The Forth Bridge, also known as the Forth Rail Bridge, seen from the harbour at Queensferry or South Queensferry. This was the first of three major bridges built across this part of the Firth of Forth in three different centuries. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/queensferry/southqueensferry/index.html
I'm slowly going through all my best prints! Soon I'll be onto the terrible ones.
Here's one of my favourite prints from a few years ago: "Between Tides". It is a five colour screenprint, two blues, yellow, brown and transparent black.
It is based on the harbour wall at Mousehole and features boats on the sand, lobster pots and a seagull. Unfortunately I only made 22 of them (I was still learning how to register prints accurately).
The last one travels with us to Cheltenham next Thursday to meet its new owner.
Here's another one of my recent prints, Mevagissey Harbour, a six colour screenprint which I started editioning earlier this year.
It is from a series of photographs I took of the harbour. I did not trace it from the photograph though but redrew it and interpreted it in my own way.
It features four colours and two transparent blacks. And lots of textures and natural media elements.
A view from the west of the lovely harbour at Crail, the most easterly of the line of settlements along the south side of the East Neuk of Fife. It has an ancient history, being well settled by the 800s and thriving by the 1100s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/crail/crail/index.html
This reflection was part of a series I produced a few years ago. This is HMCS Acadia, which was docked by the Maritime Museum in Halifax harbour. Built in 1913, she survived the Halifax explosion of 1917. https://hmhps.ca/sites/hmcs-acadia
Happy Tuesday, Fedi Friends
Two wonderful dogs to match the background 🤗🐕🐕. Enjoying a refreshing dip in the water! The background is a rocky cliff on the coast called Scala dei Turchi (Staircase of the Turks) in Realmonte, Sicily, Italy.
The busy harbour at Tarbert in Argyll, built on the narrow strip of land where two lochs nearly meet: a strip of land that is all that prevents Kintyre from becoming an island. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/tarbert/tarbert/index.html
The wonderfully charming harbour at Crail, the most easterly of the string of superb coastal villages along the south-east coast of the East Neuk of Fife, looking out over the mouth of the Firth of Forth. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/crail/crail/index.html
Scalloway Castle, seen in dramatic light, was built to exercise control over Shetland in 1600. Its surroundings, once sea on three sides, have changed considerably since it was built and it is now right next to Scalloway's busy harbour. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/scallowaycastle/index.html
The harbour at Burnmouth in the Scottish Borders, the first village you reach in Scotland when travelling north on the A1: though it's all too easy to pass through without really noticing. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/burnmouth/burnmouth/index.html
After some mostly cloudfree days and summer temperatures the sun just hid behind the first traveling clouds.
Thunderstorms may be rolling in from SE this afternoon as we are right at the border between air currents here today at the southern coast of the #BalticSea.
Tobermory, the beautiful island capital of the Isle of Mull. It is probably still known to some visitors as TV's Balamory; and its harbour is said to be home to the sunken wreck of a Spanish Armada ship and its cargo of gold. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mull/tobermory/index.html