Sunday 29 July 2018

Birches in Ballater


Driving to Braemar the other day through the sun dappled birch forests of the Highlands. The birch was the first tree to appear in Scotland after the ice age. I love the black and white textured bark.

This is gouache again, trying to be a bit abstract and use limited colours. I wanted to capture the mystery and enticing quality of the woods. A tip from youtube is to block off the painting space using tape to produce a neat edge. It works well if you are doing something more abstract.




2 comments:

Leen said...

I really love this one Lal. The bright/limited colour looks amazing!!

Maria said...

Elinor, when I first saw this pop up on Instagram, I thought, "Oh, Elinor must be at a museum."
That is one very cool painting. :)