A Little Bit of Skye

A Little Bit of Skye

Oil on board  20 x 24'

Bridget Hunter 2012

Still trying out the new blue ( Windsor Blue, green shade ) and finding it makes some very intriguing mixes with Cadmium Red or Yellow Ochre or a warmer blue, or combinations of a little bit of this and a little bit of that. I work with a limited palette of 7 colours anyway so it's been an adventure into the unknown.

 This oil is based on a sketch done when I spent a week in Skye last year and, like this May, it rained !

A Greener Shade of Blue

Lights and Darks at Culzean

Oil on board   20 x 24"

Bridget Hunter 2012

I've painted the small pond at Culzean before but recently went sketching there again and used the sketch as a resource for this painting. It's very much based on a new colour I bought - Windsor Blue ( green shade) which is very strong and needs scouring powder to remove from the  hands !! It's always the same with a new colour though- the need to use it to prove you've not wasted your money.

Watercolour in sketchbook

Paisley Art Institute

Paisley Art Institute

The Annual Exhibition starts on Saturday 6th May and is well worth a visit.

I am delighted to have a painting included this year.

November at Borrowdale

Oil on board  28x24"