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Episode 41: A Bounteous Sea, Bay Boletes and Boiling Barn Owls
This week, sketching fish in Galway City dredges up memories of a misspent youth; we nearly lose our little dog Reuben; and the students make stunning sketches of the bounty of autumn…oh and I wax lyrical about young men in gyms!
Episode 40: Sketching The City Of The Tribes…With My Tribe
This week, I talk about sketching with my son Paddy, my newest sketching buddy. I share his tale of disappointment leading to violence after missing out on Guinness and oysters - who could blame him?
Episode 39: A Week In The Life Of A Sketch Worker
I’ve had a crazy week of sketching, in which a day didn’t go by without my pens and watercolours coming out for a sketch. Some of it was for work, some for fun, but all of it was a pleasure…especially the sketches when I was joined by my lo
Episode 38: Sketching In The Shadow Of Rembrandt (The INKredible Episode)
In today’s episode I tell you how I made some ink and feather quills for drawing, and took them to the 10th USk Symposium in Amsterdam. And if you don’t have the wherewithal to make ink from oak apples, I share my favourite commercial ink b
Episode 37: Staying The Distance: Practicing What I Preach
This week, I return to the familiar theme of bringing stamina to the long road that is an artist’s life. It’s my turn to show stamina as I’ve joined a gym and engaged a personal trainer. Meanwhile I receive some very good news, as I discove
Episode 36: Feel The Fear and Sketch It Anyway…
I meet lots of sketchers: some are brimming with confidence, others are terrified, and there’s often very little relationship between the level they’re at and their level of confidence. In this episode I suggest ways to beat that fear - to
Episode 35: Basking In (And Sketching) Reflected Glory
Concentrating on watercolour-first in this week’s episode: Galway City Distillery with its shiny copper stills and vats is an urban sketcher’s paradise. I demonstrated capturing reflections in their working gin lab, and again at the water’s
Episode 34: Nature - It’s Red In Tooth And Claw
I’ve become an illustrator for the Barn Owl Project and in this episode I share a few things about these lovely creatures that you probably knew already. I record the entire episode during a thunderstorm, and I hope my terror doesn’t come t
Episode 33: Hire Car = Higher Temper
This week I share my thoughts on the wisdom of driving on an unfamiliar side of the road, beside someone with strong ideas on how best to do that. Later, I give you a solution to a ruined sketchbook page. And the poem at the end? Twentieth
Episode 32: Sun, Sea and Sketch!
This week I’m coming to you from a little garden in a resort on the fabulous island of Menorca (or Minorca, as you prefer) where I’m sharing tips for sketching your family when you’re all together somewhere beautiful, and where no one is wa
Episode 31: Rejection, Shmejection: It’s Not (Just) About You
In this week’s episode I out myself as a petty, jealous woman, and vain with it. But you can’t take yourself too seriously in this game or you wouldn’t last the distance: it helps to see the funny side of your vanity. Later, I get into the
Episode 30: Mrs Guns ‘n’ Roses
Thirty episodes is quite the milestone and I’m thrilled to celebrate it with this extra-long story of me and my mum Cinnie spending a few days sketching together in the beautiful Burren. It was magical! I finish off with an account of a tri
Episode 29: Confessions (And Sketch Tips) Of An Artist-ocrat!
In today’s episode I share more of my favourite sketch tips. My mother Cynthia (Cinnie) is coming to stay with me this week and we’re going sketching together, so I figured I’d share our common artistic heritage with you all…Episode illustr
Episode 28: Sketch Tip Sunday - The Therapist Will See You Now
This week’s episode is jam-packed with tips, harvested from my new Twitter account where I’ve been sharing them over the last two or three months. Now I broadcast them to you, the People!
Episode 27: Barn Owls and Beer - But Not At The Same Time
I was very privileged to be initiated into the secret world of barn owls, after meeting an owl man called John. I’ve snuck in a bit about French people too - and a few tips on sketching glasses of beer!
Episode 26 bis: Clermont Dessine! Version Française
Dans cet épisode je vous raconte des histoires d’un festival superbe- Clermont Dessine, un rendezvous d’ateliers ou on pouvait apprendre des clés pour mieux croquer!
Episode 26: Full-On French: Sketching at Clermont Dessine in the Auvergne
I was hugely honoured to be invited to teach at Clermont Dessine this June. Here’s a little bit of deepest France for you. Francophiles please form an orderly queue 😆
Episode 25: Sun, Sea…and Sketch: The Coast Of Mauritius
In this episode I take you with me on a little boat trip off the coast of Mauritius at the height of the tropical summer, and introduce you to some of the lovely people I meet along the way. I think I read too fast, for which I apologise.
Episode 24: Fast & Furious - Sketching on the Motorway
In this week’s episode I inspire a Ukrainian refugee with my book Dublin in Sketches and Stories but end up coming on too strong and probably lose her. Never mind, sketching my way to Dublin was a lovely way to spend a June morning.
Episode 23: Let There Be Light…In Watercolour
In this week’s episode, I use the very convenient subject of statues to explain a way to capture light, whether strong sunlight or more diffuse. Less is very much more when it comes to trapping sunshine on paper!
Episode 22: Getting Around the Gatekeepers: Finding My Mojo Through Social Media
Decades of rejections didn’t manage to put me off trying to make a living through art. I got there in the end, thanks to the support of like-minded souls who discovered me through social media
Episode 21: Watercolour Sketching For Beginners course starts 23/05/22
This is a very quick promo piece for my sketching course that starts on Monday 23rd May. All are welcome regardless if experience - it’s for absolute beginners! In this episode I outline what you’ll need for class.
Episode 20: Staring At Strangers - Sketching Coffee & Cakes In Cafés
In this episode, I take you to some of the places I’ve had the pleasure of sketching over a coffee: just as lovely sketching with friends and family or on your own - either way cool stuff happens.
Episode 19: Escape from the HSE: Vitamin Sea - and Sketch Therapy
In this week’s episode I escape the confines of my hospital bed and my busybody neighbour, and make my getaway to the diving tower in Blackrock at the far end of Galway City.
Episode 18: Tenderness in the Twilight Zone & An Offal Lot Of Trouble
This is not a jolly episode about sketching but a tale of life on a trolley in a corridor in Galway Hospital. Contains lots of medical detail and descriptions of alcoholism. Sketch, appropriately, is of offal. Enjoy!
Episode 17: Off To The Beach - Bring Your Swimsuit, Sunscreen…and Sketching Stuff!
One of the nicest places to sketch is the beach. There are myriad challenges! It’s a free life drawing class; reflections are everywhere; the sky and clouds are interrupted and you get to practice rocks in sunlight without worrying too much
Episode 16: Bray People - Of Which I Am Not One
In this week’s episode I take you to the Victorian seaside town of Bray, and share a few tips on drawing expressive people!
Episode 15: EXTRA! Brief career guidance for creative young ladies!
For any young ladies coming to the end of your secondary school years, who are thinking of following a creative path in life, this is for you.
Episode 14: Sketching Musicians in Full Flow
I was asked to sketch Irish musicians in action during a benefit concert, for a raffle at the end. I developed a great technique that got the results I wanted…sadly I was focusing so hard I didn’t really hear any music!
Episode 13: Sketching in a possibly haunted house…Tyrone House, Co. Galway
Tyrone House is just a few minutes’ walk from my home in Co.Galway. I talk about a little of its history: it’s now nothing but a burnt shell, with beautiful, dramatic skies for a roof. I share my technique for capturing them in watercolour.
