Photo shows a woman wearing a yellow hat and a green waterproof jacket, sitting on a grassed rock promontory. The sun in shining. To her left is a steep cliff that falls away to a rocky shore. To her right, a fence post sits in front of another cliff edge that falls away to a rocky beach. The blue-green sea can be seen beside the cliffs and beach south of Dunbar.
Sketching Hutton’s Unconformity at Siccar Point this morning.
Excited to be taking my Lauriston Agroecology Farm zine to this event on Wednesday!
Photo shows a rectangular pencil drawing of red, horizontal wavy lines overlying grey, near vertical wavy lines. A tracing paper photocopy of red rocks overlies the lower third of the picture.
Photo shows a torn map with oblique red and ochre pastel lines above a series of torn strips of a blue envelope with near vertical grey and blue pastel lines.
Initial explorational drawings for my themed project “Hutton’s Unconformity”, a coastal geological feature south east of Dunbar.
Photo shows a hand holding a Pith sketchbook. A double page spread shows a pencil sketch of a cliff top overlooking a rocky shoreline. Behind the book is a cloudless blue sky.
Another very windy day hence the blurry photo of my quick sketch of the cliff tops around the Blue Grotto in Malta.
Photo shows a hand holding a Pith 200gsm sketchbook with an HB & 2B pencil sketch of of some very rocky cliffs and a wild sea on the eastern coast of Malta. A set of rock steps lead away from the sketchbook. Behind the steps is the coastal scene.
Very quick pencil sketch of some unusual rock formations at Għajn Tuffieħa Bay. So windy, I almost lost my sketchbook!
Thank you.
Photo shows a sketchbook with two small colour pencil pictures of semi-parallel coloured lines. In the top picture, the lines become more folded from top to bottom. In the bottom picture, the lines become straighter with depth. In both pictures the colours change from ochre to reddish brown to dark brown from top to bottom.
Stratigraphic doodling.
It’s an incredible exhibition.
“No Business Like Snow Business”
Love this, Louise
Photo shows a sketchbook doodle of irregular round to hexagonal shapes in black ink.
Geological doodling. Pillow lavas.
I used to climb the trees there as a child!
Duchal Woods?
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This is fascinating. Thank you for sharing.
Subject - Fidra Lighthouse Description - photo shows a hand holding a landscape sketchbook with a colour pencil drawing of a rocky island under a grey sky. There is a lighthouse on the island and a rock arch. In the background is a beach with the island beyond that. Location - Yellowcraigs Beach, East Lothian looking out to the North Sea Surface - 200gsm Pith sketchbook Medium - Derwent Drawing colour pencils
Sketching Fidra island before the rain set in.
Photo shows an 11.5cm square black pen drawing on cream card of a set of steps with a barred window on the left with tiled walls. Printed blue and white small text read: LEFT RIGHT UP DOWN.
Photo shows an indigo blue screen print of the Scotsman Steps with a tracing paper photocopy of this overlaid at right angles. Both papers lie on a green cutting mat with a knife and ruler in background.
Preparing for my Scotsman Steps project presentation tomorrow at College. Still exploring!
Photo shows a long rectangular lined bag with a collection of colour pencils. The external fabric of the bag is dark wine coloured and the internal fabric is cobalt blue. In the background is a matching small pencil case.
Photo shows a rolled-up long rectangular bag secured with a dark red elastic loop over a blue button. The external fabric of the bag is dark wine coloured and the internal fabric is cobalt blue. In the background is a matching small pencil case.
Should have been working on my college project today but couldn’t resist designing and making a pencil roll and a matching pencil case using this beautiful water resistant fabric from Merchant & Mills.
Photo shows a screen printing double image of the Scotsman Stoes, an octagonal tower with stairs in central Edinburgh. First print later is dark midnight blue; second layer is a soft yellow ochre.
Screen printing my photo of the Scotsman Steps in College today.
Photo shows a dark gold print from a rectangular Tetra-pak printing plate of a barred window
Photo shows a dark gold print from a rectangular Tetra-pak printing plate of a tiled wall
Photo shows eight dark gold prints from two rectangular Tetra-pak printing plates of a barred window and of a tiled wall which form the inside structure of the octagonal Scotsman Steps in Edinburgh.
Photo shows one view of eight dark gold prints, from two rectangular Tetra-pak printing plates of the Scotsman Steps in Edinburgh, which have been joined to form an octagon.
Fantastic first day back at College. Printed my Tetra-pak windows and internal tiled walls of the octagonal Scotsman Steps.
Photo shows a linocut plate with etched lines creating a tower structure with a doorway leading to steps and two barred windows.
Photo shows two Tetra-pak printing plates with etched lines to create a barred window in a wall; and a tiled wall. Both these types of wall feature in the Scotsman Steps tower. Both plates have been further etched with vein-like structures to replicate the marble steps within the tower.
Printing plate preparation for my Scotsman Steps project.
The Scottish Textiles Showcase on St Mary’s Street
Subject - Salisbury Crags & Arthur’s Seat Description - photo shows a mittened hand holding a sketchbook. Drawing shows a simple outline of the Seat, an extinct volcanic plug and the Crags, a dolerite sill intruded into the sedimentary rocks. Location - Regent Road, Edinburgh Surface - 200gsm Pith sketchbook Medium - Kaweco Sport biro ballpoint pen
Quick ballpoint pen sketch of Salisbury Crags and Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh. Very chilly today.
Photo shows a pile of tissue paper crowns that have come from Christmas crackers. Colours range from red to orange to yellow to green to blue to purple to pink! A rainbow of crowns!
Christmas is a wonderful time to….save cracker hats for chine collé!
(Chine collé is a printmaking technique where a delicate material such as tissue paper is bonded to the print paper during printing, providing background colours.)
Photo shows a double page of a sketchbook. There are 12 square boxes drawn in pen equidistant across the pages. Each box has a different geometrical pattern, representing an interpretation of an octagonal stone staircase.
Day 20 of #ArtAdventCalendar features twelve draft sketches for an etching I’m working on.
Photo shows a small sketchbook with a monotone graphite pencil drawing of four eight-petal Dyer’s Coreopsis flowers and stalks. Pencil from the wonderful Portuguese company, ArtGraf.
Day 19 of #ArtAdventCalendar with an ArtGraf graphite pencil sketch of Dyer’s Coreopsis
Thanks, Madeleine!
Photo shows a small handmade A7 sketchbook with a black graphite pencil and water sketch of two flag iris plants.
Day 18 of #ArtAdventCalendar with a graphite pencil and water sketch of flag irises
Thank you!
Photo shows a black fineliner pen drawing of a volcanic rock outcrop on a seacliff. Leaning to the left are hexagonal columns of weathered basalt. The grid paper background is from a Chartwell survey notebook.
Day 17 of #ArtAdventCalendar with a fineliner pen sketch of a seacliff in Brittany, France. I drew this for my Geology degree dissertation in the 1980s: a geologist inspired by art. And now in the 2020s, I’m training to be an artist who’s inspired by geology!
