high summer while the rest of the UK has been sweltering we have had cool grey mornings, sometimes with a haar looming by dusk. walking Bims has not been a matter of falling out of bed into my boots just after dawn to get a cool walk, as it was last year. some of our beach walks have been quite misty and grey, but this week – a little earlier than my usual time – at Tentsmuir it was all silvery glitter. the Kinshaldy pools are beginning to dry up but the dunes are still flowery and the rosebay in full blast of purple. ribbed sand striped blues and a bit of drawing always inspiring. inland there’s plenty too. barley ripening, and swooping swallows blocks of dark trees I love using the random appearances of pattern in these hand-sewn books. and to quickly draw B over these pattern hounds meadow sweet every where good for alcholic drinks, and a glorious yellow-gold dye colour in Owlet wood we pass a place of desecration, broken glass everywhere, cans, plastic bottles … a teenage camp in the wood, the broken bottles and cans etc matching the farmer’s deposits of fencewire and possible fly-tippings or farmer of other crap, pheasant pens trampled and tripping one up, rusty barbed wire laced between trees, and theres a broken sofa. goodness knows what goes on on it, but I imagine Ariadne, just a teen herself, going all the way with Bacchus/Dionysus, she can’t resist him, hormones blazing …. and there’s my painting resolved – Ariadne’s Bed in the Wood all these reds with some sparkly mica and a crown. A. has become a bit of a theme recently. then early last week we went on the walk around Craiglug again. It was partly cloudy and once we got around the western side of the hill there was a fresh breeze. near Fingask’s beautiful beef shorthorn strawberry roans there were annoying flies though. scabious in the hedge and then more resolution for this diptych from the sketchbook Craigsanquhar farm the first marks were blues and runny fluidity and text – up there a reference to that dominating hill with its crags a painting showing its Chuta Kimura and Idris Murphy influences. cool morning walks in Cairngreen and Kemback woods the garden – the roses turned out to be strongly scented – the prairie flowers are starting to show some buds. I have put a micro irrigation system in for them, things are so dry. this white clematis is in the shade most of the day. it seems quite happy. today I made a stack of thick paper rectangles from some smooth (hot press) heavy watercolour paper to paint on. summery colours juicy fruits and another of those crowns. Post navigation july floweringsthe autumnal feel of August 4 Comments What a joyous blog Jane. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and seeing pictures previously posted on Facebook brought into a fluid, visual narrative. Thank you! Reply oh thank you Biddy! what a lovely comment! Reply I echo Biddy! Another lovely blog, lovely photos and commentary… Reply thank you so much Trish, I really do appreciate comments and you are very faithful! Reply Leave a ReplyCancel reply This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
What a joyous blog Jane. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and seeing pictures previously posted on Facebook brought into a fluid, visual narrative. Thank you! Reply