Dublin Sketchers get together every Sunday afternoon in Dublin to sketch. We go to a different place each week. Check here before hand to see where we are off to. Come along if you fancy it! We start sketching from 2pm and meet at 4pm for a drink and chat. We are part of the global Urban Sketchers community.
From Sunday 24th June
Dublin Sketchers sketched at the IWMG's Islandbridge in beautiful sunshine and had drinks after on the terrace if the Kilmainham Hotel under a large umbrella. Other Dublin Sketchers were attending Plein Air Dublin Festival on it's last day at Donabate.
Sketch by Betty
Sketch by Christine
Sketches by Louise
Sketches by Marina
Sketches by Mary S
Sketches by Pat
On Sunday 1st July 2018 the Dublin Sketchers will meet at Bray Dart station at 2 pm. Between 2 and 4 pm we will sketch on Bray seafront and harbor, and the Albert walk. As the weather is due to be good we can meet at 4 pm for a picnic on the Green between Butlers & Barry ( pub on Promenade) and the Dart Station.
As parking on Bray seafront can be difficult to find, especially on a Sunday when the weather is good, I would recommend that you use public transport where possible.
The Albert Walk is a colorful lane way on your left as you come out of Bray dart station, with interesting shop fronts, flowers growing along the side , plenty of activity not to mention coffee shops to sit outside and sketch!
If it’s your first time out and you can’t spot anyone who looks like a sketcher at 2 pm, 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, some of us usually are! You need to bring your own paper and pens/pencils.
So bring along a picnic and we will meet at 4 pm on the green patch of grass between Butlers and Barry's Pub (on the Bray Promenade) and the Dart station. There are public toilets nearby also finbees coffee shop and Ice cream parlors if you don't get the chance to bring a picnic.
As parking on Bray seafront can be difficult to find, especially on a Sunday when the weather is good, I would recommend that you use public transport where possible.
The Albert Walk is a colorful lane way on your left as you come out of Bray dart station, with interesting shop fronts, flowers growing along the side , plenty of activity not to mention coffee shops to sit outside and sketch!
The Promenade starts from the harbor near Martello Terrace, the childhood home of James Joyce, and ends at the base of Bray Head. The Promenade is a mile long walk along the seafront and commands magnificent views of Bray Head, The Sugarloaf and The Wicklow Mountains.
The Promenade dates back to Victorian times when William Dargan, the man who brought the rail to Bray, built it as part of his plan to turn Bray into a popular seaside resort. His endeavour's earned Bray the title ‘The Brighton of Ireland’.
So bring along a picnic and we will meet at 4 pm on the green patch of grass between Butlers and Barry's Pub (on the Bray Promenade) and the Dart station. There are public toilets nearby also finbees coffee shop and Ice cream parlors if you don't get the chance to bring a picnic.
Looking forward to seeing you there,
Aideen
Tues 26 June 6.30pm around Portobello bridge
Gorgeous sunny weather!
Sketching after work on Tues 26 June from 6.30pm around Portobello Bridge and pints in the George Bernard Shaw from 8.30pm.
See you there!
Sketching after work on Tues 26 June from 6.30pm around Portobello Bridge and pints in the George Bernard Shaw from 8.30pm.
See you there!
4PM 24th June 2018 meet for drinks Hilton Hotel Terrace
Change of 4PM drinks venue for Sunday 24th June 2018 to Hilton Hotel, Kilmainham outdoor verandah same general location as before.
Sunday 24th June 2018 Irish National War Memorial Gardens
Sunday 24th June 2018 Dublin Sketchers will be sketching at the Irish National War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge, D8 between 2PM and 4PM. Coffee 4PM at The Patriot’s Inn, opposite Kilmainham Jail
Irish National War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge, D8
The Irish National War Memorial Gardens at Islandbridge,
Dublin 8 are one of the most famous memorial gardens in Europe. Designed by
Edward Lutyens, architect and constructed in the 1930’s to commemorate the
Irish who died in WW1.
There’s mature trees, roses, a temple, a tall stone cross
and an altar, water basins with obelisks and four pavilions.
The river Liffey flows slowly past and is regularly used by
the nearby rowing clubs.
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, some of us usually
are! You need to bring your own paper and pens/pencils etc.
At
4PM we will meet at the Patriot’s Inn opposite Kilmainham Jail and the RHK west
entrance, uphill from the gardens.
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Sketches from Drimnagh Castle 17th June
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| Balazs |
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| Betty |
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| Christine |
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| Des |
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| Jen |
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| Louise |
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| Mary S |
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| Mary S |
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| Ulrika |
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| ... and Paella for everyone |
Drimnagh Castle 17th June 2018
Sunday 17th
June 2018 Dublin Sketchers will be sketching at Drimnagh Castle, Longmile Road,
Dublin 12 between 2PM and 4PM. Picnic 4PM.
Drimnagh Castle (www.drimnaghcastle.org
)is a medieval castle a short distance west of the centre of Dublin city. It
consists of a great hall, undercroft, tower, 17thc formal gardens and is surrounded by a moat.
There’s medieval insignia, wood and stone carvings, arches and vaults, bridge,
folly, decorative tiles, ducks, trees, hedges, herbal plants, flowers and the
resident ghost, Eleanora,
Public transport: Buses 18, 151 and 56A stop directly
outside the castle. Buses 77A and 27 stop a 5 minute walk away (Eleanora pub).
The redline Luas stops at Bluebell and Kylemore each about a 10 minute walk
away.
There will be a picnic from 4PM. This will be a chicken
paella with rice, chorizo, peppers, onions and peas cooked on a large pan over
a wood fire. A small charge will be made to cover the cost of the food.
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 socially at the end of the sketching.
You need to bring your own paper and pens/pencils etc.
Sunday 10th June around Eccles Street // Ulysses Sketch Book Exhibition at 4pm
On Sunday 10th June from 2pm, Dublin Sketchers are going to sketch around Eccles Street and St George's Church on Temple Street. We will be inspired by James Joyce's epic book about Dublin - Ulysses.
At 4pm we will gather in the James Joyce Cultural Centre at 35 North Great George's Street for an exhibition of the Ulysses Sketch Book project that Dublin Sketchers have been participating in. Bring along your Joyce inspired sketch books / single leaf sketches.
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Note: this will not be a sketch crawl, but feel free to move around the area to explore - it's the setting for three chapters of Ulysses - known as Calypso, Ithaca and Penelope.
Fictional characters Leopold and Molly Bloom lived at number 7 Eccles Street, there's a plaque to mark the spot.
If it's your first time out .... bring your own paper and pens/pencils, turn up, say hello to anyone who looks like a sketcher and get stuck in! You'll meet everyone at 4pm in the James Joyce Centre.
Ulysses sketchbook project 2018
Between February and June, Dublin Sketchers have got down and dirty with James Joyce. We’ve sketched in some of the places that appear in his big book Ulysses – a 700 page crazy epic that takes place on one day in Dublin in 1904. That day is celebrated every year as Bloomsday, 16th June. Here's an 18 minute intro to the whole book.
The Drawing on Joyce sketchbook project took inspiration from Ulysses Рthe stories, the characters, the rumour and humour. We sketched pubs, chemists and caf̩s. Parks, martello towers and cemeteries. The sketchbooks are a record of time and place, now and then. They reveal Ulysses, one drawing at a time.
The sketch books will be exhibited during the Bloomsday Festival in the James Joyce Cultural Centre at 35 North Great George's Street. There will also be a Drawing on Joyce exhibition at the Olivier Cornet Gallery opening at 3pm on Sunday 10th June.
If you don’t want to exhibit your sketches, that is totally fine. Just come out with Dublin Sketchers as usual.
If you don’t want to exhibit your sketches, that is totally fine. Just come out with Dublin Sketchers as usual.
You can follow the development of the project on the website, and Twitter @DublinSketchers and @DrawingonJoyce.
If you can’t join the sketch crawls in Dublin, then tweet your related sketch during the week of the sketch out.
Sketches from Store Street Plaza, and also a few from the Tall Ships on Monday
An interesting location, lots of points of view. And great chats with all, old and new.
Alice
Mary S.
Mary S.
Pat
Ulrich, visiting from Bern
Christine
Mauro
Marie-Hélène
Aodh
Aideen
Aido (sorry if I misspelt your name!)
Ulrike
Marie-Hélène
Sarah
Sarah
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The Tall Ships_____________________________________________________________
Pat
Mary O 'C
Aodh
Ueli (1)
Ueli (3 & 4)
Ueli (5)
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