Edinburgh Overivew

I'm just recovering from Edinburgh - my feet, particularly, have taken a real battering.  But it has been a tremendously good experience.  I thoroughly enjoyed the feeling that I only had to think about art and galleries and drawing for 4 whole days.  What a treat!

                                                                   The Royal Mile

 I feel I have learned a lot about the business of selection and focus when 'doing' galleries, and about managing my time and energy levels.  I also got over my inhibitions about getting out my sketchbook in a gallery and just drawing.  I have done quite a few sketches of the things I've seen, and it helps in several ways - really looking at the image, and at the techniques, getting a sense of the artist's process and intentions, and also fixing in my mind what I have seen, so I will remember them,  Writing up this blog has helped too, for the same reason.  And because I have looked up artists websites and looked for other images of their work on line, i also have seen a great deal more than just the material on display in Edinburgh, and I have a record of it on my computer for future reference.

St Giles Cathedral

Plus, it as nice to be away and have some nice days in Edinburgh, to explore a bit on my own and still have people around to touch base with, to eat together with, and share reactions with.  I'm very glad i went, and very grateful to Jo and Julian and others for organising it.