Today I was at Balmerino for an art lunch with creative friends. Tide was out so I had the opportunity to set up on the shore. Using a bit of artistic licence for the waves!! This painting I did just with a palette knife. I forgot to take my mixing palette so had to work directly from my colours.
Today I was out collecting paintings after an exhibition and went on to Pittenweem to do some outdoor painting. This was a study I did down by the harbour. The boat you can see had Pittenweem written on the side. Pittenweem is always an interesting place to visit and paint.
On Sunday we went to Fowlsheugh Nature Reserve and saw the most amazing views. The colour of the water was jewel like. I did a quick sketch looking down to the sea. There was lots of sea birds which we got quite close to.
Since visiting Culzean Castle and doing the cliff top walk. I have since had this view in my mind. The bluebells were amazing there and the colour of the sea glimpsed between the trees made a lovely scene.
I did a couple of sketches in my small sketch book at Dunure. Interesting little harbour as you will see from the photo of me sketching. Walking along to Dunure Castle the cliffs are quite stunning.
This was one of the views that really inspired me on my holiday. I decided to get on and do a studio painting while the place lingers in my memory.
I did a really quick sketch at the edge of the windy cliffs at Portpatrick. The photo shows a picture of me at work with my lovely Neocolor wax pastels. As you can see they are brand new!! Later I applied water with a brush to the wax pastels as they are water soluable. This brings out the colours and allows them to flow and give the appearance of a watercolour. I am just getting the feel for using these pastels but they are good for working outdoors.
I have been away to the Ayrshire coast getting inspiration for new paintings. I have uploaded a sketch done very quickly at Lendalfoot. My husband took a picture of me while I was sketching and in the distance you can see Ailsa Craig where granite was quarried to make curling stones. The weather was sunny however very very windy and icy cold. You would never guess it was summer!! More sketches to be posted over the next few days.
This is another sketch from my sketch pad. On the way home on Sunday we stopped off at Auchmithie and I sketched this from the harbour.
I did this sketch on Saturday in my small 9×6 inch sketch pad using two pages for this wide angle view. Beautiful peaceful spot to sketch from.