Galway Pub Scrawl #115 - Mr. Teapot!

More Art & laughing in the pub. Very sad that it was Ronan the bartender's last day, he will be missed. He's been a constant in our nearly five years (holy moly) in McSwiggans.

Here's the Art -

I got wrapped up in my own things and suddenly it was late and everyone was going home! There were more people about, I just didn't photograph them!




Donal Fallon -


Gerard Coady -


Patrick Gavin - "Terminator 5"


Katie Creaven -


Yolande O'Brien -


Alan Cunningham -


Mary Lillis -


Ciaran -


James Newell -


Ruth Campion -


That's it, that's all. So much fun was had! Make sure to come join us in two weeks time for Pub Scrawl #116 - Pub Scrawl Above and Beyond!

Admin Monday 19th MAY 2014

Updates:

We had a little sneak peak at our 30 day drawing challenge topics at Dr Sketchy's Galway last Saturday. Go on to our 30 day drawing challenge page to get your own preview of what we'll all be tackling this year.

Our very own Jay Penn was making videos at the weekend of his process -





And Katie Creaven's Scruffy Morris website is LIVE. Go check it out.

Links:

Kim Jung Gi is releasing a comic and it looks AMAZING.

Logothief documents a lot of... Logo theft. Suprising how many of them are such direct steals.

There's a cool documentary about Greg Ruth and his inking techniques, the Drybrush Master -

The Drybrush Master from Ben Tobin on Vimeo.

Hairy Green Eyeball ran all the pages from the collected Spirit #1 by Eisner - and his style is still as impressive as ever.

You've probably all heard about DANGERDUST by now, because they were all over the everywhere on the internet this week, but if you haven't, check them out! Guerilla chalkboard Art? Awesome.



Helen found this great article on Herge! So much information!

We were all sad to hear the passing of H.R. Giger this week... Brian found a great article commemorating him.

Mary obviously wants me to up my Origami game by linking to articles like this one.

Alanna found this great and easy to follow Vector Art tutorial, as well as some pointers for designing isometric buildings.

I've been thinking about our Drawing Challenges, old and new, and being reminded of previous years when I find things like the Disney Tarot by dmorte on DeviantArt.

That's it (for the moment) but make sure to come visit us in the back room of McSwiggans next Monday for Pub Scrawl #111 - The kind of Ph.D. you find in the street!

Admin Monday 21st APR 2014 - 30 Day Drawing Challenge coming soon!

Updates:

Our 31 day drawing challenge is going to be moving to June and becoming a 30 day drawing challenge! This isn't just to save us a day of effort, but also because July always seems to be a crazy busy month here in Galway, with the Arts Festival and the Races and people going on holidays and so forth... so June it will be! That's only just over a month away, so get ready! We almost have all the topics picked out, so a provisional list will go up soon, but if you have any suggestions feel free to leave a comment or join us on the Facebook group for discussions!

Our friends in 091 Labs have moved - check out their new location and maybe go join them on a Tuesday night for one of their open nights!

Links:

Miriam Elia made this parody of the Peter and Jane books, called "We go to the Gallery", but Penguin didn't see the funny side and are trying to get her to cease-and-desist, which is a shame, because her book is really funny. Check out some pages from it over on Hyperallergic.

Helen likes the look of this documentary -

"Making It" Official Trailer from Anthony Francis Moorman on Vimeo.

Arthur Haywood's blog is filled with amazing theory and advice on the practical side of Art-making. Highly recommended.

Brian from Drink and Draw Sligo pointed us at the Character Design Blog, especially this interview with Denis Medri!

I discovered the Art of Amelia Vidal which somehow led to a conversation about Travis Charest.

Mary wanted us to learn how pencils are made -



And Stephanie was championing this guy's work - David Scheirer.

Katie felt we all need to stay active while we're drawing/painting/using tablets/whatever sedentary nonsense we do, so she linked to this exercise guide.

The Athenaeum is another place to check out classic Art!

There's some beautiful sample images from the Celebrating the Portrait as Art exhibition on the Underpaintings blog.

James recommended watching the documentary Far out isn't far enough about Tomi Ungerer on RTE last Thursday. It was really really good. You can still catch it on the RTE Player for the next 4 days or so.

And Mary spotted friend of Pub Scrawl Shir MadNess in this Heineken Stage Fright ad - you can see why we were mad for her at Dr. Sketchy's Galway!



Don't forget to come join us in the back room of McSwiggans for our next Pub Scrawl - Pub Scrawl #109 : You don't have to be gluten intolerant, but it helps.

Galway Pub Scrawl #106 - Bye Bye Caspar

Descriptions later, work in the morning.

Dr. Sketchy's Galway!!!

Dr. Sketchy's is going to open a Galway branch! I've been dreaming for a long time that we would get a visit from Dr. Sketchy's Dublin organised, but Scarlett has taken that plan and gone about 1,000 steps beyond! I'm very excited at this news.

Show them some love by liking the new Facebook page, following them on Twitter and keeping an eye on the new website!

The first event is going to be on March 8th, with the theme "Invasion". You can book tickets here.

Galway Pub Scrawl #104 - Bad Advice is still a conversation

Galway Pub Scrawl #102 - Stop making fun of my little Blue Smurf

Happy New Year Scrawl followers!!! We're back with a bang in the New Year and our great usual venue of McSwiggans' back room. :) Come join us in two Mondays time on the 20th!! Let's fill 2014 with Art.

Here we all are hanging around the back room, concentrating hard on our drawings -







Mo was getting surreal -


Joan did storyboards -


Anita -


Mary -


Katie -


Chuck -


Ger -


Patrick -


Linda and Yolande keep the craft corner going -


We were joined by James Newell -


Caspar -


Alanna -


Me! -


I'll fill in some more details later. Thanks everybody! join us in two Mondays time on the 20th for the next Galway Pub Scrawl!!!!!!!!!!!!