Sunday 12th May - 11am, 14 Henrietta Street; 2pm, Capel Street

On Sunday 12th of May, at 11 am, Dublin Sketchers have been invited to sketch at 14 Henrietta Street. We will have access to the garden and the kitchen space. As there are tours going, we won't have access to all rooms. Please note that you need to be at the door no later than 11 am if you want to get in, as the Museum's staff will be busy with tours. If you're planning to come, let us know by adding a comment to the blog here, so we have an idea of how many people will be there in advance.

From 2pm, we will sketch around the Capel Street area and meet for drinks at 4pm in Slatterys on Capel Street. A bunch of sketchers will magically appear.

If it’s your first time out and you can’t spot anyone, 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. You need to bring your own paper and pens/pencils etc.

A summary of the locations and times:

11 am: 14 Henrietta Street

2pm: Capel Street

4pm: Slattery's, Capel Street.

Hope to see you there!

(Almost) Every location in Dublin can be associated with James Joyce's Ulysses, so read on if you're taking part in the ...

Olives, Oysters and Oranges sketchbook project 2019

From Capel Street, you're only a stone's throw from Little Britain Street, where the scene where Bloom confronts the Citizen and his dog, Garryowen, in Barney Kiernan's, takes place. This is a pub scene, lots of drinks, pints, porter, and with questions of nationality, belonging, otherness, ... 

— Could you make a hole in another pint?
— Could a swim duck? says I.
— Same again, Terry, says Joe. Are you sure you won't have anything in the way of liquid refreshment? says he.
— Thank you, no, says Bloom.

If you want a little inspiration, this link will bring you to a short video The Cyclops.

Between April and June, Dublin Sketchers will sketch in some of the places that appear in James Joyce’s Ulysses, which takes place on one day in Dublin in 1904. That day is celebrated every year as Bloomsday, 16^th June.

The Olives, Oysters and Oranges sketchbook project will take inspiration from Ulysses,and in particular the references of food in Ulysses. Our work will parallel the exhibition of the same name at the Olivier Cornet Gallery. The title for this project is taken from Flicka Small’s current research into the semiotics of food in Ulysses.

The sketchbooks will be exhibited upstairs at the Olivier Cornet Gallery on 15^th and 16^th of June, during the Bloomsday Festival. If you don’t want to exhibit your sketches, that is totally fine. Just come out with Dublin Sketchers as usual.

The sketchbooks will be a record of time and place, now and then. They will reveal Ulysses, one drawing at a time.

How do I integrate food into my sketching? How do I link the locations we sketch at and the text from Ulysses? These are a few questions you may have. The answer, of course is entirely up to you. You may be inspired by the text itself of course. The whole universe as we know it exists in Ulysses. You can search through Ulysses online. Or you may be inspired by the locations themselves.  Or let your imagination run wild. Whatever your approach, have fun. Just like Joyce had fun when writing Ulysses.

Sunday 5th of May - Sandycove and James Joyce Tower

On Sunday 5th of May, Dublin Sketchers will sketch in Sandycove near Forty Foot and the James Joyce Tower from 2pm and meet for drinks at 4pm in Fitzgerald's

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! You need to bring your own paper and pens/pencils etc.

Here's a website about the location http://www.joycetower.ie/

The martello tower is where James Joyce set the first chapter of his book Ulysses.
From a food perspective, this is breakfast time, 8:00 am, so think tea, sugar, milk, eggs, bread, butter and honey!
This short video, presented by Senator David Norris, gives some low down on the first chapter.
Note that there will be no reading of Ulysses, but if you have questions, there'll be a few of us there who can help! 
Also, the James Joyce Tower haven't got back to us yet about sketching inside the tower, but they were happy to have us there last year, so let's hope for the best!!

From 4pm, we'll gather for a drink at Fitzgerald's in Sandycove. A bunch of sketchers will magically appear.

Hope to see you there!

Olives, Oysters and Oranges sketchbook project 2019

Between April and June, Dublin Sketchers will sketch in some of the places that appear in James Joyce’s Ulysses, which takes place on one day in Dublin in 1904. That day is celebrated every year as Bloomsday, 16^th June.

The Olives, Oysters and Oranges sketchbook project will take inspiration from Ulysses,and in particular the references of food in Ulysses. Our work will parallel the exhibition of the same name at the Olivier Cornet Gallery. The title for this project is taken from Flicka Small’s current research into the semiotics of food in Ulysses.

The sketchbooks will be exhibited upstairs at the Olivier Cornet Gallery on 15^th and 16^th of June, during the Bloomsday Festival. If you don’t want to exhibit your sketches, that is totally fine. Just come out with Dublin Sketchers as usual.

The sketchbooks will be a record of time and place, now and then. They will reveal Ulysses, one drawing at a time.

How do I integrate food into my sketching? How do I link the locations we sketch at and the text from Ulysses? These are a few questions you may have. The answer, of course is entirely up to you. A few extracts from Ulysses will be read at key locations. You may be inspired by the text itself of course. The whole universe as we know it exists in Ulysses. You can search through Ulysses online. Or you may be inspired by the locations themselves.  Or let your imagination run wild. Whatever your approach, have fun. Just like Joyce had fun when writing Ulysses.

Sunday 28th April - Sketch Crawl inspired by James Joyce's Ulysses - Starting at 12 noon

Note about the weather: If the weather is too miserable, we'll take shelter in pubs and cafés and eat and drink our way through Ulysses! Updates will be on our WhatsApp and Instagram feeds

On Sunday 28 April, Dublin Sketchers are going on a sketch crawl inspired by James Joyce's epic book about Dublin - Ulysses. 

Midday - meet and quick sketch at Foot Locker on O'Connell Street. 

Walk down to .....

12.30pm - meet and quick sketch on the board walk by O'Connell Bridge on the north side of the River Liffey.

Walk down to ...

1.15pm - meet and quick sketch under the columns of the Bank of Ireland on College Green.

Walk down to ...

2.15pm meet and quick sketch around Davy Byrne's pub on Duke Street.

Walk down to ...

3.15pm meet and sketch outside Masonic Lodge on Molesworth Street. Or continue on to sketch outside the National Library on Kildare Street. 

If you want, you can draw on the theme of the Lestrygonians chapter of James Joyce's Ulysses. This short video gives some low down on the chapter. You can also take inspiration from the Scylla and Charybdis chapter that takes place in the National Library. Here's a short video about it. Both are presented by John Singleton.

If you're joining in the Olives, Oysters and Oranges sketchbook project, you might want to get a dedicated sketch book for it, or not, the choice is yours. 

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 over a drink in The Duke Pub on Duke Street.  

Olives, Oysters and Oranges sketchbook project 2019

Between April and June, Dublin Sketchers will sketch in some of the places that appear in James Joyce’s Ulysses, which takes place on one day in Dublin in 1904. That day is celebrated every year as Bloomsday, 16^th June.

The Olives, Oysters and Oranges sketchbook project will take inspiration from Ulysses, and in particular the references of food in Ulysses. Our work will parallel the exhibition of the same name at the Olivier Cornet Gallery. The title for this project is taken from Flicka Small’s current research into the semiotics of food in Ulysses.

The sketchbooks will be exhibited upstairs at the Olivier Cornet Gallery on 15^th and 16^th of June, during the Bloomsday Festival. If you don’t want to exhibit your sketches, that is totally fine. Just come out with Dublin Sketchers as usual.

The sketchbooks will be a record of time and place, now and then. They will reveal Ulysses, one drawing at a time.

How do I integrate food into my sketching? How do I link the locations we sketch at and the text from Ulysses? These are a few questions you may have. The answer, of course is entirely up to you. A few extracts from Ulysses will be read at key locations. You may be inspired by the text itself of course. The whole universe as we know it exists in Ulysses. You can search through Ulysses online. Or you may be inspired by the locations themselves.  Or let your imagination run wild. Whatever your approach, have fun. Just like Joyce had fun when writing Ulysses.

Sunday 7 April - Hugh Lane Gallery

On Sunday 7th of April, Dublin Sketchers will sketch at the Hugh Lane Gallery  (Parnell Square) from 2PM.

Meet around 4pm at the Old Music Shop on North Frederick Street.

If the weather brightens, there is a lot to sketch outdoors in the area, the Garden of Rembembrance, Hardwicke Street, Blessington Street, and of course Eccles Street (where Leopold Bloom's house was, at number 7, which sadly no longer exists). 

 

For those of you participating in the Olives, Oysters and Oranges Bloomsday 2019 project, this is an area rich in inspiration, where Leopold Bloom starts his day, in the Calypso chapter. And if you're thinking food, maybe start the day with breakfast in bed, or grilled kidneys!

Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liverslices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencods' roes. Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine.

Also, the Olivier Cornet Gallery is around the corner if you want to drop in. It will be the last day of their wonderful exhibition slip.flux.flock!

If it’s your first time out and you can’t spot anyone at 2PM just chose 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! You need to bring your own paper and pens/pencils etc.

 

 

Sunday 13th of May - Westland Row - sketching inspired by James Joyce's Ulysses

On Sunday 13th of May Dublin Sketchers are going to sketch around Westland Row. We will be inspired by James Joyce's epic book about Dublin - Ulysses.

Sketch by Pat

Note: this will not be a sketch crawl, but feel free to move around the area to explore the setting of the Lotus Eaters chapter!

If you want a bit of background to Ulysses and the Lotus Eaters chapter, meet on the steps of St Andrews Church at 2pm.

Spots of note:

Sweny's Chemist, at the top of Westland Row, where Bloom buys lemon soap. This location is available from 1 to 3pm. There is a reading in German at 2pm, but it's generally not too busy. The Italian reading at 3 is often busy so they would like us to make room for the Italian visitors by then.

St Andrews Church, referred to as All Hallows (just in case you're searching through the chapter). I have checked with one of the priests, and they are happy for us to sketch inside the church, but note that there is a mass from 2 to 3, so try to go in earlier or later. Preferably earlier as the priest told me that some of the other priests close the church after the mass on Sundays! So 1 to 2pm, preferably.

Note that Bloom enters the church "by the rere", which is on Cumberland Street South, an area that looks worth exploring!

Post Office near Pearse Station, where Bloom collects a letter from a lady friend. Unfortunately this no longer exists, but the Centra has a post office sign, so you could sketch in the café there, particularly if the weather is wet.

Pearse Station: there are some references to the trains passing by and to the station itself.

4pm meet for a drink in Kennedy's Pub at the top of Westland Row

If you want to, you can draw on the theme of the Lotus Eaters chapter from James Joyce's Ulysses. Short video below, presented by Jessica Peel-Yates.

If you're joining in the Ulysses sketch book project, you might want to get a dedicated sketch book for it. Or work on A4 or A3 loose leaf pages. 

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 over a drink in Kennedy's Pub at the top of Westland Row.  

Ulysses sketchbook project 2018

Between February and June, Dublin Sketchers will get down and dirty with James Joyce. We’ll sketch 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, 16^th June.  Here's an 18 minute intro to the whole book.

The Drawing on Joyce sketchbook project will take inspiration from Ulysses – the stories, the characters, the rumour and humour. We’ll sketch pubs, chemists and cafés. Parks, martello towers and cemeteries. The sketchbooks will be a record of time and place, now and then. They will reveal Ulysses, one drawing at a time.

The sketch books will be exhibited during the Bloomsday Festival. 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. Next project date will be Sunday 10th June.