Gorgie & Drem.

The well-waxed eyes and piercing moustache of Drem Gullane, who played a laird in eighty-three Hollywood films between 1947 and 1965. Currently living in the Athelstaneford area.

Plus Gorgie Dalry, the Pittenweem Joan Crawford.

...And Again

Behold the elegantly languorous Corstorphine Clermiston.

On the Road Again

Today was a good day. We went to pilates class this morning, and then I spent all afternoon humpbacked at the drawing board thoroughly re-crabbing my posture. 

I haven't sat down to draw for what feels like a long time; I've had a head full of homework and reports and targets targets targets, so it was pleasing to put a fence around all of that and spend a few much-needed hours just drawing.

I'm working on a small set of portrait drawings which will eventually (I hope) be on display in the Bon Papillon gallery in Edinburgh, run by Stuart and Ingrid. We have Ingrid's splendid work in the Coldstream Gallery and I recognised her straight away someone who shares an interest in laughing at funny-looking people with odd names. 

First finished is the avuncular character actor Gifford Humbie. A cheery old cove.

Evening

I'm quite interested in trying to capture the light you get after the sun goes down, when colours are not at all what you see in the daylight. You end up mixing in some odd things to try and get that indefinably vague almost non-colour colour. Or just colour your trees all purple. That works too.

Sunwick After Sunset, oil on canvas, 20cm x 20cm.