Send in YOUR artwork

We need you to add some nature and wildlife art to this strange family portrait: birds, flowers, plants, insects, leaves, squirrels… your own pictures of anything you love that comes from nature around you. You can send your work in to us using the address on our blog.

My Paper Garden with Martin Beckett

Illustrators Ireland Youtube channel

Martin will be showing you how to make a series of different plants out of paper, all for the Illustrators Ireland "Our Exquisite Portraits" Project!

Una Gildea’s Quirky and Crazy Collage Workshop

Illustrators Ireland Youtube channel

Una will show you how to make quirky birds using elements and shapes cut from magazines.

Tatyana Feeney’s Print Workshop

Illustrators Ireland Youtube channel

Tatyana will be making leaves and other vegetation

Garden Beasties with Olivia Golden

Illustrators Ireland Youtube channel

YOU can make teeny tiny garden beasts for the “Our Exquisite Portraits" project!

Got an APPLE? Make Ladybirds with Una Woods

Illustrators Ireland Youtube channel

All you need is an apple, maybe a pear, a black pencil or marker, and some paint!

Ashwin Chacko’s Potato Print Workshop

Illustrators Ireland Youtube channel

We're looking forward to Ashwin Chacko’s video workshop on easy - at-home block printing! Ashwin will be making flowers & ladybugs for the Illustrators Ireland "Our Exquisite Portraits" Project! Ashwin recently published ‘What Wondrous Shapes We Are.' You can see more of his work here -http://whackochacko.com or follow him on twitter and Insta @whackochacko

Where to send YOUR art for OUR EXQUISITE PORTRAITS

How can you help? We need you to add some artwork based on nature and wildlife - some of the poetic elements from the outdoors - to this strange family portrait. We are looking for you to create: birds, flowers, plants, insects, leaves, mushrooms, blossoms, snails, squirrels… your own pictures of anything you love that comes from nature around you.

How Can YOU Help?

8 - 13 June 2020

Illustrators Ireland, Cruinniú na nÓg and Alliance Française have teamed up to put together daily videos from Monday 8 June to show you some fun techniques like printmaking, paper-cutting, and collage using materials you have at home! You can follow these videos and the whole family can join in.
Everyone’s creations will be integrated into the finished GIANT Exquisite Portraits exhibition when museums and galleries reopen.
8-13 June
All ages Online Workshops

Exquisite Portraits

For the Illustrators Ireland 2020 / 2021 group exhibition, we have teamed up with a cohort of illustrators from France to create a GIANT Exquisite Confinement Corpse.