A view from a window in Mannofield

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A view from a window in Mannofield, oil on card 24.5 x 19.5 cm - available

Here, for the first time, I use a pencil grid as a guide.

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Aberdeen: Brig o' Balgownie

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Aberdeen: Brig o' Balgownie, oil on card, 17.2 x 17.5 cm - available

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Aberdeen: a still life: honesty

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Honesty, oil on card, 12.5 x 14.7 cm - available

Aberdeen: the sea

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Aberdeen: seafront, oil on card, 22.6 x 22.1 cm - available

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Aberdeen: along the old railway

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Along the old railway, near Milltimber, oil on card, 27.7 x 23 cm - available

There are dozens of possibilities along this path.

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Aberdeen: Duthie Park

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Duthie Park, oil on card, 12.2 x 14.4 cm- available

Duthie Park, beside a pond, oil on card, 12.2 x 14.2 cm- available

Duthie Park, trees,  oil on card, 12.5 x 14 cm- available

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Aberdeen: in Mannofield; places to paint in Aberdeen

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A view from a first floor window, Mannofield

oil on card, 10.7 x 22 cm - available

A view from another first floor window, Mannofield

oil on card, 19.2 x 21.5 cm - available

I have dedicated the last month and more, to surveying Aberdeen and locating subjects, where I have painted black and white pictures. Thus, with minimal kit on my bicycle, I can get an idea of what to work on over the summer.

 I will do this preparatory work until the end of May. 

Some of these black and white pictures are satisfactory as ends in themselves, I believe.

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The places I have identified are: 

1. The sea

2. The old railway line

3. King Street and tenements nearby

4. Bridges on the Dee and Don

5. Duthie Park

6. Cruickshank Botanical Garden

7. The Green and the surrounding streets

8. Warehouses near the port

9. Garages and back lanes in Broomhill and Ruthrieston  

10. St Machar`s 

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