Eshaness, Shetland Isles, UK – Latest Landscape Soft Pastel Painting

I painted this Landscape on location up at Eshaness, what a beautiful place to be to do a painting.  On Monday morning I packed the car with my easel, board, paper and pastels and drove up to Eshaness, the drive takes about an hour and is most certainly worth it.  The coastal scenery around Eshaness is quite something with its wild and rugged coastline, dramatic cliffs, arches and quirky sea stacks, it is simply spectacular.  With the very kind permission of the owners of the Braewick café, I set up my easel in one of their lovely bay windows and spent a most wonderful day painting the view of the famous ‘Drongs’ sea stacks.  I enjoyed a delicious slice of chocolate cake and cup of tea while I was there, what a great way to take a break while I was painting.  If you are in Shetland then the Braewick café is a delightful place to visit, I thoroughly recommend it.  This was my first expedition painting in public and it wasn’t as daunting as I had imagined it might be, it was lovely to spend some moments chatting with the people that were in the café at the time.  The weather that day was a little changeable, the morning started off hazy, brightening up for the most part and coming in a little misty toward the end of the afternoon so I used artistic licence to put my own colours to the sky, sea and reflections in the small loch behind the beach.  I hope you enjoy the Painting as much as I enjoyed painting it.