Painting – Page 3 – Sally Wakelin

I found several more in the series of spot paintings I made back in 2011. These two are my favourites. They are based on mixing watercolour pigment washes in several strengths and then dropping, using a pipette, onto blotting paper in sequences. The colours were not mixed in the pots, they simply merged a little once dropped onto the paper.

Gladstone’s Land in Edinburgh

Architecture, Drawing, Painting

This graceful building is at 477B Lawnmarket, on the right side as one looks up to the castle. It is a preserved 17th C merchant’s house, rstored and furnished by the National Trust for Scotland.