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...
View ArticleNot 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....
View ArticleMy 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...
View ArticleSummer 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,...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleHow 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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