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Competition time 27 Aug 2013 | 01:47 pm
27th August Win a signed high quality print of your choice from the ES archive. Apologies, I forgot to pick a winner for ES reaching 1000 facebook likers a couple of weeks ago. And now I’m up to 105...
The WhereArtI sketch quiz 26 Aug 2013 | 11:59 am
Good morning Edinburgh, you may have trouble seeing this building today thanks to the Haar currently in Edinburgh. But does anyone recognise it through the fog? There is another fabulous prize up for...
Embers at Edinburgh International Festival 24 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Today’s sketch is another from this year’s Edinburgh International Festival. After yesterday’s Eh Joe sketch, ‘Embers’, which opens tonight at the King’s Theatre is another dark and thoughtful piece b...
Scottish tour for this mobile art gallery 23 Aug 2013 | 06:39 pm
I spotted this bus beside the City Art Centre, on Market Street. Preparing to leave on a tour of Scotland, ‘The Travelling Gallery’ will be available in Edinburgh until Friday, 30th August. Parked...
Eh Joe at the Royal Lyceum 23 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
I attended my first press call for this years Edinburgh International Festival tonight. I felt a little old fashioned surrounded by photographers, each with a huge bag of equipment, multiple lenses an...
Assembly Rooms on George Street 21 Aug 2013 | 03:19 am
Today I was in George Street, currently almost traffic free for the festival. The cafes and restaurants have broken free from their buildings and spread out into the road. I sketched this view of the ...
WhereArtI sketch quiz 73 19 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Another fabulous prize up for grabs this week with WhereArtI, the DerrySketcher has kindly offered one of their sketches to this weeks WhereArtI winner. All you have to do to win is be the first to te...
Colour on the Scottish National Gallery 16 Aug 2013 | 01:35 pm
This morning I stopped on Princes Street to sketch this scene of the colourfully decorated Scottish National Gallery. The sun was strong as I drew, first in pencil then in watercolour, my paint pallet...
Tartan Army head to Wembley 14 Aug 2013 | 11:55 pm
I was in Waverley Station this morning at 7.30am and saw it awash with tartan. The Scottish supporters were gathering on mass for an advance on London, and more precisely Wembley football stadium for ...
WhereArtI 072 12 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
A superb prize on offer in this week’s WhereArtI: An hours holistic massage at M_Massage. All you have to do to win is be the first to tell me the name of this Edinburgh building I’ve sketched… Th...
