Sketch Therapist

Listen, it’s that time of year again, March 6-10th, when the Draw 100 People challenge comes upon us once more. I’m going to do my best, which may not be great seeing as I live in the middle of nowhere! Also: I’m flooding YouTube these days…come and see my yard!

In this week’s episode, spring has sprung in Co. Galway and it’s good to be alive. I’ve been gallivanting along the country roads going about my job as an art farmer - harvesting beautiful scenery in my sketchbook to serve to you, fresh at the Sketch With Roisin marketplace…not sure how far I can take this analogy but so far I’m liking it!

This week I take you with me to the 1980s and a happy, crazy, heady year in NCAD. At that tender age, without guidance things can change dramatically for the smallest of reasons. Also: good news! I can’t wait to share a happy project I have coming up with you…

I hate the term “being a Karen” because it’s sexist and racist but this week I couldn’t have fitted the cliché better, complaining in a restaurant. Reuben turns seven and has a great day, I turn a year older too and likewise have a super day, and I give some tips when it comes to sketching on a beach - the life drawing class that everyone can attend!

This episode comes to you from the East Coast, where I’ve been hanging out with my father. It’s been emotional and I am grateful to you for sharing this personal journey with me - a great many of us have experienced the feeling of wearing the shoe on the other foot, caring for an elderly parent, or other relative. Many shenanigans and misunderstandings ensue! I do some fast seagull sketching, and later there’s an announcement of a master class workshop in Dublin in the autumn, and you can come to one or both - Victorian Dublin anyone?

This week’s episode contains scenes of attempted robbery, narrowly avoided infanticide, a dream (nightmare?) of a business idea and some very dodgy party-killing singing!

In this week’s episode I complain about my leaky dog (again), and see what I’m sure was a sea monster or maybe a seal or could’ve been a seagull. I share how annoying I can be when I want to. Also: if it’s terminally wrong, just turn the page!

My Thursday sketch session was no fun! Serves me right for eavesdropping, but I was two feet away. Turns out it’s a downer to listen to someone else’s ailments - note to self - but on Friday I recovered with a more fun experience sketching a pretty village. And Reuben is still cocking his leg in the house. 😡

In this week’s episode, I compare the challenges of being an entrepreneur to those of a pioneer in the Canadian outback…where you have only yourself and your cunning to rely upon! It makes me wonder how our darling domestic animals would fare on their own in the wild…not well is the answer, I suspect!

Between my lovely listeners, my sketching kit and all the unbelievable beauty, I feel very lucky to be here. This week I talk about the path that led me here, and becoming a member of the gym - with my son Paddy, who also happens to be my best sketching companion!