Galway Pub Scrawl #119 - My 5 year old Pub Scrawl could have painted that.

5 Years, you guys. 5 YEARS! We made it! And now I guess we have to go another 5. And then what? 10 more after that, I suppose. Smart arses. :) What a great night of Art, laughing, cake & finger food down in our favourite friendly bar, McSwiggans! The staff there have been *very* kind to us for all our tenure, and the food laid on tonight was superb.





Check out that finger food! The ribs are fecking gorgeous!


Mary made gorgeous chocolate fudge, that Mo might have found a little *too* appealing. :)


And Jay started the idea of an Art swap/Art take? - some amazing pieces from Jay, Katie, Yolande, Patrick and Ciaran found new homes.






























That's it for that 5 years! Come join us at the end of the week for our Culture Night display in 091 labs and/or in two weeks again for Galway Pub Scrawl #120 - So much for the 5 year plan.

Galway Pub Scrawl Special Event 012 - Galway Sketch Cafe (& admin whenever)

We had the pleasure of hosting Joris Burla for the week, but sadly it wasn't a Pub Scrawl week! So we tried something out that I meant to do for a while - a Sketch Cafe! Coffee Scrawl? Coffee & Draw? Anyway, we'll figure it out if we do some more. Here's some photos from the night in the lovely Secret Garden Cafe - their coffee is awesome and their selection of teas is bewilderingly large, in a good way.



Chuck -


Philip Barrett -


Joris Burla -


Donal Fallon -


Gerard Coady -


I'll add the admin Monday-ish stuff onto this post when I have 5 free minutes - my life is really busy with work at the moment! Don't forget next Monday is our 5th Anniversary Party! There will be food & cake & etc!

Galway Pub Scrawl #118 - retaining the ability to be stabbed

More Art & laughing in the Pub!



Joe Neary


Jay Penn


Ruth Campion


Alan Cunningham


Mary Lillis


Gerard Coady


Philip Barrett


James Newell


Patrick Gavin


Donal Fallon


I have work in the morning (there's a refrain you've heard before!) but come back in two weeks time for out FIFTH BIRTHDAY PARTY! Galway Pub Scrawl #119 - My Five Year Old Pub Scrawl could paint that!

Admin errr... Wednesday 27th AUG 2014 (sorry I'm late)

Here's another round of links and updates from your friendly local Pub Scrawl!

Updates:

Jay has started an Etsy Shop - you can find his stuff here

Our "big sister" group, Drink & Draw Cork turned 5! That means ours is JUST AROUND THE CORNER. Galway Pub Scrawl is getting old, you guys.

What else? Don't forget there's a Dr. Sketchy's coming up on the 6th - Magical Creatures and to go check out a open night at 091 labs! There's bound to be other stuff I'm forgetting, so make sure to come back for updates.

Links:

We've linked to Marc Taro Holmes before, but there's been some really good stuff recently - including this handy way to customise your sketching gear inexpensively. :) I'm kind of joking, although it's a good post. His recent series on going direct to Watercolours for his Urban Sketching have been really great - go read them!

I've been dabbling in stoner videos for Artists.



Peter Rush makes his Urban Sketches on the inside of serial packets.

Mary found a "colour your own Mucha" website.

Chuck turned me onto this set of great articles on Medium - starting with This is not a Vermeer

You have to watch The Art vs. Reality series -


There's great stuff about Art on NPR - it usually takes me a while to catch up on them, so here's a great one from February.

But you can easily find good Art when it wins the right kind of awards, like a Hugo or a Chesley.

That's it from us - come back on Monday for another Galway Pub Scrawl #118 - retaining the ability to be stabbed in McSwiggans!

Galway Pub Scrawl #117 - Tom Bombadil steals your children

More Art & fun in the Pub! A small crowd this evening, but it's getting to that doldrums of Summer time where people have bits and pieces to do, so that's okay I guess. :) It was also Jay Penn's birthday. Go over to his blog and wish him the best!

Here's your pictures! -





















Come join us in two weeks time in McSwiggans for Galway Pub Scrawl #118! Cripes! And the one after will be our birthday Scrawl! 5 years!

Admin Monday 11 AUG 2014

Another round of links from your friendly local Pub Scrawl. :) Make sure to join our Facebook Group to join in our conversations.

Updates:

The next Urban Sketchers Galway meet-up, Drawing Galway 006, has moved to the 31st of August. Hope to see you all there!

Go and "like" The Screaming Pope prize on Facebook to show support for a new prize for Visual Artists.

Maurizio has started a new book project, a set of cartoons about running. Friend the project to follow his progress.

Links:

Is this what Art History boils down to? Women listening to Men in Art History.

I found one of the best uses of morph-effects in video ever:


The do it yourself Doodler takes suggestive doodle pads and makes them into something amazing.

Is there a trend in Gothic Romance covers?

Ruth linked to this online presentation - Michael Hampton "Figure Drawing: Design and Invention"

Gerard found this set of 600 anatomy reference pictures!

Patrick found this amazing set of armour reference pics.

The Florence Academy of Art shared 60 exceptional works from their students.

That's it from us! Come join us next Monday for Galway Pub Scrawl #117 - Tom Bombadil steals your children!

Galway Pub Scrawl #116 - Pub Scrawl Above and Beyond

Another night of laughing in the Pub - even though the Pub was ROASTING tonight. So warm you guys. I'm suprised more of the photos of sketchbooks weren't spotted with sweat from our brows, to be honest.

Here's your Art!-

































Come join us in two weeks time for Galway Pub Scrawl #117 -