A modern scottish scene....

[bunn]

From narya_flame‘s lovely story ‘The Ways of Paradox’  set in modern St Andrews, Scotland. It’s a gentle and delightful story where Maglor meets some really engaging original characters, beautifully written with a real feel for both the Scottish setting and also daily university student life.

This painting is of a scene from Ch13, and shows Maglor & Claire talking at dusk at the end of the pier.



I've never been to St Andrews (alas!  It looks gorgeous) so I had to paint this from a collection of reference images and description.

Comments

[alithea]

St Andrews is gorgeous but it's also full of hilarious super rich English and American snobs... I like to visit now and again but it'd drive me batty to live there (not that I ever would given the house prices!). It's quite like Chichester if you've ever been there, except with a huge beach and golf courses, and a castle. If you ever fancy the epic trek up to Scotland, it's about 25 mins drive from Dundee and we should have a functional spare room by the summer.

[bunn]

Oh, well, I was at university in Oxford, so that's par for the course :-D

Narya studied at St Andrews, so she writes it beautifully.

Thanks for the invite! It IS a long way, but maybe I will make it at some point!

[alithea]

Love the painting btw!

[independence1776]

Wow! That is fantastic.

[bunn]

Thanks! I'm glad you like it.

[sally_maria]

That's a lovely picture - I really like the sea and sky.

I must admit my only knowledge of St Andrews is from the Merlin modern AU - The Student Prince by another former student - I have a feeling they went out on that seawall/pier :-).

[bunn]

Ah, I've heard of that but never read it. I'm not surprised it has attracted people as a setting, it looks very striking.

[dhampyresa]

So pretty! Love the sky line. What medium is this?

[bunn]

Acrylics. I've been doing a class: most of the others are working in oils, but I already had acrylic paint so I've stuck with it.

[dhampyresa]

Awesome! I've never done acrylics, what's it like?

[ylla.livejournal.com]

The town is gorgeous. And the swishy sea :-)

The pier is a bit more obviously on two levels than I think you've made it - a definite clamber from one to the other - but unless you've done that several times while holding a flaming torch it might not stand out to you!

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I tried to paint it on two levels, but it was difficult to show that clearly given where they are standing. Colin the Art thinks I should move the whole pier slightly left including the figures, and also move the figures up a bit. I may give it a go if I'm feeling brave.