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Just a few views that I like.  This first one is late afternoon evening scene of a boat moored in Loch Tay in Perthshire, Scotland.  It was autumn and the rays of the sun were low in the sky, hence the bright  illumination of the trees and their winter colors.

On the loch

Managed as an oil on board representation and taken from an original photograph from my personal stock.  On the full size image can be seen the palette knife applied paint effect which is very effective on any hard surface such as board. I also like the texture achieved when applied using this technique as it seems often to “glow” with a vibrancy which lacks somehow in a watercolor for example.

This next image is a photograph I took a year or so ago and whilst not the best one it was useful as I decided to use it as a basis for a watercolor just for fun.

Loch view

I wanted only the narrow part showing the shoreline, part of the loch and part of the sky, almost a panoramic style view, but not a true one of course – more a cropped scene which suited my purpose. Once I had the part I needed I set about a watercolor of it in a loose wispy style reminiscent of some great paintings I’d come across in the Lake District by C D Holland, an Artist I admire very much.
Although the place is different and the light too, it’s a similar subject and I thought it should work quite well.
So here I’ve tried to emulate his light pictorial style and even framed it ready for wall hanging.

A loch view watercolor

The difference between the oil on board and the watercolor is very evident in this post, which is quite tricky to illustrate on the computer, though the larger views help of course.

Click on the image for a larger view or alternatively click any image on the Gallery Slide Show below.