Edinburgh sketchbook
Not before time, I have added a page to the website for my Edinburgh sketchbook. UPDATE: I’ve now started a separate website for these sketches, including more information, locations and more: Corners of Edinburgh
Exhibiting
So better late than never, time to update the site a bit. This is partly motivated by my recent enjoyable experiences of exhibiting as part of the Nak.Ed.Art collective. Our second show, at the unlikely sounding, but very pleasant, Edinburgh Ski Club premises, on Howe St, has just ended. As…
Sky portrait artist – drawing and painting Anita Rani
This is the second post about my experience as a contestant on Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2018; the previous one describes the background and preparation. The episode has now been broadcast, so here are a few more comments about the experience…if you haven’t seen it and want to watch…
Portrait Artist – interlude
Here is the self portrait I entered, done in watercolour, using a mirror. To follow – the portrait(s) done on the day of Anita Rani.
Sky portrait artist – the ‘amateur’ perspective
So, next week (Tuesday 27 Feb) is the broadcast date for my heat of Sky Portrait Artist of the Year. The picture here is not the one I entered (I’ll post that next week, after the episode has aired) but rather it is my first ever self-portrait, done as a…
One that got away…
I created this miniature painting some years ago, for our very first Gaita CD (recorded together with Misericordia). It is based on a few different pictures from around 1400, but the musicians are portraits of us (a give-away is that you never see depictions of male pattern baldness in that…
On show at the Filmhouse
My pastel portrait of Andy can currently be seen (till 3rd January 2018) in the Filmhouse café in Edinburgh. It was completed in one of Anna’s morning classes for the Edinburgh Drawing School, held at our flat on Haddington Place.
A portrait of Chris
This is one of my favourite portraits of my husband Chris, done using watercolour without any underdrawing. I’m particularly happy with the accurate hands, very important to musicians! The outfit is typical for his performances as music duo Hyperborea.
Welcome
It was a mixed experience to get this site set up, so I hope it is of interest to some!