South Queensferry

 Stayed at the Three Bridges Apartment overlooking the Firth of Forth.

Queenferry Sketches

Edinburgh Road in Queensferry

The other side of Edinburgh Road.

Plewlands House at the bottom of the Loan on the High Street

High Street houses looking south

View outside of the apartment on the Binks to Forth Bridge

Forth Bridge from Newhalls

Sketch from the harbour wall looking back to the Tolbooth

Mondays drive to Culross calling in at North Queensferry on the way back.

Culross walk from the west car park 1.8 miles

Top to Tanhouse Brae looking back to the Forth of Firth. We could smell the chemical works from the other side of the Firth.

Red Lion Inn 

Looking back to the village centre on the Low Causeway

Looking back to the previous sketch

Back Causeway Culross

Thumbnail sketches in my Diary

Drawing on 20x16 inch canvas board for future collage.

Morning sketch looking across the harbour - very quiet - 20x16 inch canvas board

Work finished on returning home.

South Queensferry Harbour -collage, pen and acrylic

Former Seals Craigs Hotel South Queensferry from the Craigs' headland -collage, pen and acrylic

Culross Cottages - pen and watercolour

Culross Pottery - pen and watercolour

Culross back lane just off the Lower Causeway - pen and watercolour

Cottage opposite Cramond Harbour - I enjoyed using a pencil without any ink.

Deerness Art Group Painting Day at Ushaw Collage Durham

Northern Echo Article link

My young assistant gives me help with the flowers.

From the Northern Echo -see link

From the Northern Echo

Norma looking serious

Margaret doing rhododendrons

Charlie and Deryck

Mick in the trees

Jill in the shade

Angela

Norma is awarded with the Bob Millar Trophy for her winning painting

 as chosen by resident artist Anna Lawson.

Norma's painting with a mount and frame.

My finished painting with some minor tweaks.

February Paintings

Staithes Beck mixed media

Mixed media collage, pen and acrylics showing elements of Eilean Donan Castle on 20x16 canvas board.

Staithes Slipway using the same media.

Polin Cottage in Scotland - watercolour with black ink in the foreground for texture

High Wray village in Cumbria - charcoal on watercolour paper

John Dory- negative painting in acrylics with some stamping

Another in the Middle East Skyline series - Collage and black pen on mount board.

SKY ARTS LANDSCAPE PAINTER 2017 SOUTH GARE 14 June 2017 Wildcards

Bright morning at Paddy's Hole on the South Gare on Tees for the second days painting for Sky Arts. The pods were positioned looking over the green fishermens huts to the Teeside Steel Works while the wildcards were given the better view at the harbour- Paddy's Hole.
I positioned myself on the harbour wall looking to the other fishermens huts with steelworks as a backdrop and the North York Moors in the distance.

 The morning painting started with a watercolour wash then collage and ink work and acrylic for the highlights.

The afternoon painting show the boats and huts around to the left. The collage was done with the help of the daughter of the lady from Transylvania who helped me with the collage element and signed the lefthand side of the painting. I did the drawing and the acrylic highlights.
The lady  latter thanked me for getting daughter involved in art after her unsuccessful efforts.

The winner of the wildcards was Roy Carless from Hartlepool who in my opinion produced the best painting of the day including the pod artists.The judges kept referring to him on TV as ' chalky boatman'.

 Detail on Roy's painting.

I had a good time painting and meet some interesting artists but was disappointed that none of the judges or presenters spoke to me while last year everyone except Frank Skinner passed some comment.
Some photos from the day:-

 Windy on the top level.

 The lady from Transylvania with her daughter ( on the right ) my assistant for the afternoon.

 And finally me as I appeared on TV.