The Coast of Skye

by Joan-Violet Stretch

Title

The Coast of Skye

Artist

Joan-Violet Stretch

Medium

Painting - Watercolour On Textured Paper

Description

A watercolour painting I did during 1985 of the more rural coast of the Isle of Skye, part of the Hebrides islands off the West coast of Scotland, a beautiful and tranquil scene near Broadford and the Red Hills or Red Cuillin mountains, with the pine forest alongside them looking spectacular against their greenery, a lovely sunny spring day in May along the coastal regions, this was painted before the road bridge to Skye was built, I stayed there at Dunollie and captured this in a sketch whilst I was there whilst cruising on the loch and finished it at home, with techniques of a simple more minimalist type of transparent watercolour painting, I allowed the paint to bleed on the hill tops to enhance the mistiness of these peaks, I love the effect it gives to the work of the clouds clinging to the mountain tops.
Notes on the Red Hills of Broadford in Skye:
Beinn na Caillich (732 metres), west of Broadford on the isle of Skye, is one of the Red Hills, or Red Cuillin. Its name is translated into English as Hill of the Old Woman. It is often referred to locally simply as The Beinn.
This is a very versatile piece of art and looks great printed on all surfaces including all matching accessories

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June 22nd, 2015

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