An outdoor painting festival encouraging all artists.
Monday 17 June – Skerries Town & Harbour
GPS : 53.584914,-6.102019 – Skerries Harbour
Free talk about plein air – Paul D’Arcy – 10 am
Workshop – James Moore drawing – 11 am to 1 pm
Tuesday 18 June – Donabate Strand
GPS : 53.4789149,-6.1175165 – Donabate Strand
Workshop – Deirdre Shanny – 11 am to 1 pm
Wednesday 19 June – National Botanic Gardens
GPS : 53.371740, -6.269544 – Botanic Gardens
Workshop – Dave West – 10 am to 1 pm
Thursday 20 June – Balbriggan Harbour
GPS : 53.610449, -6.180814 – Balbriggan Harbour car park
Workshop – Neal Greig ARUA – 10 am to 1 pm
Friday 21 June – Malahide Town
GPS : 53.4508125, -6.1555625 – Malahide Parish Hall
Workshop – Steve Browning – 10 am to 1 pm
Saturday 22 June – Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park, Dublin
GPS : 53.3630982,-6.3598656 – Farmleigh House car park
Workshop – Kate Koss – Watercolours – 10 am to 1 pm
Sunday 23 June – Ardgillan Castle , Balbriggan
GPS : 53.581753, -6.160162 – Ardgillan Castle car park
Workshop – Blaise Smith RHA – 10 am to 1 pm
Quick paint in aid of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland – 2 to 4 pm
(Artist registration is only 75 euro for the seven days of the festival)
We have chosen a stunning variety of scenes to paint throughout the week of the festival from seaside harbours to beaches, old castles to rolling fields and quaint little villages.
For those artists flying into Ireland, it’s also worth noting how close Dublin Airport is to our festival.
We are spoiled for choice by so much beautiful scenery within the Dublin Fingal area and this year’s selection will both challenge and invigorate you.
A typical day at the festival :
Each morning (generally between 9 – 10 am) you will arrive at the chosen location, register at the information hub for the paint-out and get your canvas or your watercolour paper stamped for that day’s painting.
You will then go and paint in the chosen location for the morning; stopping for lunch to discuss your mornings work with fellow artists. After lunch you may continue your painting or start a new one for the afternoon. Or if you have signed up to do one of the workshops during the day you will join the tutor and fellow artists instead.
Late that afternoon usually around 5:30 you gather with the other artists to display your unframed work on your easel. There is a prize-giving for that day’s work and members of the public are encouraged to purchase any of the work they like from the artists.
During the festival week there are also a number of social evenings where artists gather together just to chat and get to know each other. It’s all about painting, making friends and enjoying yourself.