Aberdour, Fife

A couple of small paintings of Aberdour harbour, both with the tide quite low. The second one (without boat) was painted last Sunday morning whilst an artist friend, Pete Dimmock, visited for the weekend. We both entered paintings into watercolour exhibitions in London which were collected by the courier on Saturday so fingers crossed.

Princes Street shoppers

Painted this one in the studio from one of my photographs of Princes Street in Edinburgh.

Spent a bit more time on it as a bit of an experiment and for practice painting figures. I was quite pleased the way the abstracting of the shop fronts on the right turned out.

(don't forget you can click on any painting to enlarge the image)

North Queensferry

Another pen, ink & watercolour sketch yesterday afternoon from in the car. Too cold and windy to go outside. Couldn't believe how fast the tide went out while I was there.

Forth Rail Bridge in the background was a nightmare to paint in!

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Pen Ink & Watercolour sketch one Sunday morning back in October 2007 - just found it still in the pad. Quite a chilly morning as I remember (most are) but enjoyed painting it.

Roker Beach, Sunderland

Quickly painted one Sunday morning, again whilst out with friend Pete. L S Lowry used to stand at this viewpoint and painted or sketched many works around this area.

Caribbean Sunset

Painted this tonight at the Art Club. Took about 90 minutes to do and am quite pleased with the result. Only small, 9 x 6 inches. Memories of a recent cruise holiday. Hope you like it.

If any artists out there want to get in touch to share images, ideas or generally chat please feel free to get in touch by the way.

Pen & Ink Sketch

Out with pal Pete again last Sunday. One painting (not shown) was a disaster painted early against the light.

Second was in the sketchpad in pen with a bit of watercolour added. A ship appeared so quickly added that in. Location was River Wear in Sunderland. Took about 30 minutes to do.