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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.
Sketches done around Castleknock on Sunday, 29th Oct. 2023
Sketches at Chapelizod on Sunday 29th October 2023.
On Sunday, 29th of
October Dublin Sketchers will sketch at St. Laurence’s Church, Chapelizod (8MX4+W4
Dublin) from 2pm and meet for drinks at 4pm in The Mullingar House (8MX5+82
Dublin).
Chapelizod is a village preserved within Dublin. The
village lies in the lap of the rich and wooded valley of the Liffey and is
overlooked by the high grounds of the beautiful Phoenix Park on the one side,
and by the ridge of the Palmerstown hills on the other. Thus was
Chapelizod described in 1851 by the renowned Gothic horror writer, Joseph
Sheridan Le Fanu, former resident of the old village, in the introduction to
his collection, Ghost Stories of Chapelizod. Chapelizod is also full of
character, especially the seemingly gravity-defying gardens that slope
spectacularly down to the Liffey, adjacent to the Anna Livia Bridge in the
heart of the village.
The village is simple
in layout with its church and medieval tower having housing clustered around
it, a wedge-shaped square lined with tall eighteenth and later nineteenth and
twentieth century buildings and terraced streets and laneways. It retains its
footprint, narrow plot widths, the profile, and facades of its eighteenth and
nineteenth century buildings, all of which contribute to its eclectic character.
Unlike the Georgian squares and Victorian suburbs of Dublin City, Chapelizod
has an informality and organic morphology. It possesses a great range of
buildings and building styles. Great opportunity to sketch Chapelizod with
numerous intriguing subjects.
#dublinsketchers
#urbansketchers.
Sketches from Sunday, Oct. 22nd 2023 , from around O'Connell St.
Pat McA
John C.
Emma FitzP.
Hari
Aisha
Olly
Chris
Mandy
Alice
Betty
Kasper
Prabu
Trina
Sheila M.
Christine
Sketches at O'Connell Street on Sunday 22nd October 2023.
Dublin’s widest avenue with
interesting architecture like the General Post office, numerous sculptures and
monuments like the Spire, the statue of Daniel O’connell. Great opportunity to
sketch the most happening place of Dublin with a lot of people, activities, and
shops.
#dublinsketchers #urbansketchers
If it’s your first time out and
you can’t spot
anyone at 2pm, just choose something to sketch and get stuck in. Keep your eyes
open for anyone carrying a sketchbook and say hello. It's a friendly crowd who
you’ll get
to know over a drink from 4pm. Don't worry if you're late, most of us usually
are! Please bring your own paper and pens/pencils etc.
If you would like your sketch to be added to the
website, email it to dublinsketchers@gmail.com or post it to the Dublin
Sketchers Social WhatsApp group if you are on that. Please edit your image so
that it is low res and properly oriented for posting to the website. If you are
posting your sketch on Instagram please #dublinsketchers
#urbansketchers.
Hope to see you there!
Sketches at and around the Waterfall at Dartry on the Dodder on Sunday Oct 15th. 2023
Pat McA
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