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Greetings! I am a painter from New York/CT USA... it is my dream to come back to Ireland to paint en plein air - I am aiming for this August, possible Co. Kerry. If anyone has any advice to offer re places to stay or great spots to paint, I would be thrilled. My email is lorraine.lewin@comcast.net and I do plan to rent a car but of course would love a location where I don't always need it!

A few rapid sketches from yesterday's outing



We were talking about this kind of drawing today Sally, I added together a lot of Newsprint sheets and did a Self portrait with a block of scene Painters charcoal, can't even buy the stuff anymore sadly. great for drawing with whole body.…

Sally, Michelle, Bernadette, Anna, Frank, Noel and Brian at the RHA today with Franks sculpture (Noel and Brian, sorry you missed the photo). A photo or words do not do Frank's sculpture justice so it is well worth a visit. The whole exhibition is wonderful this year. Kate Began's wonderful Monaghan landscape in oils stands out in the gallery too, wonderful to see in life. I am looking forward to a 2nd visit. I didnt get photos of the wonderful detail so if anyone wants to add in photos here…

Posting several photos of paintings from Roundstone, where I hope to paint again this summer.

If anyone likes to share their own sketches or paintings from this area, it would be fun to see them.…

Thank you all for your company today - Sally, Sean, Robery, Anna, Michael and David. Thank you David for all your great tips with watercolours. It was great to watch the lifeboat being brought up the beach with that wonderful light in the distant skies, A few photos attached, Very happy with my new Leder Easel, if only it would do the painting too !…

Heres an Arty Class lesson today at 1400 for an 45 mins with Keiko Tanabe,  I didn't have the relevant class photo so just copied her pencil sketch as quick as I could, then did same with watercolour using my own interpretation. Norah had emailed me a link to Arty Class, and I just happened to see Keiko's lesson on her approach to watercolour, it was a free…

Delighted to welcome Michael and hope it will be the first of many happy outings with Boyne Valley group.

Thanks to Alison for photos of our paintout in Annagassan. We spent a very pleasant day on the verandah/beergarden/ out the back of the Glyde Inn or on the adjoining beach. Thank you Paul and Conor for your hospitality.  Social distancing was…