Iveagh Gardens - May 1st

My little contribution from yesterday - such a beautiful day. Love the Iveagh Gardens, tried out a new brush pen but I think I have resigned to the fact that I can't use it properly and we will be parting ways, it's not the brush.. it's me.. or something to that effect!

Leaves are back

 
I haven't been out sketching in ages and had visitors this weekend, so couldn't make it to the regular Sunday meetup, so instead I brought out my camera to keep me occupied. These lovely leaves were taken up at IMMA in the formal gardens there, which are absolutely beautiful. Hope to get out sketching again soon though!

Kilmainham IMMA

  Lady in the Lillies

Farewell to the Red Coats

Loved the Moderns Exhibition today in the IMMA - what amazing work. So sorry that I hadn't gone to see it before today. The first image above was done from an image and the second from a poem on a wall downstairs. Was trying out a new brush pen - which I found isn't really my cup of tea, can't get any detail in - but it was fun to try and very quick - as I spent most of my time browsing the exhibition and did these two in the 30mins before we all met up again in the cafe!

The Ghost Bride

Done in the RHA, inspired by a sculpture of a leaf!

Phoenix Park - 10th October

RHA Sunday 3rd October - Ship in a Storm

Lifedrawing - The Complex, Smithfield

'Dune Grass'

Paint Out with SEPA in Curracloe Beach, Co. Wexford. Beautiful spot, fabulous sand and of course great weather in the sunny South East! Fooled around with a few paintings but ended up back with a pen in my hand, like how it turned out too.

'Bob away'

Done on the Paint Out in 'The Safe', Rosslare Harbour. A fantastic day with beautiful weather, great advice and company. Thanks to all in SEPA for a truly great event.

'Street View'

"Street View" [Sold]

Second day of the Art in the Open festival in Wexford town. Set myself up and struggled with the straight lines as per usual, but it was all worth it and had a serious celebration that night after selling it in the Exhibition. Loved the viewpoint and the juxtaposition of the different buildings down the little street, hope to do another painting of it in my black and white sometime soon!

'Between Showers'

"Between Showers" [Sold]

Done on my first day at the Art in the Open festival in Wexford. Got absolutley drowned wet, dried off and sat back at my easel to finish it off! Really enjoyed the day!

For Dad

It's my Dad's birthday next weekend and he's off to climb the Matterhorn, again. Always so nervous when he's away on these trips, but it's his thing. The solitude of climbing along the ridge of a mountain I can only imagine. Though going by the way his eyes light up as he tells us of his trips, that solitude sounds incredible.

Painted using acrylics and goache on acrylic paper.

Merrion Square - Street Performance World Championships

Tea for One - Exhibition Piece

"Tea for One" [Sold]

Howth - Exhibition piece

"Howth" [Sold]

Mr. Snail

View from the Blue Light

"View from the Blue Light" [Sold]

Cork Weekend

The Quad

St. Finbarr's Tree

Mutton Lane Inn

Dun Laoghaire Sketch

Cropped sketch!

View from the balcony

Phoenix Park 11th April

Done with red oil pastel and gimpy markers! Very annoying to work with, turns out marker can't go over oil pastel and it's very messy!!

Unfinished - Newman University Church

Collins Barracks - High Cross

Harp

Chester Beatty Feb 21st

Goddess of the Luo River

Sleeping Beauty

Crafty Evening..

Quick sketch - vase of flowers..

Sweny's Chemist - Joyce's Ulysses 24th Jan 2010

Unfinished as it got way too cold to be sitting on a wall!! Great turn-out for the sketchers, must try get out more often.. had been too long.

A teacher's power.. meander

Breeze

Sunday 25th Oct. - Brazen Head Pub

Howth - Sunday Oct. 18th

Lady in red..

Couldn't go sketching today with the Sketchers, so did a little bit at home from a magazine.. kept me occupied for a while! I've uploaded the early stages for reference and a shot before I filled in the dress with a nice bright red marker!

Hugh Lane Gallery

Quick Edit..

Sketch Kilmainham 21st June

Africa Day - Iveagh Gardens 24th May

What an atmosphere! Such vibrant colours, huge smiles and fantastic music - a great festival all round. The weather also helped of course but it really did make me appreciate the simple things in life.

Bodies Exhibition

Really enjoyed the exhibition, great opportunity! Found it very hard to sketch, the detail and the subject matter proved too much for me!

Collins Barracks Sunday 3rd May

Had to fix the strings when I got home, great museum - pity it was so busy would love to have tried some of the animals!

Sunday 19th Iveagh Gardens

More black and white, must get in some colour at some stage.. for a day so full of colour as today especially! The gardens were teaming with families and children, really lovely day.

Galway Sketches

Great trip away!

Botanic Gardens - Sunday 8th March

Had a great day today, really enjoyed the cosy greenhouses - will definitely be popping back over to spend some more time there.