Towards Weisdale and Sandwater, Shetland

Heading back down the A970 after exploring the Nesting area on mainland Shetland, these contours caught my eye and so I pulled over to draw them. Not so much of an official parking place as much as one of the somewhat typical random large flat areas that appear at the side of these roads over time. Lots of traffic rocking Buttercup the Beetle as they sped past whilst I was relishing those dramatic hillside shadows.

Useful Information:

• Towards Weisdale and Sandwater, Shetland is an original landscape drawing using charcoal on off-white rough-textured handmade paper
• Size: 12"/30cm x 8.5"/21.5cm (this is approximate due to the nature of the paper which is a little uneven, as you can see from the photographs)
• Unframed
• Towards Weisdale and Sandwater, Shetland is signed by the artist on the back of the drawing and will arrive with a certificate of authenticity

The Charcoal Landscapes Collection:

Towards Weisdale and Sandwater, Shetland is part of my Charcoal Landscapes Collection. It was created when I spent a wintry month on Shetland for an artist residency based in Scalloway. I took the rough-textured handmade paper with me on a last-minute whim and found that it seemed to embody the wintry hues of the hunks of charcoal I was working into the weave. The beauty and rawness of the landscape around Shetland captivated my senses and I fully intend to return there. 

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