Inverness Castle
Watercolour and crayon
©2016 Charlene Brown
The Virtual Paintout is in Scotland this month . I’ve
visited Scotland a few times over the years, as I am of Scottish descent, so I
went looking for some special locations I’ve seen. I couldn’t find good Streetviews for the
first few I tried – standing stones at Ballymeanoch, Cambelltown and
on the island of Gigha – and knew better than to try a place I’d painted before. Then I remembered a great view of Inverness
Castle from a hotel we stayed in at Inverness... We were there in July, so I
wasn’t aware of the spectacular splashes of daffodils all over the lawns there until I
found them on this Google Streetview.
Incidentally, when I first learned that the Virtual Paintout was to be in Scotland this month, I had
mentioned that I might try the Scottish Parliament (and plan to paint it next).
One of the people who had heard me say that saw me working on this painting and
said, “So that’s what the Scottish Parliament looks like... what’s so
controversial about it?” Wait until he sees the real thing!
