Here is a collection of posts showing my drawings in Shetland. Click on the picture or caption to see more.
Shetland 2022 – Birds
The oystercatchers dig up worms from the grass. I watched them from the window. When I walk along the roads,…
Shetland 2022 – Burrastow
Here is a drawing I made after breakfast: I drew some pictures indoors: A glass of wine: An evening on…
Shetland landscapes 2022
Sketching on the beach out of the wind, I am fascinated by the regular angles in which the rock cleaves.…
Burrastow and the bay
Here’s a view of Burrastow House, Walls, Shetland, as you enter the drive. There was a lively wind. Those clouds…
Lerwick Lodberries
Here is a view of houses in Lerwick known as “lodberries”. They are built into the sea. Lerwick is one…
Abandoned Car, Shetland
Abandoned cars are a feature of the landscape in Shetland. This one is in the initial stages of decay. Here…
Shetland 2021 -scenes from a run
I came back from a run with my head full of images. I put them into pictures. I enjoyed using…
Shetland 2021 – Poppies
These poppies were in the vegetable garden. These poppies were so stunning that I had to try to draw them.…
Shetland 2021 – Fish farm debris
On the coast near a place called Breiwick, The Quilse, there is a heap of strange tubes. These are from…
Shetland 2021 – Burrastow House
Here is Burrastow House near Walls on the West side of Shetland. It was built in 1759. One of the…
Shetland 2021 – Coastal rocks
The rocks on the Shetland west side cleave at a very specific angle. I picked up a pebble on the…
Shetland 2021: Birds
Here is a herring gull. These are numerous and float on the sea as well as fly in the air.…
Shetland 2021 – roads
Shetland roads sweep across the landscape. I enjoy the calligraphic sweep of their curves and the simplicity of the lines…
Sketching on the journey South
On the ferry from Lerwick to Aberdeen I had an “outside” cabin with a window. From there, I had a…
Shetland: Lera Voe phone box
This is the Lera Voe phone box, which is on the road between Burrastow and Walls. The phone box is…
Shetland: Burrastow beach and pier
This is the pier at Burrastow. On the other side, there is a pebbly beach. This is the North Atlantic,…
Shetland: Burrastow House
“On the remote west side of Shetland you can find spectacular scenery, peace and the ideal refuge for the escapist.…
Shetland: vehicles in space
There’s a lot of empty space in Shetland. As I walked around, sometimes I encountered abandoned vehicles. Here is one.…
Shetland: sea and hills
Here is the view from the Historic Site near Pinhoulland. The lines on the right are a mussel farm. Here…
Shetland: walk to the lighthouse
I walked over to the distant headland, called Whites Ness. It was a long walk. The walk round the peninsula…
Shetland: garden flowers
In the polytunnel there is fennel. I learned that you can eat the flowers. They have a very sweet aniseed…
Shetland: Foula on the horizon
Here is a sketch of the mysterious island of Foula. Foula is about 20 miles away from Shetland Mainland, so…
Shetland: Rocks and Headlands
On a long walk to Footabrough, I paused to do a drawing of a distant headland. The drawing shows the…
Shetland: Roads in a landscape
Roads in Shetland trace three-dimensional calligraphy across the landscape. On the West Side, the hills are undulating. The roads loop…
Shetland: Towards Vaila
There’s a beach near Burrastow that looks towards the Island of Vaila. Here’s a sketch I made from the cliffs…
Shetland landscapes
Here is a collection of landscapes all done directly in watercolour with no pen and ink. I am using Daniel…
Shetland, Skerries of Easter Paill
The rocks off the ward of Mucklure are almost geometrical in their formations. They make abrupt right angles. Here are…
Shetland 2019 – pen and wash
Here are some pictures I drew in pen and wash. I spent a lot of time drawing rocks. The rocks…
Shetland, Historic site walk
The wooden sign from the main road said “Historic Site”, and pointed up a small road that lead steeply uphill.…
Shetland, July 2018
Shetland is a place of sky and water. I was working on reflections. Here are reflections of rocks: Here’s one…
Sketching in Shetland, 2018
In Shetland I was learning to paint clouds. Here’s one of the pictures I like best, also the simplest. Sometimes…
Shetland Sketchbook
Here I am on the banks of the River Dee, looking across to Aberdeen. I had just left the overnight…