Day 17 - buildings at the Causey, Edinburgh

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A super sketch, Margaret.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Thu 17 Jan 14:18:35

I love spontaneous work like this.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Thu 17 Jan 15:45:46

I like the spontaneity in all your sketches like Sylvia,nice one, Margaret, too cold and snowing today to sketch, so I took a picture of some red and black rosehips in the field to paint tomorrow may be. :)

Posted by Annick Whitcombe on Thu 17 Jan 16:36:00

Informative and lively Margaret.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 17 Jan 18:36:06

Margaret you are doing so well and this is another great sketch.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Thu 17 Jan 21:10:05

Thank you all for your comments and encouragement :) Annick, snow! Glad to say we have not had any yet (other than a few little flakes a couple of weeks ago) - and I'm quite happy about that!

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Fri 18 Jan 14:32:06

Agree with Sylvia, great spontaneity. !

Posted by Richard Cooper on Fri 18 Jan 16:18:06

Thank you Richard :)

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Fri 18 Jan 18:09:43

Hang on Studio Wall

17/01/2019

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The light was fabulous on this building- a very old building underscaffolding - I discovered it to be rather complicated once I started - interesting angles and an old church next door. A6 sketchpad with artist pens. Slight self conscious drawing under the view of scaffolders (who probably were paying no attention at all!)

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Margaret Nisbet

I'm an amateur artist. I have drawn all my life - used to be mainly portraits but now a wider range. Did a lot of portrait/figure drawing at classes for a while in the 1990s then had a break from doing much at all until a couple of years ago, since when I've gone back to classes and workshops run…

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