Pat McA
2 By Mary O 'C
Vourneen
Robert Moss.
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 from Drimnagh Castle
A great afternoon sketching and a mighty picnic provided for all by Pat and his amazing band of helpers. Here's what folk got up to.
Deniz
Marie Le M
Alice
Carolina
Caroline
Chris
3 By Des
Viola
Jessica
2 By Kayleigh
2 By Mary O 'C
By Maria
Marie Stamp
Marie-Helene
Neasa
2 By Paul N.
Robert
Valerie
Caithriona S.
Mauro
2 By Mary O 'C
Father Ted’s Craggy Island Draw Away 19th - 22nd Sept
Father Ted’s Craggy Island Draw Away - Capturing a sense of place through on location sketch outs on Inis Oírr island.
Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd September 2019Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, County GalwayCost €75
Feile na gCloch PDF Brochure including Registration and Payment Details
Hi fellow sketchers - every year a bunch of us head over to the smallest Aran Island, Inis Oirr, in Galway Bay. Here are all the details if you'd like to join us. The full brochure is at Féile na gCloch 2019
Spend three days exploring Inis Oírr through sketching led by an experienced sketcher familiar with the island. Capture the magic scenery and culture of the smallest of the Aran Islands in your artists’s notebook. Experience this intimate island through drawing her castles, shipwrecks, churches, seascapes and iconic drystone walls. On location drawing tips and ideas to achieve more interesting sketchbooks using mixed media and handwritten text will be discussed at the start of each sketch out.
Thursday 19th September 3pm – 5pm
If you are arriving early, there will be an extra sketch out. Meeting point – The harbour.
Friday 20th September 10am - 4pm
Father Ted’s Craggy Island Draw Away - Capturing a sense of place through on location sketch outs on Inis Oírr.
Saturday 21st September 10am - 4pm
10am-2pm - On location sketch outs with your allocated group at locations across the Island as above.
2pm - 4pm - Join a sketch out to capture the creation of a dry stone wall with prizes for the most evocative sketches.
Sunday 22nd September 10am - 1pm
On location sketch outs with your allocated group at locations across the Island as described above. A more detailed itinerary will be handed to you on arrival.
Payment Details
Cheques should be made payable to:
‘Galway County Council – Stone Wall Workshop’’
Heritage Officer,
Forward Planning,
Áras an Chontae,
Galway County Council,
Prospect Hill, Galway
Tel: 00353 91 509198
E-mail: mmannion@galwaycoco.ie
Or
Gráinne Smyth / Caroline Hannon
Forward Planning,
Áras an Chontae,
Galway County Council,
Prospect Hill, Galway.
Tel: 00353 91 509121/509047
Email: gsmyth@galwaycoco.ie or channon@galwaycoco.ie
Website: www.galway.ie
Please note that Accommodation and Travel to and from the island is not included.
Participants need to organise their own accommodation and travel arrangements. A detailed list of both can be found after this payment section in the Getting Here is Easy and Accommodation sections below as well as in the following pdf brochure (see link).
Participants need to organise their own accommodation and travel arrangements. A detailed list of both can be found after this payment section in the Getting Here is Easy and Accommodation sections below as well as in the following pdf brochure (see link).
Feile na gCloch PDF Brochure including Registration and Payment Details
Timetable
• This long weekend is for the self-motivated sketcher who wants to enjoy a fun and sociable time
drawing on location in an ancient landscape. All levels of experience welcome.
•Join a sketch out to capture the creation of a dry stone wall.
• Attend lectures on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings by stone masons, stone carvers and the just plain stone mad to enhance your experience and understanding of the island and the festival.
• Each sketch out starts with a 30 minutes workshop with tips and inspiration from experienced sketchers.
• Your lunch will be delivered to you each day.
• Leave the island with a sketchbook full of memories.
What to Bring
Definitely sketchbooks, drawing pencils, pens, pencil sharpener, eraser. Watercolours, paint brushes, easel, colour pencils, oil pastels, or whichever medium / mediums you like to draw with.
This is an outdoor event. Irish weather is famous for offering 4 seasons in one day. Make sure to bring warm clothes, sturdy shoes and good rain gear. Inis Oírr has a lovely beach, so pack your bathers if you want to take the plunge.Cost €75
Payment must be received in Euro.
All Enquiries to:
Ms. Marie Mannion
Payment of €75 registers you to take part in the sketchouts each morning, it also includes a bus to and from the sketching location, and lunch and access to all of the lectures in the evenings.
Feile na gCloch PDF Brochure including Registration and Payment Details
Sunday 11th August sketching in Drimnagh Castle
On Sunday 11th August the Dublin sketchers will be sketching from
2pm in Drimnagh Castle.
We'll be cooking Paella and baking bread on an open fire. There will also be
cakes, tea and coffee.
Please bring cutlery for yourself, a plate and mug and €5 to cover the picnic
- please give it to Alice.
Luas stop is Bluebell on the Red line and the buses 18, 56A ad 151.
www.driminaghcastle.org for more information.
If it's raining we can explore the castle for sketching.
If it’s your first time out, you need to bring your own paper
and pens/pencils etc.
A few memories from the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Amsterdam
A few of us went to Amsterdam for the 10th Urban Sketchers Symposium. It was the hottest symposium ever - major heatwave over Europe and we experienced temperatures of 38 degrees. And we still managed to sketch non-stop. And meet friends. And discover this wonderful city. Big thank you to all the volunteers from Urban Sketchers Netherlands who made this possible - it takes a lot of work to organise an event of this magnitude. It was amazing. There were workshops, talks, sketch walks, drink and draw, or you could do whatever you wanted. As long as it involves sketching from direct observation, there are no rules! We all caught up with friends old and new. Drank lots of cooling drinks. And simply enjoyed being with our tribe, Urban Sketchers from all over the world, one drawing at a time!
(PS: no photos of Deniz - she was busy sketching all over the city and I only managed to catch up with her on the very last day!)
(PPS: and we even found a James Joyce connection with Amsterdam - how cool is that?)
(PS: no photos of Deniz - she was busy sketching all over the city and I only managed to catch up with her on the very last day!)
(PPS: and we even found a James Joyce connection with Amsterdam - how cool is that?)
Sketches from College Green 4 August
College Green was closed to traffic on Sunday and we made the most of the occasion, sketching the street entertainers and crowds enjoying the space. Let's hope Dublin City Council extend this idea of pedestrianising the area! And we had a special visitor from overseas, Deb from Perth, Australia.
Sunday 4th August sketching in College Green
On Sunday 4th August the Dublin Sketchers will be sketching in College Green from 2pm. College Geen is closed to traffic that day and there promises to be a bit of a carnival atmosphere with street vendors, performance and music.
Afterwards we'll gather in Mulligan and Haines from 4pm for a drink and to check out each other's work. It's at 32 Dame Street.
If it’s your first time out and you can’t spot anyone at 2 pm, 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 from 4 pm. Don't worry if you're late, most of us usually are! You need to bring your own paper and pens/pencils etc
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