Wester Close, Newhaven – Ink in a Watercolour Moleskine
An experiment using Indian ink to draw mainly shadows.
The City of Edinburgh encompasses many small villages. Newhaven is a fishing village between Leith and Granton, both Firth of Forth fishing ports in their own right. The population of Newhaven is around 5,000. Its harbour is used, these days, for mixture of fishing boats and private yachts.
We visited this area today as its possible to buy a huge variety of fresh fish, at reasonable prices, which we intended to freeze. Any friends, visiting Edinburgh, will hopefully enjoy fish as a trip to Newhaven’s Seafood Restaurant is always on our itinerary despite being around 15 miles from our house. During our visit, I took the opportunity to do a few sketches and take some photographs. This is one of the original streets which has been greatly modernised. A “close” is the local word for an enclosed street or a street which has adjacent buildings “close” by. This link shows the same place 130 years ago
Nuria 3:01 pm on February 19, 2010 | #
(Castellano-Español):
Bob, me gusta mucho la obra. Es curioso este espacio urbano. Me encanta la foto tan antigua que nos has enseñado en el enlace. Y la historia que cuentas es muy interesante.
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(Inglés):
Bob, I like this work. Curious this urban space. I love the photo so old that you taught us in the link. And the story is very interesting.
trebor61 2:48 am on February 20, 2010 | #
Hola Nuria. Si, por el “curioso”, que significa su inusual tener un pueblo en una ciudad que puede explicar. Toda la zona que solía ser una gran colección de pequeños grupos de casas. A medida que más se han añadido, se fusionaron en grandes áreas. Siempre ha habido un gran puerto, Leith, en esta parte del mundo – Mary Queen of Scots aterrizó aquí cuando regresó de Francia en 1561. Leith finalmente fue absorbido por Edimburgo en 1920 y se convirtió en parte de la capital – para disgusto de muchos residentes locales. Hay alrededor de 37 sitios pequeños, como Newhaven, que han mantenido su identidad hasta el día de hoy. Edimburgo se da un sabor único. Mi favorito es el “pueblo Dean” en el centro de la ciudad. Un oasis de tranquilidad que usted debe ver cuando nos visite.
Hi Nuria. If, by “curious”, you mean its unusual to have a village in a city I can explain. The whole area used to be a large collection of small groups of houses. As more were added they merged into larger areas. There has always been a large port, Leith, in this part of the world – Mary Queen of Scots landed here when she returned from France in 1561. Leith was eventually swallowed up by Edinburgh in 1920 and became part of the capital – much to the annoyance of many locals. There are around 37 small sites, such as Newhaven, which have retained their identity even to this day. It gives Edinburgh it unique flavour. My favourite is “Dean village” right in the centre of the city. An oasis of tranquillity which you must see when you visit us.
Nuria 6:36 am on February 20, 2010 | #
Many thanks Bob.!
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¡Muchísimas Gracias Bob!.