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Work in Progress IV
By Loch Garten Another image from my visit to the Cairngorms earlier this year. The day was overcast so the challenge here is to create a colour palette that reflects the soft and subtle hues of the forest without creating a dull painting. This is the initial coloured pencil sketch done while sitting on the…
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Armenian Church Khor Virap
Painting of the month for December/January, reviewed by Patrick McConnell. Painting of the Month: December 2019-January 2020 Armenian Church, Khor Virab This evocative portrayal is of an ancient church in Armenia, located in the Plain of Ararat, close to the troubled borderline with neighbouring Turkey. This church was built upon the foundations of the sixth…
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Work in progress III
Abernethy Forest With an introduction by Patrick McConnell Abernethy Forest With their breathtakingly beautiful mix of alders, silver birches and towering Scots pines, casting a dappled light across heather-strewn woodland floors, Scotland’s Caledonian Forests are something to treasure. Cross-billed birds and red squirrels fuss over the pine cones overhead, with the fresh pine-scented air emanating…
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Alfama, Lisboa
Painting for November, reviewed by Patrick McConnell. Morning in Alfama, Lisboa A sultry morning in early summer unfolds as the ancient Moorish district of Alfama in Lisboa slowly awakes. A local man leans on his balcony to look at his neighbours stirring in the square below. A sky of delicate blues frames the orange and…
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