SKETCH WALK!
It's time for our annual sketch walk to celebrate International Urban Sketchers Week! A whole day of sketching, beginning at 11am and ending at 4pm, followed by a meet-up in the pub to share our artwork and celebrate the day's sketching. Green is the official colour of Urban Sketchers Week this year, so if you like you can go with a green theme, feel free to draw whatever you like!
Bring your drawing materials, a stool, water, anything else you think you might need. It may be chilly. so bring layers, and a raincoat just in case! Also sunglasses and sunscreen. Be prepared for any and all weathers.
There is nowhere to buy food in St Stephen’s Green, so it might be a good idea to bring a packed lunch, or pick up something as we go along Dawson Street to eat in the park.
Looking forward to seeing you on the day!
Locations
11.00 Morrison Chambers, Dawson Street.
With its distinctive copper dome, this was built in 1903 as the Irish headquarters of the North British Assurance Company.
Also, Hodges Figges, 7 Dawson Street. Originally a residence, built in 1734.
11.45 Mansion House Chambers, 26-28 Dawson Street.
Notable for its striking bay windows, this was built circa 1911 as a commercial building.
The Mansion House – official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin - is just down the street, and the lovely façade of St Anne’s Church.
12.15 St Stephen’s Green – WB Yeats memorial garden.
The terraced stone seating was designed to reflect Yeats’ work as both a poet and a playwright, providing a space for people to gather for performances.
13.00 LUNCH!
We will stay in the Green for lunch, so you can either bring lunch, or you can step out and get lunch nearby, and return for the next location, which is:
13.45 St Stephen’s Green - Superintendant’s Lodge.
Built in the 1870s, it played a role in the 1916 Easter Rising, occupied for a time by Cumann mBan (The Irish Women’s Council).
If you like you can step out the gate and find the crossroads of Harcourt and Cuffe streets, and the Dublin Unitarian Church.
14.30 The National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace.
Originally built for the Dublin International Exhibition of Arts and Manufacture of 1865, the structure was converted into the central building of University College Dublin. In 1981 part of the building was converted and reopened as the NCH.
15.15 Adelaide Road Presbytarian Church.
Junction of Adelaide Road and Earlsfort Terrace. The Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital is just a couple of minutes east down Adelaide Road and the lovely Harcourt Terrace is around the corner.
16.00 PUB!
Downstairs bar of the Weatherspoons Keaven’s Port Hotel, Camden Street Upper. Gather to admire each others sketches, and celebrate International Urban Sketchers Week
