The Forth Bridge at Sunset

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I love this dramatic painting - very well done.

Posted by Jan Rossington on Sat 05 Dec 18:41:46

Thanks Jan!

Posted by Rob Wigham on Sat 05 Dec 20:09:00

Excellent. When we went to see it on holiday we never got to see in such beautiful light.

Posted by Pat Harrison on Sun 06 Dec 08:59:26

Stunningly beautiful!!

Posted by Chandra Ward on Sun 06 Dec 13:52:11

Thank you Pat. This westerly view was too good an opportunity to set the bridge against a sunset to miss!

Posted by Rob Wigham on Sun 06 Dec 17:37:00

Thank you Chandra!

Posted by Rob Wigham on Sun 06 Dec 17:38:27

Thank you Michael - sorry it's taken a while to respond, I guess I missed this! Yes, this was quite a daunting subject at first sight, but I knew I couldn't paint it in a watercolour style if I included all the detail. Thank goodness for drybrush! I loved doing the sky though - a great glow from Q-gold, permanent crimson alizarin and ultramarine. Looking back, I think I have a bit of a 'thing' about bridges - I seem to paint them an awful lot!

Posted by Rob Wigham on Mon 11 Jan 22:02:33

Excellent! Great technique....love the strong quin gold warmth in your sunset....and your tenacity to paint this great bridge!

Posted by Nancy Farrar Coughlin on Tue 17 May 09:49:39

Hang on Studio Wall

05/12/2015

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A view of the Forth Bridge and the Firth. This painting was an exercise in simplification - I could still have been at it if I'd painted all the structure on this lovely bridge! I enjoyed adding the distant lights...

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Rob Wigham

I am a watercolour painter living and working in the beautiful north of Scotland. Although my painting began with landscape works, I have recently begun painting aircraft, especially with a military theme. I often enjoy placing many of my aircraft in a landscape setting of their own! I am…

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