Painting Applecross Scottish Loch Carron with Boats

by Edward McNaught-Davis

Title

Painting Applecross Scottish Loch Carron with Boats

Artist

Edward McNaught-Davis

Medium

Painting - Acrylic On Canvas

Description

Painting Applecross Scottish loch Carron with boats was accomplished in mid summer on a bright yet cloudy day. A limited palette of acrylic paints were used with the support being a rectangular stretched canvas.

Applecross is a Western Scottish Highland coastal village and it is quite close to the Isle of Skye as well as Raasay and Scalpay islands . My viewpoint was just past the Applecross pub along Shore street and heading in the direction of the Kyle of Localsh just a few miles away in a straight line but quite a lot further by car.

This sea loch boats painting shows a selection of working boats in the foreground plus yachts in the mid distance. One of the yachts is dry docked on the land whereas all others are anchored in the sea loch. None are ready for sailing as all have their sails stowed away.

The sea loch has been painted to show reflections of a few moored boats plus the closest houses to the water’s edge. I tried to paint the effect of wind breezes skimming the water and the swell of the floating seaweed in the foreground. The latter was partially anchored to the beach.

Other houses can be seen too on the middle left of the painting along with a few trees and just before the mountains. The mountain tops then appear to recede into the low descending clouds. In the far distance it was difficult to establish what was a mountain and what was cloud.

The masts for each yacht were painted quickly with the edge of a painting knife dipped in white paint. Skill and confidence is required to do this as it is very easy to make a mistake. And especially for the mast placement and correct perpendicular angle.

Also the viscosity of the paint on the edge of the painting knife has to be just right for it to stick to the canvas as a straight line and not as a broken blob of paint.

Correcting mistakes with fast drying acrylic paint can be tedious at times and usually results in further detailed work to remove all traces of unwanted pigment.

My painting of Applecross took many hours to produce from sketches and supporting photographs. It was completed in my studio in Wales and sold soon after it was varnished to an Englishman in Kent.

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February 2nd, 2015

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