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Dunollie Castle Sketch.
Dunollie Castle sketch.
6B pencil on drawing paper.
A preparatory sketch of the ruins of Dunollie Castle, Oban, Scotland seen from Gallanach Road.
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2. Preparatory sketch. 6B pencil on paper.
With a * to remind me to reverse out what I had drawn when it came to the final piece.
The colour note ‘orange’ didn’t work when I tried adding a warmer shade so I decided to keep the palette cool and blue.
3. The reference photo.
Taken from the north pier in Oban, Scotland.
The trees are what caught my eye here and I’m always drawn to silhouettes.
Pencil sketches, A6 sketchbook (and a pebble holding the page flat).
I'd like to thank @edinburgh-by-the-sea for the help that have unknowingly given me.
I was struggling to draw landscapes because I couldn't simplify them until I found photos by @edinburgh-by-the-sea .
The composition of their photos is wonderful, they have an 'eye' which is distinctively theirs and it really appeals to me.
So I studied their photos and made super quick, shape sketches of them and now I'm able to see in a way that can simplify a landscape.
Huge thanks again to @edinburgh-by-the-sea, your creativity has made such a difference to me.
P.S. I hope you don't mind me posting my versions of your photos. I forgot to ask first and they don't do your photos justice at all.