This is the story of the inspiration behind my watercolour painting of two White-tailed Eagles soaring above Castle Island during winter. Castle Island is situated in Loch Leven, within the small county of Kinross-shire. The castle on the island is famous for being the location where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in 1567. Eagles […]
I have recently finished a new painting of a White-tailed Eagle in flight. This particular bird is one I have watched for many hours, female ‘Turquoise 1’, as she is known from her identification wing tags. I didn’t paint in her tags in this portrait. Below is a timelapse I have put together from a […]
A new set of coloured pencils, can only mean one thing, a new portrait! I decided to draw one of my favourite birds, the Puffin. A Puffin with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils After some more research into the various types of coloured pencils, and which would suit my needs the best, I opted for a […]
I’ve always wanted to try coloured pencils. Towards the end of 2019, I was thinking about a new art challenge for myself for the New Year. Coloured pencils are something I haven’t had a proper go at. A tin of Derwent Drawing Pencils sat in a draw for a few years, unused, bought on a […]
In May I blogged the work-in-progress photos of the young lion painting I was working on, Young Lion Painting in Progress, and today I have finally finished it. Lions are a new painting subject, giving me the opportunity to study the fur pattern and colouring closely for the first time. The tree bark was also […]