Tag: Isle of Lewis

Deserted beach on Barra. 7" x 5" watercolour on 140lb Bockingford Paper.

IT’S GONNA BE JUST BEAUTIFUL!

Here are a few snaps of some recently completed watercolours and one little gouache of a bluetit!

7″ x 5″ watercolour on 140lb paper

I’ve been undergoing some medical treatment in the last few weeks which has been somewhat disruptive to the normal routines, however, I’ve found a way of working around this – painting small!

Jar of flowers painted in watercolour
Wild Flowers in a Jar

They’re all painted on size 5″ x 7″ or 7″ x 5″ watercolour paper (140lb Bockingford or Fabriano) depending on whether it’s portrait or landscape orientation.

 

Deserted beach on Barra. 7" x 5" watercolour on 140lb Bockingford Paper.
Deserted beach on Barra. 7″ x 5″ watercolour on 140lb Bockingford Paper.

It means I can finish the painting in a reasonable timescale even if I lose a couple of days due to side effects etc. Onward and upward!

cottage, Isle of Lewis, watercolour on 140lb Bockingford Paper.
Old Cottage, Ness, Isle of Lewis. 7″ x 5″ watercolour on 140lb Bockingford Paper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On completion, all are being listed at VERY reasonable prices on eBay!

5" x 7" watercolour of a cute wee Puffin
5″ x 7″ watercolour of a cute wee Puffin on 140lb Bockingford paper

Check my “For Sale” page link or jump straight over to the current eBay listings.

As a certain politician keeps telling people:

“IT’S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL”

– i.e., my next painting! –

“BELIEVE ME, IT’S GONNA BE FANTASTIC!”

Watch this space!!!

“IT’S GONNA BE ABSOLUTELY AWSOME!”

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Cottage, Isle of Lewis

Cottage, Isle of Lewis

I saw this cottage when Norma and I were on holiday in the Outer Hebrides a few years ago. The rusty red corrugated iron roof on the shed caught my eye, as did the light glinting off the dry-stane dykes. The washing flapping in the breeze tells us that this was “a good drying day!” Fortunately the weather was kind to us and we have very happy memories of our stay in the hamlet of Ness, away up on the Northernmost tip of Lewis. The people are so friendly and the landscape is quite unique. Well worth the ferry trips necessary in order to get there!