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Harrison Park in the Snow

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As the snow may be here soon I thought I would share this sketch I made just over a year ago. I forgot to add it to my website and to the Etsy page so now I have rectified that, and signed prints can be bought via the link below.

The drawing was made with black india ink and a brush pen. I enjoyed being restricted to a single colour, you can see the layers of ink in the tree branches as they overlap each other and create darker and light shades.

The prints are on lovely watercolour paper, each one is signed and mounted and then enclosed in a protective sleeve. I have three sizes available at the shop below.

Harrison Park in the Snow, Edinburgh. A Signed Print in a Card Mount and Protective Sleeve. From an Original Indian Ink Drawing. – Etsy UK

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Snowy Steps in the City

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The view down Fleshmarket Close is always a favourite and recently the snow fall in Edinburgh made this view even more special.

One morning in early February I got wrapped up in extra layers, gloves and big boots on and ventured into the city. The snow had not stopped the night before and everywhere was covered with a thick layer of crisp snow.

I took probably a hundred or more photographs, every corner revealed a new picture perfect scene, places I know so well but with a new slant, a freshness and cleanness which snow can achieve.

I did try to sketch on location but with minus temperatures my fingers didn’t last long before I had to stop and return to the warmth of my studio to work.

I have a number of photos to work from so you may see more snow sketches on here as the spring arrives in Edinburgh.

This sketch can be bought as a mounted and signed print on my etsy shop HERE.

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Wintry Princes Street Gardens

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At the start of the year Edinburgh had a dusting of snow which for me highlighted one positive of the pandemic lockdown.

Princes Street Gardens would usually be full of the Christmas and New Year festivities, including the fun fair land of markets and rides which takes up almost all of the gardens each year.

As the markets and fairgrounds were cancelled this year it was lovely to see this scene, with the only people in the gardens those sledging down the slopes or building snow men under the snow covered trees.

I love how the sun is just reaching over the buildings of the high street and highlighting those on Princes Street.

This sketch highlights the gardens in winter and I hope in future years we still get to enjoy the gardens as a space to have fun in the snow.

View this sketch as a mounted print and buy from just £20 including UK delivery here.

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    Snow fall in Edinburgh

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    On the second of January I woke early to find a new snow fall had dusted Edinburgh with a coating of what looked like icing sugar on a Victorian film set.

    I dressed quickly and headed into town, eager to see the city centre streets before too many footprints and tyre tracks had muddied the white stuff. I walked up through Stockbridge taking photographs at every corner. So many views that look so different, fresh and clean with snow on the floor.

    As I passed through the New Town I had to stop and make a quick drawing, I sat on a Georgian step and looked across Forres Street around the corner of Moray Place Gardens. Such a perfect scene with the stunning architecture, railings and lamps rising out of the snow!

    After finishing my piece I walked up onto Princes Street taking more photos to work from, and trying to get the blood back into my fingers!

    Enjoy the winter snow fall everyone 🙂

    I later added a sledger being pulled across the road as an idea for a Christmas card for next year:

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    A perfect January walk: sunshine, snow and blue skies

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    Arthurs Seat in snow 2018Yesterday I went for a walk through the crisp fresh snow which had fallen overnight on Arthur’s Seat.

    The capitals extinct volcano sits in Holyrood Park and enjoys fantastic views over Edinburgh.

    On this occasion however I did not trust myself to climb to the top in such icy conditions so instead walked around the hill to the crags from which I could see the view above showing Arthurs Seat to look like a mighty lion sitting looking out to sea.

    The sunshine but so bright from top right creating beautiful colours withing the snow, notably strong blue shadows which I tried to capture above.

    This sketch was drawn with ink and watercolour, using a Windsor & Newton paint set and Artgecko A5 sketchpad.

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    Snow is falling… in Granton

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    SnowInGrantonI’m a little late to the office today as I just had to sketch the snow falling in Granton this morning.

    Huge flakes and lots of them fell as the Sketcher family tucked into their breakfast. The toddler twins were amazed, excited and then a little disappointed as it is was all melting away!

     

    Not to worry I said, I’m sure there is plenty more on it’s way.

     

    TIP: The trick to sketching snow in pen (without pencil first) is to draw the snow before anything else, add all the snow flakes and then build the picture behind.

     

    Have a good day across the capital everyone wrap up warm and take care on the roads 🙂 See the link below for the latest weather in Edinburgh.

     

    STV Weather in Edinburgh