Leaving Shetland
My last day on Shetland was cold and wet. There was sleet and hail and it even started to snow as I boarded the ferry. I'm afraid I...
Almost the last day here.
I catch the ferry tomorrow evening. This week has been cold and grey and wet and very windy. It’s difficult to draw when the wind tears...
If the horizon
is the line where the sea touches the sky then there are few horizons in Shetland. The convoluted, serpentine coastline hides the horizon...
Rainbows are made up
of drops of water. They seem to stay still but, in fact, the water droplets constantly fall down wards towards the earth. Waves travel...
It was raining when the ferry left Aberdeen
and my first sight of Shetland was in the rain too. But since then the weather for about half the day has been beautiful. Blue skies, no...
Frozen waves
Really not sure about this or where it's going at all. I thought I'd come to draw the sea but the shape of the land, the way it curves...
Wings of a dead gull
I'd imagined that I'd spend a lot office drawing the sea but it's the landscape that's so amazing. The hills and valleys fold around each...
travelling to the north country far
And the first sight of Shetland the next morning, looking like a long dragon lying in the sea. ,
Drawn Together
Drawn Together. – a collaboration between Coast Lines and Voluntary Arts Wales The largest drawing project in wales is taking place this...