I’m proud to announce that my new book, Through a Painter’s Brush: Scotland, has finally been released in hardcover. The video tells you all about the book. You can order the hardcover OR the Kindle edition from Amazon, here.
The book chronicles the three journeys I’ve embarked upon so far:
Perthshire and Beyond: from the rolling hills and quiet lochs of Perthshire to the medieval town of Stirling with its ancient castle, and on to the glacier-carved valley of Glen Coe;
Highlands and Islands: from the majestic mountains and broad moorlands of the Isle of Skye to the towering cliffs of the Orkney Islands, rich with prehistoric treasures; and
Wider Horizons: from the remote Moray Coast to the beauty of the Cairngorms, to the varied landscape of the Isle of Arran and the “Artist’s Town” of Kirkcudbright, and finally, to historic Berwick-upon-Tweed. (Berwick, right on the border, is technically part of England, but it has been swapped back and forth between England and Scotland many times over the centuries, and so I’m now claiming it for Scotland.)
I gave each trip its own section with glossy images of both sketches and finished paintings. In addition to the journals, I thought it might be useful for any painter who is thinking of traveling to Scotland to include sections on what I took for gear and materials and how I packed, and how I as a plein air painter dealt with the Scottish weather, among other topics. Finally, I added a step-by-step studio oil demonstration of what became one of my favorite subjects while there, the 16th-century buildings around Portsoy’s Old Harbour.
You can get the book (hardcover OR Kindle edition) here.
I think the book is beautiful, and I hope you will, too!
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