An afternoon of more prints of Islay..

As mentioned in my previous post the weather was challenging today, so after a visit to Bowmore an afternoon of experimenting with textures in monoprints from photographs taken during the week. Apologies for the poor photos lighting was an issue today!

Barnacle geese at Bowmore

The weather forecast was abysmal and the weather lived up to expectation ...so into Bowmore ...where even the barnacles were reluctant to get up!

Sanaigmore beach.

Superb light - thanks to the earlier prolonged hail shower...and a lovely clattering of choughs.

Machir Bay and an armoured bullhead!

As always superb reflections on acres of sand...found an armoured bullhead washed up which we were able to return to the surf to hopefully fight another day.

Saligo bay ...more waves!

Around Ardnave point

Another glorious trip around our favourite point.

The views..

LHS: tufted duck, geese, purple sandpiper, bar-tailed godwit and oystercatchers
RHS: oystercatchers, sanderling, greenland white-fronted goose and whooper swans.

The waves.

Mono print of Islay cliffs

A wet day so opportunity to play!

The beach; the field sketch; the plan and the tracing.

The printing - monoprinting and some stencilling. 

The final print