Glasgow, Scotland last batch from trip

 Being in Glasgow was a real treat, I had never been in the United Kingdom before so it was all new, the money looked different and the accents were very thick. I tried to make a painting of the famous landscape but there were many highways and difficult areas to walk so I settled for this view from a parking lot in the Maryhill area. You get a sense of the lush countryside views. 5.5x7.5" cold press, watercolour, Maryhill area, 2018

 

I spent time painting in the University of Glasgow. I had bought some new Daniel Smith paints in an art shop, but found the ultramarine blue to be unsatisfactory. In this painting you see everywhere the blue paint was added it broke into little clumps and patches as it dried. It gave the painting a creepy feel. I since discarded the tube. 5.5x7.5" cold press, watercolour, Glasgow University, Kelvingrove Museum 2018

There was a strong cold wind coming off the Clyde river, my palette blew over several times and so did my water containers (this was before I used glass jars for water). I had to paint fast here it was almost unbearable the cold wind. I used Winsor and Newton's green gold PY129 a neat option to paint foliage.  5.5x7.5" cold press, watercolour, Clyde River, 2018

Finally I sat down in a small park in the city and made one last painting for the trip. The sun was just about down, so I had to paint fast. To get the sun effect, I put a wash down first, then let it dry, and added the leaves last. I filled in the rest of the picture as the big wash dried. Its risky to try this since the wash has to dry which depends on sunlight and humidity. When it was done I didn't care for this painting but looking at it now it is one of my favorites from the trip. 5.5x7.5" cold press, watercolour, Lilybank Gardens, 2018

 The other Glasgow paintings can be seen using the label feature on the desktop version of the blog, click on 'Scotland' label.