Miscellaneous watercolours

monochrome sketch of clipped islands in a 'paper' sea

The Shiant Islands, inspired by a LiDAR reconstruction that presented a ‘view’ of the islands difficult to see in reality.

Stylised mountains with distinctive linear faults in the rock

The peaks of Coigach from Stac Pollaidh. The geology really hits you in the eye.

rocky headland in a calm sea

Autumn leaves

sea cliffs with near vertical pillars in the rock

Rubha Bheanachain, Skye.

Rubha Hunish, Skye. I’ve probably sketched this place more than any other.

islands reflected in a calm sea

A Hebridean calm. An old memory reimagined.

a grid of colourful windows in a tenement at night

Evening view from an Edinburgh tenement flat.

a building with windows with glass in them, others bricked up, remnants of old gable

Based on a photo of a wall in Glasgow taken by Colin Drysdale

More islands…

Hirta and Soay, St Kilda. From a LiDAR rendering.

Stac an Armin and Boreray, St Kilda. From a photograph by Alex Boyd.

Half-remembered small islands, Harris.

…and highlands

Sunburst through heavy cloud, Knoydart from Skye

Calm sea and a morning mist, Sound of Sleat