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Charcoal and Pastel studies from my Winter sketchbook
This is a series of studies using mixed media taken from my coastal and winter sketchbooks. Below is a selection of charcoal and pastel studies from my coastal sketchbook of the Outer Hebrides and the West Coast.
Scarastabeg, Harris
I painted this oil painting on one of my many trips to the Outer Hebrides. The unique light, the intense greens, the blues of the sea and the white shell beaches on Harris were inspirational and exciting. I worked on my sketchbooks then painted plein air and finally...
Working Boats at Crinan
l have often painted these old boats as l have come across them when painting or sailing on the Clyde and the West Coast. Most of them are no longer seaworthy apart from a very old whaleback wooden trawler tied up at Crinan. l thought l should make a painting before...