I had to get on and complete my still life as we are having friends for dinner. This is a photo of my set up.
This is my sketch photographed from my large sketch pad. I plan to set up a similar still life in the studio and do a colour version. As you will see from the other photo, the colours are quite dramatic.
This was the last picture I captured before a wave hit me and destroyed my camera!! Incredible waves some of the guys nearly got swept away by the power of the waves. It was inspiration however I did walk away very wet with my camera dripping salt water.
This was my ninth year at the Pittenweem Arts Festival and we had our most extreme weather to date! As you will see from the ‘wet day image’ below there was a lot of rain, however, with the changing weather you also get stunning light.
The sun did shine for us and those days were very busy. It was great to meet new visitors and catch up with the regular visitors.
Here are a selection of Andrew’s photographs from the week. The sculptures on the harbour wall were spectacular and a wonderful addition to the Festival.
P.S. Apologies to all for the lack of recent posts. Between the studio and blog refurbishments I have had lots of distractions.
I am glad to not have carpet any more in the studio. What a difference the wood floor makes to the sense of space in the studio. The white walls were definitely the right choice!
I have not posted for a while. Pittenweem is one excuse, the other is my studio is getting some work done on it. Walls have been painted and the new flooring goes down next week. I spent loads of time trying to decide if I wanted a grey tone on the walls but one grey Scottish day decided it for me – all white stays!
I liked the colours of the chairs on the deck and decided to take some down to the beach to include in a painting. It was a beautifully sunny day but quite windy, the chairs kept falling over! The contrast of the lake colours against the colours on the chairs appealed to me.
I have been at the Pittenweem Arts Festival, this was my eighth year. We were very busy, more so than last year.
I love being at the West Shore of Pittenweem. There is always something to look at, from the ever changing light to the people passing by. I especially like watching the children playing on the beach.
There were lots of favourable comments during the week and my exhibition was reviewed with others in Gavin Broom’s blog.
We had a lovely sunset one evening with the Bass Rock turning pink. And if that was not enough a rain shower made a rainbow behind the rock. Awesome!
Andrew took this picture of me at Auchmithie. I was happily painting away oblivious to anything else going on apart from what I was doing.
I took a visit to St. Monans with my brother who was over from Canada. While there I did some sketching as it was a beautiful day and the harbour was looking spectacular.
First apologies for the lack of posts. As you will see below I have been busy at the Pittenweem Arts Festival. It was a great 10 days with lots of sunshine and very busy.
The West Shore of Pittenweem is a magical place, there were children playing and swimming all week, giving me lots of inspiration for new paintings.I had lots of favourable comments during the week and have also been reviewed in another blog by Julie Broom.
