29th January sketching in The Brazen Head Pub from 2pm and meet at 4pm in one of their back rooms.

It's Trad Fest!

On Sunday the 29th of January Dublin Sketchers will sketch in The Brazen Head Pub from 2pm and meet for coffee / pint / drinks at 4pm in one of their back rooms, which are typically less busy.

Please remember to spend some money if you are sketching all afternoon in the pub! They serve food.

This week's optional challenge is to draw a musician or incorporate a tune into your sketch.

It's due to rain on Sunday, but if not, there's always the quay, Christ Church cathedral or the remains of the viking settlement, oh, I mean Dublin City Council offices....to sketch outside.

If it’s your first time out and you can’t spot anyone who looks like a sketcher at 2pm, just choose something to draw and get stuck in. Keep your eyes open for anyone carrying a sketchbook and say hello. New people come along almost every week so don't be shy about introducing yourself.  It's a nice friendly gathering and you'll get know us over coffee from 4pm. Don't worry if you're late, most of us usually are! You need to bring your own paper and pens/pencils etc.

http://www.brazenhead.com/

From 4pm, we'll gather for a pint / cup of tea coffee in one of the back rooms, which are typically less busy. A bunch of people who look like sketchers will magically appear.
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Hope to see you there!

Dublin Sketchers


Help Needed

Dublin Sketchers has been going almost ten years and works because of a simple formula of someone choosing the weekly location and coffee shop for the meet up afterwards, and a constellation of sketchers turning up and ....sketching.

Can you help make it happen? We are looking for people to organise a month of locations and share the information via this website, a mailing list and Facebook.

There's a tradition that each week, people's sketches are photographed and put on the blog. Would you like to help with that? Again, it would be nice to have a different person each month.

If you want to help out please email dublinsketchers at gmail dot com saying which month you can do and whether its locations or photography. We can then send you information on how to do it.

Sketches from Crawford Exhibition and Chester Beatty

Lucky for us, the Crawford Exhibition was free entry for the day, and they let us sketch even though the exhibition was busy. Others chose the Chester Beatty Library while a few ventured outside on a pleasant January day. Most people hopefully found the coffee shop.

Aideen

Alice

Balaz

Balaz

Chris

Christine

Ina

Isabelle Adrian James

Jane

Liam

Mark

Mary

Mauro

Mawusi Des Jessica

Owen

Pat

Patricia

Peter Richard

Rajee

Vivion Mary

Slap your Name on your Sketch Book!

A friendly request to put your name on your sketch book - it makes life easier for the photographers ... and is a handy way to get to know people's names!

Donations for website

Roughly once a year we ask for a €2 donation from active Dublin Sketchers for the maintenance of the www.dublinsketchers.com website.

If you are regular, please give €2 to Jessica in the next few weeks.

Sunday the 22nd January at the Crawford Gallery exhibition in Dublin Castle or the Chester Beatty Library from 2pm and meet for coffee at 4pm in The Dublin Castle Coffee Shop.

On Sunday the 22nd January Dublin Sketchers will sketch at the Crawford Gallery exhibition in Dublin Castle or the Chester Beatty Library from 2pm and meet for coffee at 4pm in The Dublin Castle Coffee Shop.

If it’s your first time out and you can’t spot anyone who looks like a sketcher at 2pm, just choose something to draw and get stuck in. Keep your eyes open for anyone carrying a sketchbook and say hello. New people come along almost every week so don't be shy about introducing yourself.  It's a nice friendly gathering and you'll get know us over coffee from 4pm. Don't worry if you're late, most of us usually are! You need to bring your own paper and pens/pencils etc.

There's 2 options for this weeks sketching. The Crawford Gallery exhibition in Dublin Castle (which has an entry fee. I can't see on their website how much, but I think it's €5) and Chester Beatty Library (which is free).

Here's some info about the Crawford Exhibition.
http://www.dublincastle.ie/NewsEvents/Title,36980,en.htm

From 4pm, we'll gather for a coffee at The Dublin Castle Coffee Shop which is located inside Dublin Castle. A bunch of people who look like sketchers will magically appear.

This week's optional challenge is to sketch using your weaker hand.

Hope to see you there!

Drawings from our visit to IMMA and the Royal Hospital Kilmainham 15th January 2017

We had a huge turnout for our meeting at IMMA on 17 January.  Our usual photographer wasn't there, so the quality of the photographs isn't great, but it was the best I could manage.  I think I missed a few people too, so apologies for that also. 
Adrain

Alice

Dave

Delan

Des

Erin

Harry

Ina

Jane

John C

Laura

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Mandy

Marian

Marie Helene

Mary

Mauro

Owen

Pat

Ricahrd

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Dublin Sketchers 15th January IMMA from 2pm and IMMA coffee shop at 4pm

On Sunday the 15th of January Dublin Sketchers will sketch in the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Kilmainham from 2pm and meet for coffee in the IMMA coffee shop at 4pm.

PLEASE also read the next post about a TRIP to the ARAN ISLANDS....

The loose starting point is the foyer of IMMA.

This week's optional challenge is to incorporate a snippet of over-heard conversation in your sketch. People say great things when looking at modern art.

If it’s your first time out and you can’t spot anyone who looks like a sketcher at 2pm, just choose something to draw and get stuck in. Keep your eyes open for anyone carrying a sketchbook and say hello. New people come along almost every week so don't be shy about introducing yourself.  It's a nice friendly gathering and you'll get know us over coffee from 4pm. Don't worry if you're late, most of us usually are! You need to bring your own paper and pens/pencils etc.

Here's a website http://www.imma.ie/

From 4pm, we'll gather for a coffee at IMMA coffee shop in the basement. A bunch of people who look like sketchers will magically appear.

Hope to see you there!
Dublin Sketchers trip to Inis Oirr (Aran Islands) 2-5 Feb

It is proposed that a loose gathering of sketchers heads to Inis Oirr, the smallest of the Aran Islands, for Thursday 2th - Sunday 5th February. 

Loose plan is to go, stay, feed ourselves and sketch, with everyone pitching in to make it happen.

This plan is taking shape because Pat has connections with the island and her people. 

Paddy Crowe, the manager of the island cooperative, says the island is quiet this time of year so we are waiting to see if anything will be open!

Interested?
We are emailing now to see if people are interested. Please email by 7pm on Sunday 15th January if you are interested to participate. 

Getting there
You'll need to get there! 

Transport from Dublin city to Galway city: Various buses from Dublin city such as 'Go Bus' www.gobus.ie (13 Euro one-way)or the train www.irishrail.ie

Once people have said they would like to participate, car sharing from Dublin could take shape.

Transport from Galway city to Inis Oirr: By ferry or plane http://aerarannislands.ie/ a bus is provided by these companies to take you to either the ferry terminal at Rossaveal, Co Connemara or to the airport in Connemara.

The ferry from Rossaveal is www.aranislandferries.com

Accomodation
There will be some. We are looking to see whether it will be a hostel or B&B. Accomodation is limited at this time of year, as it is out of season. If we stay in the hostel you might need to provide your own bedding and towels.

Food
If we stay in the hostel it will be self catering. Everyone will need to help out with cooking, washing up etc. We'll hatch a plan about what to eat, make a lovely shopping list, and bring all our food with us to the Island. Each of us will need to carry a back of food with their luggage from the main land to the Island.

Weather
There will be a lot of weather off the west coast of Ireland in early February. You will need to dress for it! And it might just rain all weekend.

Location
Inis Oirr, the smallest of the the Aran Islands, very beautiful, in Galway Bay, off the coasts of Connemara, Co Galway and the Burren Clare.

The island
Grey Karst limestone rock pavement throughout with tiny fields and 100's miles of dry stone walls, cows, sheds, fishing boats, nets and lobster pots. The sea is everywhere under a big sky. The highest point of the island is O'Brien's castle looking out to sea where they used tax incoming Spanish ships by taking barrels of wine. St Gobnait's (protector of bees) little early Irish Christian church lies in ruins and St Caomhan's church too, which appeared one night after a great storm took away the surrounding sand. There is an historic burial site, holy wells, the road of the 7 sisters etc. The Plassey ship (seen in the TV series, Father Ted) lies on the east shore washed up on the rocks after the islanders saved everyone on board. You can see the Burren and Connemara across the bay and the lights of Galway city in the distance at night. The island also has a thriving cooperative and an art centre-Aras Eanna.

Solititude and Sketching
Going at this time of the year will guarantee a level of solitude and sparse bleakness, which in itself is most beautiful, away from the Summer crowds, and a time for meditation, being with fellow sketchers and most importantly having the time to draw and to paint.

Schedule
Like on Sundays, the schedule will be very loose, with participants participating to make it happen. 

Costs
There will be costs. Like - accommodation, transport, food, beer. Like on Sundays, we're all individually responsible.

Sketches from the Hugh Lane Gallery, Sunday Jan. 8th 2017


                                                                         By John C.





2 By Owen


3  By Ina

By Linda



3  By Marie Helene.

By Adrian

By  Mauro

By Pat


2  By Barra

By Chris



2 By Mary S.

BY Oona

By Mary O C.



Four by Alice