February 15th, Grafton Street, Dublin 2

 

 

On Sunday afternoon, the 15th of February we will sketch in Grafton Street.

 

Grafton Street is one of the two principal shopping streets in Dublin city centre, the other being Henry Street. The street was named after Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, the illegitimate son of Charles II of England who owned land in the area.  The north end of the Street is most notable for the eighteenth-century Trinity College Provost’s House, home to the head of the college. Bewley’s Oriental Café is also a Grafton Street institution since its opening in 1927.

 

We will sketch from 2pm and at 4pm we will meet in the bar in The Duke Dublin in Duke Street. I will ask them to keep a space for us.

 

If it’s your first time, please say hello; we’re a friendly bunch. Just bring your materials and look out for people with sketchbooks.

Sketches from Marrakesh, February

Mena

Annah

Caroline

Caroline

Frank

Frank

Geraldine

Pat

Pat

 

Sketches from Molesworth Street February 8th

 

Yan Yi

Susan

Stephen

Richard

Pat

Olly

Nigel

Mogjan

Maya

Marie-Hélène

Mandy

Gráinne

Frank

Christophe

Caroline S

Caitriona

Anthony

Amélie

Aisha

February 8th, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2

 

 

On Sunday the 8th of February we will sketch in Molesworth Street, Dublin 2.
Molesworth Street is named after Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth and was originally an area known as "Molesworth Fields" before being laid out as a street in the 1720s.
One of the most important buildings is Freemasons' Hall, home of the Grand Lodge of Ireland designed by the architect Edward Holmes of Birmingham and completed in 1866 on the site of the townhouse of the first grandmaster, the Earl of Rosse.
Both houses of the Oireachtas are located in Leinster House, Kildare Street (there are good views of Leinster House from Molesworth Street).
E16 Molesworth Street is also home to The Molesworth Gallery, a contemporary art gallery that hosts regular exhibitions by leading Irish and international artists. 

We will sketch from 2pm and at 4pm we will meet in the bar in Buswells Hotel on the corner of Molesworth Street and Kildare Street. I have asked them to keep a space for us.

If it’s your first time, please say hello; we’re a friendly bunch. Just bring your materials and look out for people with sketchbooks.

🎨 Dublin Sketchers Drink and Draw

 🎨 Dublin Sketchers Drink and Draw 

On Monday, February 9, we will meet at 6pm at the Hendrick Hotel in Smithfield for a cosy evening, drawing portraits of each other. The event is free and all are welcome, but please mind:

🖌️ No outside food or drinks. You can buy from the hotel bar. 

🖌️ Bring your own art supplies. We recommend dry materials (pencils, pens, pastels, markers) because some of the sketches will be quick. 

🖌️ Ideally, each person gets to keep their portraits that other sketchers drew! So please bring a stack of *loose* paper to draw on, to distribute your sketches to the sketchees! We will provide some loose paper as a backup, and if you want to contribute any unused pads of loose paper, you are welcome to do so.

🖌️ Please respect the space and keep it clean. We'll be bringing table covers, but still want to be good guests to the hotel that is generously hosting us free of charge. 

🖌️ We'll be posting some photos on social media. If you don't want to appear, please mention to one of the admins 

✨See you there! ✨

Sketches from The Pepper Cannister Church, 1st February

Aurelie

Caroline

Gráinne

Mandy

Marie-Hélène

Maya

Mogjan

Neil

Nigel

Pat

Richard

Xavier

Yan Yi

 

February 1st, St Stephen's/the Pepper CAnister Church., Dublin 2

 

 

 

On Sunday the 1st of February we will sketch St Stephen’s / the Pepper Canister Church  D02 HC65 and its environs.
St Stephen’s Church of Ireland sits in the middle of Mount Street Crescent, at the end of Mount Street Upper, and very near the Grand Canal. St Stephen’s is affectionately named “The Pepper Canister” because of its distinctive domed cupola at the top of the tower.
We will sketch from 2pm and at 4pm we will meet in O’Connor’s Pub D2V998 in Mount Street Lower (Mount St Lower is parallel to Mount St Upper and O’Connor’s pub is a 4 minute walk from the Pepper Canister). The library space at the back of the pub is reserved for us.

The forecast is for a dry day but, if it does rain, we can sketch in the pub.

If it’s your first time, please say hello; we’re a friendly bunch. Just bring your materials and look out for people with sketchbooks.

Photo credit: Anglican Church in Dublin

Sketches from Winetavern Street 25th January

Caitriona

Christophe

Frank

Gráinne

John M

Maya

Mogjan

Nigel

Olly

Pat

Shwe

Sonya

Xavier

 

Paul