Winter Trees – Inverleith Park – Acrylic with ink in a Watercolour Moleskine
Inverleith Park is mainly used for recreational purposes with a number of football and rugby pitches. It also has a rose garden with a memorial fountain dated 1899. This the park where my ill fated attempts at aerial photography foundered (see my Jan 8th post). The boating pond, (mentioned in my Jan 20th post) lies to the south of the park adjacent to the Edinburgh Academical Rugby Club in Stockbridge where the first international rugby union match, between Scotland and England was played on March 27th 1871.
My scene shows some of the trees, stark against a winter sunset, during a recent visit. Its a good time to view trees without their foliage.
PS In the USA our “Football” is known as “Soccer” and their “Football” looks a lot like our “Rugby”, in fact our rugby is very similar to their game but without the finesse.
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Rudat 8:01 am on January 25, 2010 | #
Beautiful winter trees! Which do you prefer to paint…summer trees or winter trees?
And then there is the game of Cricket. That is a total mystery to me.
Nuria 8:36 am on January 25, 2010 | #
Wonderful trees!.
Please, what brand of watercolors and ink uses Bob?.(If is a secret, do not tell me anything).
trebor61 2:02 pm on January 25, 2010 | #
Thank you Susan. I definitely like winter trees as I find I tend to overdo foliage on summer ones
Susan. How does one begin to describe cricket? Perhaps put simply
Two teams of 11 players.
One team goes into bat while (first innings – each team has two innings. Matches are over 1,3 or 5 days depending on the type ie “test match or international match is 5 days) The whole of the other team fields. Two players are required at the “crease” (batting area) at all times. This means the innings ends when 10 players are out. To be “out” you can be “bowled”, “caught” by a fielding player,”stumped” or “run out” when the stumps are hit when the batsman is out of his crease (Too far away from the stumps),. A batsman is also out when he hits his own wicket (The name of the three stumps). A “run” is scored when the ball is hit far enough away to allow the batmen to run between the creases at opposite ends or if a ball is bowled illegally – a “no ball”
The teams swap round and the second team begins its first innings. If this team cannot score within 200 runs of the first innings it can be asked to “follow on” – play its second innings next. A match can be won by a greater amount of runs while taking all of the opponents wickets, It can be drawn by each team having the same amount of runs or if time runs out for both teams. Please note that batting sides can play defensively denying the fielding side the chance to remove all the batsmen.
Does this make sense? Why not? Its actually far more “complicated” than this. Lots of folk find it boring but its fascinating watching the bowling side change the position of fielders and to use different bowling methods by spinning or swinging (like baseball) the ball.
Please follow this link to be confused further
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket
For God’s sake please don’t ask me to explain what Rugby Union is all about. People here suspect even the referees don’t know what its about.
trebor61 2:04 pm on January 25, 2010 | #
Nuria. No secret what inks I use. I seem to have built up a fair collection so I’ve photographed these and put them on flickr with a small description. Just follow these links. Please ask if you want a fuller description on how I use the stuff.
Nuria. No hay secreto lo que las tintas que uso. Me parece que se han acumulado una buena colección de modo que he fotografiado estos y ponerlos en flickr con una pequeña descripción.Sólo tienes que seguir estos enlaces. Por favor, pregunte si usted desea una descripción más completa sobre cómo usar el material.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28475994@N00/4304567214/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28475994@N00/4303821277/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28475994@N00/4304566076/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28475994@N00/4304565536/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28475994@N00/4304564924/
Nuria 2:16 pm on January 25, 2010 | #
¡¡¡Muchísimas Gracias Bob!!!. ¡¡¡Están genial las fotos!!!. ¡¡¡Genial!!!:-D
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Thank you sooo much Bob!!!. They are great photos!!!. ¡¡¡Wonderful!!!