Learn To Sketch From Life – Through Zoom!
Last March, I was teaching art to children, and the class was into its third or fourth session. One day, as I was wrapping up class, one of the mums approached me. “My friend works in the health...
View ArticleStill Messing About In Boats
Sunday 21st June There’s a place I have sketched many times. It is called Killeenaran Quay. It has colourful boats and a wall with a bridge, and sea and seaweed, and loads of sky that is usually a...
View ArticleGlorious Colour and Beautiful Line
Friday 26th June “For every old sock, there’s an old shoe.” I stop by a French bakery on the outskirts of Galway City, wait in a socially-distant queue and buy all the pastries I can reasonably buy...
View ArticleSketching in Morocco: September 13th – 21st & September 23rd...
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, the people. In...
View ArticleThe Lockdown Is Over (For Now)
Tuesday 21st July I dropped my children, Paddy (18) and Liv (16) to the sailing club to start their new jobs as sailing instructors. It was a grey day but I had been sketching in a 5km radius, or less,...
View ArticleZoom Autumn Term
Sketch Along 1 Over an hour and a half, you will draw and paint along with me as I make a fully-guided sketch. I describe in detail what I am doing as I go along, and share tips about the methods used....
View ArticleSummertime…And The Sketching Is Soothing
Saturday 15th August I’m restless. I want to make the most of my free Saturday. It’s warm, but not so sunny. I want to go into town to sketch the Potter’s Market, which will be in Galway City for just...
View ArticleProduct: Sketch With Roisin Urban Sketching Kit
I am very excited to announce that my urban sketching kits are now available for pre-order The post Product: Sketch With Roisin Urban Sketching Kit appeared first on Róisín Curé Online Art Magazine.
View ArticleStill Messing About In Boats
Sunday 21st June There’s a place I have sketched many times. It is called Killeenaran Quay. It has colourful boats and a wall with a bridge, and sea and seaweed, and loads of sky that is usually a...
View ArticleGlorious Colour and Beautiful Line
Friday 26th June “For every old sock, there’s an old shoe.” I stop by a French bakery on the outskirts of Galway City, wait in a socially-distant queue and buy all the pastries I can reasonably buy...
View ArticleSketching in Morocco: September 13th – 21st & September 23rd...
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, the people. In...
View ArticleThe Lockdown Is Over (For Now)
Tuesday 21st July I dropped my children, Paddy (18) and Liv (16) to the sailing club to start their new jobs as sailing instructors. It was a grey day but I had been sketching in a 5km radius, or...
View ArticleSummertime…And The Sketching Is Soothing
Saturday 15th August I’m restless. I want to make the most of my free Saturday. It’s warm, but not so sunny. I want to go into town to sketch the Potter’s Market, which will be in Galway City for just...
View ArticleProduct: Sketch With Roisin Urban Sketching Kit
I am very excited to announce that my urban sketching kits are available for pre-order, and will be sent out by 8th November. There are only six available at the moment but within a couple of weeks I...
View ArticleZoom Spring Term
Sketch Clinic Over an hour and a half, you will draw and paint along with me as I make a fully-guided sketch. There will be a 10-minute coffee break after an hour and a half, followed by an informal...
View ArticleNature…In All Its Glory
Hotel For Wasps? My bedroom has been a mess of late. When I say “of late” I mean for the last ten or fifteen years. In that time, my amazing daughter Liv has grown to be a formidable young woman: she...
View ArticleSchedule 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 –...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleMy 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...
View ArticleMy 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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