For ten days from March 1st our complete Artists Group is heading off by car and Ferry to a small village near Lassay les Chateaux on the Normandy Brittany border for a week of drawing, sketching and painting. We'll be exploring the region including the famous Pissarro Way. We're also connecting in with artists and art establishments of the region. You can view some of Pissarro's work here...

A big thanks goes to Ian McNinch who arranged the use of the beautiful house we'll be staying in.

When we arrive back we'll be holding an exhibition of the event on our premises. There are also other plans afoot to exhibit the results in Ireland and France. To be kept updated use our contact form here....

And of course we'll be putting up loads of news, pictures and video on our return, here on our web site!

Tags: Sketch Crawl

The first Sketch Crawl event was fun! The day was grey, cold and stormy but our intrepid group turned up nonetheless. We met at Working Artist Studios at 11:00 am and headed off into the town of Skibbereen until around 2:30 pm.

Since it was so cold and stormy followed by rain halfway through the Sketch Crawl, many of us hunkered down in the local coffee shops, much to the interest of the staff and other customers.

Here's a pic of just some of our group at work. Followed by a small selection of sketches. A thank you goes to one of our Sketch Crawlers Anna, who brought along some great German style, very tasty cakes - thanks Anna!

The next Sketch Crawl takes place on April 11th 2009 from 2:00 pm until 5:00 pm starting at our studios in Skibbereen, West Cork. You can read more here about Sketching and the Sketch Crawls.

Thanks to everyone who turned up. Hope to see you on Saturday April 11th at 2:00 pm for our next Sketch Crawl - Barry McCullough

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Tags: Sketch Crawl