tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54390181861840224602024-03-19T00:53:07.795-07:00Sketchy BusinessFriends on sketching trips in and around EdinburghRona MacLeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771403566381831374noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-10931674410714825472013-08-24T08:58:00.001-07:002013-08-24T08:58:29.896-07:00South QueensferryWe all did variations of the rail bridge......there was no ignoring it. but I feel some of the others captured it better.<br />
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Then I got more into my comfort zone.<br />
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.....but after lunch attempted a bit of the bridge again.<br />
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Mhairihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12042456903658341415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-83294677746609182542013-08-23T13:09:00.000-07:002013-08-23T13:09:31.858-07:00Queensferry PassageQueensferry was such a good choice for today's sketching trip - a great place for the sketching friends to meet. We were all drawn to the magic of that iconic structure - the Forth Bridge. I remember drawing it when I was a child at primary school for 'Junior Science' - I hope this attempt is a little better!<br />
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As I sketched it I was drawn into trying to understand the structure of the bridge - it is so bold and also so complex. After this, I walked into Queensferry. I love those Terraces with streets above houses and the crow-stepped gables. I did this sketch.<br />
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This sketch is a bit over-worked, I think. Maybe having started on the Bridge I had been drawn into thinking about detail? cos once I started this sketch, I got into the detail too much. I think the result is a bit of a jumble. So as a counterpoint I did this very quick sketch.<br />
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I love this building - the Black Castle. It juts out into the street, an uncompromising presence in black harling. The Vennel slips down the steps at the side.<br />
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After lunch I didn't do much. The inevitable seagulls, preening themselves as the tide came in...<br />
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And then another attempt at capturing the townscape and the Terraces, but I think I was a bit tired by this time. Love that sweep of the street, though.<br />
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It is such a lovely place, Queensferry - a real gem. It has resonances with Edinburgh's Victoria Street and parts of Leith. And it also has the outlook of those two bridges. The railway bridge definitely desreves World Heritage status...lets hope this is awarded!<br />
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<br />Aileen Grant Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696678440688024912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-88895777463215535162013-08-22T14:20:00.000-07:002013-08-22T14:20:36.173-07:00Port SetonJust posting this before our next outing tomorrow to South Queensferry - got diverted by the hot summer and the garden.<br />
It was a productive outing in spite of bracing weather. I particularly enjoyed the colours at the harbour.<br />
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Elspethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626320669275783577noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-36122541622920833222013-06-30T02:04:00.003-07:002013-06-30T02:04:51.852-07:00Long time since I managed to get to a sketchers day out, but despite the weather enjoyed losing myself in drawing again. Great day out with great company.<br />
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Mhairihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12042456903658341415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-62900848639352263502013-06-28T11:19:00.000-07:002013-06-28T11:19:31.202-07:00Port Seton on a grey dayWe almost called it off today as the weather forecast was so bad. But when we got there, it started to clear up. I had decided the lobster pots were for me, so boldly went in with a scratchy pen.<br />
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I think I exhausted myself doing this complicated drawing, cos it was downhill afterwards...<br />
One of the non-working boats in the harbour - 'Swift Sure' - I love the lines of this boat.<br />
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And the dark harbour with Fife peeping over the top - I thought it would be better in graphite....<br />
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And I was watching the men painting the big boat, so I sketched it in pen<br />
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And when I got home I added some watercolour, while the image was still in my mind. Big improvement!<br />
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On my way home, I stopped the car to do a couple of quick pastel sketches. I was fighting against the wind, which had become rather fierce, and maybe you can see this in the sketches. This is looking towards the Pentlands.<br />
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And this looks towards Musselburgh from the same spot (the red is from poppies!). I spent even less time on it, but the field of barley in the foreground looked amazing (have not done it justice).<br />
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Looking forward to seeing Mhairi's and Elspeth's sketches! Next trip on 2nd August, no venue yet decided.....<br />
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Part of Aberdour Castle sketched on a sunny day from a conveniently positioned bench!Elspethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626320669275783577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-17375197825430086852013-05-25T13:53:00.002-07:002013-05-25T13:53:44.869-07:00Aberdour...for more than half an hourWe had a really good day sketching in Aberdour yesterday. A sunny day, but very windy, so OK for sketching.<br />
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Here are the sketches I did, starting with my favourite - the view back to Edinburgh with the storm-tossed boats in the middle-distance.<br />
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And a wee quick sketch of Inchcolme<br />
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And a charcoal sketch of the wider sea view<br />
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I also did some buildings and trees. <br />
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I particularly loved this tree, with its rather severe haircut!<br />
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Bit of a gap with the posts, girls. We should be doing better. This was a good sketching venue (well, it suited me) and the weather was good, so maybe it will inspire us further.Aileen Grant Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696678440688024912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-69327676839731382312012-10-20T09:23:00.000-07:002012-10-20T09:23:03.079-07:00Outside Ocean TerminalDecided to brave the weather outside and draw some boats and cranes.<br />
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I wanted to get the line and the composition fixed, but really it was the colour that was so interesting....<br />
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Then I did some little ink drawings like this....<br />
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But after lunch I stayed inside and had a go at the view from the cinema over the open ground outside Ocean Terminal and the ponding on the blaes surface. Nice feeling of desolation...<br />
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But this effort is not nearly as good as the sketches of this view done by others - I hope they post their sketches here too!Aileen Grant Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696678440688024912noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-55358778967406011392012-10-19T09:25:00.001-07:002012-10-19T09:26:10.840-07:00Ocean Terminal 19Oct12<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Had a great day at Ocean Terminal. Started outside with the Royal Yacht.......<br />
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Then inside....lots of shops.....and finally, lunch, of course!Mhairihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12042456903658341415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-41483781232650589292012-09-18T13:46:00.001-07:002012-09-18T13:46:48.705-07:00More Linlithgow SketchesAs it was a bit windy, I did this sketch standing inside the Burgh Halls. A pencil sketch that took some time. Difficult angles.<br />
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Then it was down to the loch to look at the boats, but I couldn't finish this sketch, because it rained. But I quite liked the boats all together.<br />
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After lunch, I sat on the cemetery wall and sketched the small group of houses. Anther pencil sketch.<br />
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I like the higgledy-piggeldy-ness of these houses! Great place for sketching, Linlithgow.Aileen Grant Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696678440688024912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-22350868885955435142012-09-14T10:28:00.003-07:002012-09-14T10:28:27.423-07:00Linlithgow sketches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Despite it being very windy, had a great day drawing lots of things including this fireplace in the Burgh Halls and St Michael's steeple.Mhairihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12042456903658341415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-70679586973618051232012-09-14T10:25:00.000-07:002012-09-14T10:25:05.615-07:00Linlithgow Sept 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We met in Sooo Strawberry Caffe....(I think I've spelt it right).....so nice we went back for lunch.Mhairihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12042456903658341415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-57868345222236937272012-08-23T14:21:00.000-07:002012-08-23T14:25:26.537-07:00Cramond Re-VisitedSorry to be a bit tardy with this post, but better late than never.<br />
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I started out determined to do some colour sketching and I had brought my watercolours with this in mind. Cramond Island looked so beautiful in the sunshine. So that's what I sketched.<br />
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I couldn't quite capture the foreground, I think. And it looks a bit pale now. The foreground was something I wanted to work on, so my next sketch in pencil was this one of the gasometer - much more scenic, don't you think?<br />
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I do love the filigree effect of the gasometer - not quite sure if I've captured this well enough.<br />
Finally - here's a skech of a boat that I did.<br />
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Actually - this is a cheat. I did it in the studio and it's based on a boat I sketched at Port Seton Harbour. So I put it in to encourage you others to POST YOUR SKETCHES!<br />
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It was a good day and I look forward to seeing you all at our next sketching session in September.Aileen Grant Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696678440688024912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-59650021268411646762012-08-17T10:25:00.001-07:002012-08-17T10:31:15.742-07:00August 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is us outside the Gallery Bistro at Cramond on Friday 10th August in beautiful sunshine having tea and scones before a hard morning's work sketching. <br />
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And a sketch, the ice cream van!<br />
<br />Mhairihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12042456903658341415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-9710977761454051712012-06-22T02:20:00.002-07:002012-06-22T02:20:17.058-07:00Even although I couldn't get to last Friday's sketching I was looking to see what those who could get there produced...............Mhairihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12042456903658341415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-69166889339654884892012-06-11T10:33:00.000-07:002012-06-11T10:33:14.869-07:00Better Late than NeverHere is my drawing of a crow. It took to the air and landed on one of the allotment shed roofs after being chased by a dog. The textures in the sketch were much improved by the heavy rain.<br />
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ElspethElspethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01626320669275783577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-34481433809908732122012-05-19T10:38:00.003-07:002012-05-19T10:38:40.832-07:00Botanics and Inverleith Allotments May 11th (Rona's comments)The weather wasn't on our side this time, but undeterred, Elspeth and I headed across the road to the allotments. I love the organised chaos of allotments - the colourful huts, the salvaged materials used to build all sorts of garden necessities and all the different planting. Despite the rain and cold I managed a few wee sketches and took some photos. Eventually though the warmth of the Hope Gateway and lunch beckoned!<br />
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The weather wasn't as good as the last time we were here......<br />
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.............So I stayed indoors and drew the 1607 Botanic's bell and copied a framed print from a wee exhibition in the Botanics.....Catch it if you can. This is one of a series of hand coloured linocuts of nests and eggs by Hugh Bryden<br />
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Glorious day at the Botanics - too good to be inside the glasshouses, so worked outside. Searched in vain for an exotic large leafed plant to draw (didn't fancy skunk cabbage or bergenias). Did a colour study of ducks on the pond in front of Inverleith House. They got somewhat lost against the multicoloured water I had painted but there is enough information to do another painting. In the end I did a pencil drawing of these swans preening themselves.<br />
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This is a sculpture made of sticks in the pond at the John Hope Gateway and flowers in the sun against a rusty wall.</div>
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Lovely morning at the Botanics, tucked in the corner nera the Alpine glasshouse. Enjoyed experimenting with mixed media, coloured pastels, inktense and ink. First time I have used this method and so enjoyed working with colour, can see that this is definitely the way forward so much more interesting than line on its own. Look forward to having another go with watercolour as wellKairenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09373178931053970180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439018186184022460.post-23905472126580782802012-04-01T04:14:00.000-07:002012-04-01T04:14:09.561-07:00Botanical ExpeditionOn Friday, the friends met up at the Botanics in Edinburgh for a sketching session. We agreed over coffee to try and set up a blog for us to post and share our sketches. So here we go!<br />
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Sadly I couldn't stay very long and it was such a lovely day for sketching. My efforts were confined to an attempt in pastels at a view of the Edinburgh skyline from Inverleith House.<br />
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</tbody></table>So - now that I've made this start to our group blog, it's over to you guys. I'm sure you'll have done much more interesting sketches than this!Aileen Grant Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696678440688024912noreply@blogger.com0