Sunset over Castle Craig by Val Kenyon

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Great photo to work from Val and a very interesting story, super glowing colours, lovely!

Posted by Debs Jones on Tue 25 Sep 15:33:16

Fantastic! Excellent colours you have used. I'd love to sit there and watch the sun go down.

Posted by Hazel Evans on Tue 25 Sep 15:39:37

this is so beautiful Val :-) you are very talented :-)

Posted by Rebecca Louise Saunders on Tue 25 Sep 15:52:49

Nice one Val, love the atmosphere. Can't beat a good sunset.

Posted by Peter Nelson on Tue 25 Sep 16:05:17

Super sunset Val. It's been quite some time since I've seen the sun, let alone a lovely evening sky like this one!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Tue 25 Sep 16:19:57

Beautiful sunset, beautifully painted, so vibrant

Posted by Glennis Weston on Tue 25 Sep 17:20:32

Dramatic sunset, very beautiful Val.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Tue 25 Sep 18:56:02

Val, you couldn't have posted this beautiful sunset at a more convenient time.....for me that is! Lol. I'm trying to do a sunset in watercolour and it isn't the easiest sky I've attempted. This is a cracker!! Hope mine tuns out half as good.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 25 Sep 19:05:24

What a wonderful sky Val and the tree and craggy silhouette add a dramatic touch. Beautiful!

Posted by Christine Davies on Tue 25 Sep 20:33:13

Thank you so much Debs, Hazel, Rebecca, Peter, Louise, Glennis, Carole, Fiona and Christine, the gallery looked as though it had been very quiet so it was a lovely surprise to find all these great comments, thanks again.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Tue 25 Sep 22:21:45

A sunset brilliantly depicted, Val! You've captured the light and dramatic impact beautifully!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Wed 26 Sep 07:28:14

You are so brave about skies - wish I could be! I always feel that sunsets are one of the hardest scenes to paint and often turn out to be far too brash. However, your sunset is nothing like that as it is glowing, subtle and has that wonderful light that the fading day often produces. The placing of the tree is also perfect. Super stuff.

Posted by Thea Cable on Wed 26 Sep 10:35:29

Fabulous colours Val. I've just been playing around with an old set of pastels and I love the vibrant colours - you've really capitalised on that in this scene - beautiful!

Posted by Jane Adams on Wed 26 Sep 13:01:05

This is a great sky Val, love the colours.

Posted by Denise Butler on Wed 26 Sep 16:33:42

What lovely comments, thank you so much Seok, Thea, Jane and Denise. Jane as you can see I love vibrant colours that is why pastels are my favourite of all the mediums :)

Posted by Val Kenyon on Wed 26 Sep 17:22:32

I've left comments elsewhere so will just say Wonderful, wonderful

Posted by Diana Hudson on Wed 26 Sep 20:56:21

Wow, it is very dramatic, Val.

Posted by Midori Yoshino on Thu 27 Sep 04:46:50

Marvellous sunset, beautiful colours, great tree and hills thrown into relief by the setting sun

Posted by Ros Patterson on Fri 15 Feb 20:40:05

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31/03/2015

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Now, I expect you are wondering where the castle is LOL Castle Craig is the name of one of the hills in the Ochils, Central Scotland. It was a promontory that stuck out from the Ochils, a good vantage spot, and many many years ago had a fort on the top. Unfortunately, in more recent times, the powers that be allowed quarrying to be carried out there leaving a big hole and scar on the landscape. This was painted from one of my husbands photos. Thanks for looking.

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Val Kenyon

I am a self taught artist or, as I like to say, I'm "unrestricted by formal teaching" which probably explains my mish mash of styles. I paint in most media, watercolour, gouache, oil, coloured pencil and my favourite, soft pastels. I'm inspired by the Scottish landscape, nature and animals and…

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