El Jadida: Manazgan wall

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El Jadida: Mazagan, wall, oil on card 24.9 x 20.7 cm- available

Painted just outside Manazgan. 

I think such very simple compositions might reward black and white.

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Morocco: El Jadida: two paintings

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El Jadida, Mazagan, arched doorway, oil on card 25 x 21 cm - available

El Jadida, Mazagan, from the walls, oil on card 25 x 21 cm - available

El Jadida

This town is a beach town. There isn`t much to do except stroll along the beach, visit the innumerable shops selling clothes or bric a brac or sit, with dozens of black or grey clad men in the cafes- of which there are an amazing quantity- facing the street.

 Parts of the town are well kept but large sections are damp and somehow the place makes me feel a bit depressed.

Colour and Black and White

My return to colour makes me realise how much more difficult plein air painting is colour is. The range of feeling produced when you use colour is much more varied, so the final painting speaks with less singularity.

The psychological effect of colourlessness is ore profound. But my process and technique is almost the same as when I`m working in colour.

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Morocco: Sidi Ifni: 3. three lighter paintings of architecture

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Sidi Ifni: three lighter paintings of architecture 

Sidi Ifni, Town centre, 29.2 x 30 cm, oil on card, available

Sidi Ifni, A view, oil on card 28.8 x 24.5, available

Sidi Ifni, A wall, gates, oil on card, 30.2 x 24.5 cm, available

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Morocco: Sidi Ifni: 2. three darker paintings

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 Sidi Ifni: three darker paintings

Sidi Ifni, Radio Antenna, blocks, oil on card, 27.2 x 23.2 cm, available

Sidi Ifni, seafront, oil on card, 27.2 x 23.2 cm, available

Sid Ifni, A block, oil on card, 21.1 x 24.9 cm, available

I continued to work in this smoky style, using a mixture of Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Umber to create a sort of black.

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Morocco: Sidi Ifni: 1. two paintings of the hills beyond

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Sidi Ifni: two paintings of the hills beyond 

Sidi Ifni, A road, oil on card, 27 x 24.5 cm, available

Sidi Ifni, View from a rise 24.5 x 20.7 cm, available

The town is every bit as lovely as I remember it: clean, quiet and friendly. 

The sea is very alive and is popular with surfers.

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Morocco: Marrakesh: two pochades

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Marrakesh

Marrakesh, motorcyclist, residential buildings, 23.5 x 28.8 cm - available

Marrakesh, a gateway,  oil on card, 18.8 x 21 cm - available

Marrakesh seemed less seedy, more touristy, less sinister and less interesting than when I was there a decade ago.

I alternated between black and white and colour across the Winter trip.

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Flowers, October

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Flowers, October, oil on card, 17.4 x 17.4 cm - available

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Trees, old railway, Aberdeen

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Trees, old railway, Aberdeen

oil on card, 12.4 x 15 cm - available

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Victoria Bridge I, Aberdeen

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Victoria Bridge I, Aberdeen, oil on card, 17.6 x 15.5 cm - available

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Mannofied, Aberdeen, view from a first floor window

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Mannofield, Aberdeen, view from a first floor window

oil on card, 19.5 x 20.3 cm -  available

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Victoria Bridge, Aberdeen; black and white painting and early photography

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Victoria Bridge, Aberdeen, oil on card, 16.6 x 15.2 cm -  available

This dates back to September, and is one of my black and whites which is most influenced by early photography. 

Ergo, there is an emphasis on a soft atmosphere. The influence can also be seen  in the presentation of motif. That is, a well known city sight is depicted, very recognisably, from a distance in which most of it can be seen, often with few figures and little  sense of movement (this last point is somewhat reduced here, given the sky).

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Telegraph post, Mannofield, Aberdeen

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Telegraph post, Mannofield, Aberdeen

 oil on card 14.8 x 12.9 cm - available

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Flower

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Flower, oil on card, 18 x 15 cm - available

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Garages, Mannofield, Aberdeen

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Garages, Mannofield, Aberdeen

 oil on card, 15.4 x 17.9 cm - available

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Cruickshank Botanic Garden, Autumn, Aberdeen

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Cruickshank Botanic Garden, Autumn, Aberdeen

oil on card, 21.1 x 21.3 cm - available

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Aberdeen, seafront

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Aberdeen, seafront, oil on card, 23.7 x 21 cm - available

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Mannofield, Aberdeen, a neighbour`s tree

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Mannofield, Aberdeen, a neighbour`s tree, oil on card, 15.6 x 15.3 cm -available

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Aberdeen, Tenements and warehouses on the River Dee near Victoria Bridge

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Aberdeen, Tenements and warehouses on the River Dee near Victoria Bridge,

 oil on card, 20.2 x 17.2 cm - available

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Aberdeen, Mannofield, wall, trees

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Aberdeen, Mannofield, wall, trees

 oil on card, 21 x 20 cm - available

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Aberdeen, Mannofield, trees, autumn

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Aberdeen, Mannofield, trees, autumn

oil on card, 24 x 25.2 cm - available

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