Woodend, by Newton, West Lothian – Watercolour
These terraced cottages were probably built as farm worker’s dwellings for the Hopetoun Estate which covers much of this area in South Queensferry. If you leave the south end of the Forth Road Bridge and head west, for a couple of miles, you eventually pass through the tiny village of Newton. Newton has a great vantage point to view both the Forth Road and Forth Rail Bridges. (Please note that “Forth” is not a number but is the River Forth which terminates in the Firth of Forth or Forth Estuary – such is the complexity of Scottish place names). At the west side of Newton lies this tiny hamlet of old, but very attractive cottages surrounded by many mature trees. Despite one of the busiest of roads, just behind the far away house on the left, Woodend is a very quiet and peaceful place.
Boofredlay 10:12 am on July 23, 2011 | #
Another beautiful painting Uncle Bob.
Uncle Bob 10:22 am on July 24, 2011 | #
As a complete novice and amateur you have no idea how much your comment thrills me and makes me want to try harder. Thank you, Boo.
Boofredlay 10:54 am on July 24, 2011 | #
Well it is genuine and you deserve it. You want to see amateur watercolor, check out my Angry Tubers
The sad thing is my grandmother was a master at watercolor. She sold many works and taught at the University level at FSU in Florida for many years. I never took one lesson and now she has passed on.
Uncle Bob 1:23 am on July 27, 2011 | #
Boo. Sorry to take so long to reply to your nice comment. I find the best thing about painting is the sense that I sometime manage to do exactly what I set out to do. Looked at you “angry tubers” and think the idea is great. If you are happy with these then that’s all that matters As to your grandmother’s art, she will have had her own individual style of watercolours. You have your own so it would be difficult to compare/contrast the two. I sometimes find that just looking at how others go about a subject gets the creative juices alive but I am no good at copying others’ styles. The only advice I can give is – keep painting and trying new routes. Its a bit like regular exercise. You benefit from it, the more you do, so MORE “angry tubers, please.
Nikira 4:58 am on July 27, 2011 | #
@Boo, want to tell you about my friend. His mother was famous artist, many exhibits, sold work, real genius, I knew her, she was history. He, my friend was professor of science, he thought science in college, wrote articles. I met him when he was 38, he went to art college with me, I though he wont be able to make it, but he became an artist, he draws, he is doing mosaics in churches, he exhibits. So genes and desire made a miracle. Now he is doing a book about his famous mother too. I really like your Tubers, Boo.
Nikira 5:01 am on July 27, 2011 | #
Taught , sorry.
Boofredlay 8:23 am on July 27, 2011 | #
Thanks for the kind words you too. I definitely have more Tubers in the works. I am on vacation right now and did not bring my supplies. I agree with what you have said and don’t plan on stopping I just wished I had an interest while my grandmother was alive.