Sunday 15 November 2015

The path to brothers point




As you may know already I really don't like the cold. Much of my summer is spent outside photographing and drawing so that in the cold months of winter I can spend my days inside making. I think perhaps I would be better suited to hibernation, but alas that does not seem to be possible, so at the moment I am filling my dark days using many of the summer photographs as inspiration.
This is one such snapshot of summer, finished  a few weeks back.
It is a beautiful area of coastline on Skye which I paint regularly
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It is quiet and peaceful, just the odd bleating sheep to break the silence.


I began by painting in the scene roughly with watered down acrylic paint.



I then covered the paint layer with paper fragments. I used pieces of old ordinance survey map as well as foils and hand made papers. ( you can also see my inspiration photo stuck into my scrapbook.)


I applied black gesso in my usual way.


 I decided to lighten the sky and sea and add moulding script to add more texture.




The foreground was filled with cow parsley and grasses using liquid pearls paint and gold leaf. You may notice the tea mug..... earl grey is what makes me function. ;)

Brothers point, mixed media on canvas)



26 comments:

  1. Your part of the world looks so inviting. I think I would walk up and down the coast and never get anything done. I love how you translate your beautiful world onto canvas and your process is interesting to read about.

    I love earl grey tea too! But in the morning, it has to be something really strong like coffee. :)

    xo

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  2. What a journey you take us on, I love it all so much and such wonderful peace, so good for the soul!
    That special place looks so beautiful and filled with such peace, how lovely to share with just a few friendly sheep! Your painting of course is exquisite as always, I can feel the salty sea breezes blowing my way just looking at this!

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  3. It is so interesting to see how you've set up your picture. I can learn a lot. The result is wonderful, but also the "Watercolor" at the beginning looks already very good! Grüße von Ulrike

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  4. It is so interesting to see your process for creating your work :)

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  5. It is very inspiring to see how you create your art. Great ideas.

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  6. Wonderful to see the process of this beautiful art piece.
    Happy PPF xx

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  7. It's always inspiring to see your process Morag. I love the shimmery effect you achieve on the water.

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  8. I can see how inspiring it is living in such beautiful surroundings! I love how your paintings have so many luscious layers. Happy weekend to you Morag! xx

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  9. This is a gorgeous piece. I love how you gave it so much depth. I also am not much for the cold, and I could hibernate also. Too bad I have to go out to work, because staying in and making art sounds fabulous!

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  10. Your painting is tremendous, and I did appreciate reading how you made it. The cow parsley gives it such a sense of depth.
    That's a great photograph of the sheep, Skye sheep are special and these two are definitely beautiful and posing for the blog.

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  11. This piece is stunning, I adore it! What a gorgeous place to live and drink earl grey.

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  12. Stunning work and process...I even love it with just the black gesso and then your transform it even more...Gorgeous...this is such an incredible beautiful process!! Love it! Such serenity in this piece!! Much needed!

    Hugs Giggles

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  13. this is gorgeous!! Isn't it nice to have such lovely reminders of summer all year with photos and art? And I can always close my eyes and smell the sea...

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  14. Very interesting process - so many beautiful stages!

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  15. This is just utterly gorgeous! I think a summer at Skye would be perfect to gather inspiration for many works! I went with my family to Syke, Harris and Lewis a few years ago, it was September, I found Harris when we were there one of the coldest places on earth, but then I'm from Oz haha, but loved, LOVED, the beauty of those isles :)

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  16. This is so beautiful, Morag. I wish I could fly over there to Scotland and see it up close and personal!

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  17. I love this picture and all the little details you added as well as seeing the process how you have created this. I watched it several times just to become a feeling on how you go on step by step. It's fascinating! And I also love the photographs of your pretty landscape!

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  18. very lovely canvases

    warm wishes

    much love...

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  19. Wow! I love how your created this. Thank you for showing your process. It turned out beautifully.

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  20. Another perfect piece! I especially love the perspective, and the orientation you have used, as the eye is led from the gorgeous foliage to the sea and sky. It would certainly brighten any cold winters day to gaze at that!

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  21. I always love to wander in your part of the world with you. What a beautiful piece you created.Morag. xo

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  22. It is great to see your process. I really like your first part with acrylic paint. That could have been a real keeper too! I like how the finished piece has us looking down over the cow parsley into the water.

    Since you can't hibernate, you might as well make the world a better place with your wonderfully textured and colourful art!

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  23. Gorgeous art and lovely photos. Your header is captivating, too!

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  24. I love seeing how your pieces come together, it's quite a magical journey from start to finish. I love the flowers on this, they are exquisite and somehow the text ties it all together - absolutely lovely work.

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  25. How wonderful and it brings back a lovely memory of walking out to brothers point early one morning with my husband when we were visiting Skye with friends and they kept the children for a few hours. Lovely spot and great bit of coast.

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