Sunday 6th February - Bray

Sunday 6th February Dublin Sketchers are going to sketch at the winter seaside town of Bray.

Please consider joining the Art and Sketching Trail organised by Signal Arts Centre, 1A Albert Avenue, Bray starting at 2PM outside the centre.

Red marker denotes Signal Arts Centre.
The Martello is close by.
The easily seen Bray Aquarium at the seafront is beside both.

Alternatively you can sketch anywhere in Bray.

If it’s your first time out and you can’t spot anyone at 1:30pm, 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 when we get together at 3:30pm. Don't worry if you're late, most of us usually are! You need to bring your own paper and pens/pencils etc.

 

Now with most of the restrictions lifted we can again meet inside for a drink and a chat.

Meet for drinks 4PM at the Martello, Strand Road on the seafront.

 

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're on Instagram, use #dublinsketchers #urbansketchers

Looking forward to seeing you there.

 

 

Sunday 16 August- Dublin Sketchers out on the streets

On Sunday 16 August Dublin Sketchers will be out and about in central Dublin to sketch (location below) or sketch locally to you if you prefer.

It goes without saying that everyone makes sure to keep 2 metres apart and follows government advice on Covid-19.

Here's a link to the government guidelines 

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/cf9b0d-new-public-health-measures-effective-now-to-prevent-further-spread-o/

Photo by Jens Grunert on Google Maps

 

 

From 2pm on Sunday 16 August Dublin Sketchers will sketch around Bray seafront. We can't let the summer slip away without going to the seaside! If you are new, get stuck in and keep your eye out for other people sketching and say "hello."

Rather than meeting in a pub or coffee shop, we'll gather outdoors to catch up and check out each other's work. At 4pm on Sun 16 August,  we'll gather on the grass near the Sea Life Bray Aquarium. If the weather is good, we might have to move a little further away, as Bray gets quite busy! If it's raining, we won't be meeting at 4.

Remember -

- Keep 2 metres apart.

- Don't touch other people's sketch books or share your sketching kit.

- If it's raining, we won't move indoors together. 

- Wear a face covering on public transport and in shops.

(There are public toilets on the promenade - there is a one-way system, so follow the signs)

If you can't make it into Bray, then why not stay local and sketch in your Dublin neighbourhood. 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.

Please remember to keep things socially distant.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

World Beach Art Project Session - Sunday 26th April 1pm at the Bray Sealife Aquarium

Suggestion...Hopefully the weather will be sunny this Sunday 11 degrees celcius as predicted by the weather reports so how about a day of making art to contribute to the Victoria and Albert online Beach Art Project and really putting the Dublin entry on the map check it out here


Meet at 1pm at the Bray Sealife Aquarium

Address:National SEA LIFE centre, Strand Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland

Directions:
By car: Enter Bray, follow signs for the seafront/SEA LIFE. Paid parking available in front of Centre and along seafront.
By train:Take train to Bray station. 5 minute walk to seafront.
By bus:Take No 45, 84 or 145 from Dublin city centre to Bray Main Street and walk to the seafront.

Weather report as of noon fri... http://www.weathercity.com/ie/dublin/ looks good.

The rules are simple...
we need a beach with lots of rocks,stones,or pebbles and can only use rocks,stones,or pebbles, as our building blocks, mosaics, patterns,coloured stones etc but these can contrast against the water, sand etc - no added bits of seaweed sticks etc
We take 3 digital photos....one of the general coastal area we wrking on, one of the process of constructing it-the people involved too, and finally a photo of the finished piece in all it's glory.

People can work in a group on one piece or do their own individual thing...

The final element is to write a poem or descriptive piece, can be funny,arty,clever,poignant depending on what the work, the day unfolds to us of max 500 characters and then upload to theVandA online website and await their display..

Jessica and myself and some friends did one of these down in West Cork (it's not uploaded yet as we still have a text to write with it, but it was a lot of fun doing it and we didn't visit the website beforehand which would have influenced more what we did) here's a pic of it before and after. See if you can spot the difference. Will include a third pic for scale.

May I suggest Bray beach and please note anyone not bothered with the rock art can draw as normal, can draw anyone who wants to do the rock art, whatever, it's just a suggested idea and we can all meet at 1pm at the Bray Sealife Aquarium