Category Archives: Daily Sketch

The morning after

A great wedding was had at St Andrews and St Georges West, as I now know it is called, on George Street. A fantastic night followed at the  neighbouring George hotel. Great company, food and drink, all in a stunning location. All the very best to Gary and Laura, who looked amazing.

Here is the sketch from outside the church but this time with added colour.

Colour on the Balmoral

My sketch of The Balmoral looking over the North Bridge, this time coloured with a couple of pencil crayons, and scanned. I have kept two just two hues to keep the image simple, and stylised.

This view shows the rear of The Balmoral hotel, the front opens onto Princes Street. The clocks on the top of hotel all run five minutes fast, thought to be so Edinburgh business men and women don’t miss their trains! I’ve been grateful of those extra five minutes many a time rushing to work.

This is a shop I used to pass all the time on the way to work with my wife. We have never been in, always stuck in the traffic making our way up to George Street. They always have such lovely maternity wear hanging in the window.

Pasteled headquarters

This is the HBoS (formally Bank of Scotland) headquarters which stands high above Princes Street Gardens on The Mound. I took my Derwent pastel pencils/crayons with me today to add some colour.

It was a little messy but I like the effect you can achieve by adding a lighter colour on top of a darker one. Blending the two. I will stick with the pastels for a while as I could of spent all day experimenting, if only I had the time.

parliament front

On the way to work this morning I stopped by the parliament. Only a short 10 minute stop but I wanted to catch the crooked sticks that cover the doors and windows along the front.

I think I’ll come back to do some closeups, the positive and negative shapes and angles are great when you get close in.