Kilcolgan. We get it all drawn, but have only got as far as the moss...
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Not A Lot Of Sketching Going On…April 23rd – May 6th
Saturday 23d April I am feeling feverish. I have class in the early afternoon, so I take two paracetamol – I never take anything at all, but I need to kick the fever as it’s too late to cancel class....
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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 late on Monday evening. I can’t get my view right – on the table they’re...
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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, while I wait for the kids (my girl Liv and her classmate and friend Mattie,...
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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 about barn owls. I ask my family if they would like to come along. “We’re...
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How I Fell In Love With France, 1975 -2022…& A Week at Clermont...
July 1975 I’m seven years old, I’m on a ferry to France with my parents and brothers and sisters for a camping holiday and I’m waaay overexcited. It’s an overnight trip and I am an early riser. I...
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