dreaming...

such a beautiful painting,

In my imagination and through your beautiful painting, I was right there....windswept and happy! You did a wonderful job of that painting, Sticki. Do you still paint? You would appear to have a lovely talent for it. :)

Seilebost is really like that ~ no exagguration! even the blue sky ~ on a good day!

i only wish whistonlass ~ i had an awful lot of help from a very talented artist. i wanted to show you the picture ~ but the artist [Michael Salt] should have the credit not me; oh and so should the Hebridean Isle of Harris.

50/50 I say, half to the artist and half to you.

Well even if you DID have help Sticki, its still lovely. Well done. :o)

its a lovely place ~ google: luskentyre or seilebost on harris, outer hebrides

Love the painting Sticki....well done!! You can feel the breeze, looking at the grasses in the foreground....looks to be a blindingly hot day....my favourites....:o))

thank you! lovely big skies up there, i havent done the sea colour justice ~ its an incredible colour ~ from sapphire to emerald to aqua to well, pure heaven!

Wow,that is just lovely..how I wish I could paint..you shouldn't be so hard on yourself..you may have had a good tutor..but YOU painted it..well done:o)))

i painted over the bits he did ~ he kept trying to get me to do some on my own but i only did bits of waves and sky oh i did so some grasses but i hadnt got a clue about the rocks.

I LIKE the bits you did, best.Lol.

that made me laugh ~ you're very kind!

STUNING .... love it x

This makes me want to paddle in the waters edge, it's lovely. : o ))

thanks cristina and shirley
its a lovely place but i think the water may be a bit cold!

Lovely photo! Not wanting to gloat (!) but our holiday next year is to Harris in the Outer Hebrides. Our holiday house is on the other side of the road from Seilebost beach....

oh fantastic you lucky thing. please take some photos and put them on here.
also if you find the house is good please would you PM me with the details? have a wonderful time you lucky lucky thing

I certainly will do. We will be getting the ferry across from Uig Bay in Skye. We stayed in Uig Bay last year and could see the ferry to Harris from the cottgae we stayed in.

brilliant, thank you.
i havent been on that ferry, been to skye a couple of times. generally speaking the west coast of harris was the most spectacular and i would spend all my time there ~ we were near Borve beach ~ in a replica 'black house' ~ you will see it from the road. the waves are incredible and so pure. there was a cafe that was worth visiting on the east side ~ skoon cafe ~ lovely food and they sell pictures too.

I have made a note of that, thank you! Only 8 1/2 months to go....

you will of course be almost at luskentyre which is spectacular ~ the colours in the water are unbelievable, i took literally thousands of pictures during that week and none of them really do it justice, we went in may.
be prepared to take lots of memory for your camera

I will be doing just that! Painting is something I would like to do but I just don't think I have it in me. I will be looking for inspiration to write some more of my 'poems'.
The owners of the holiday house told us that we just heve to cross the road, go across the grass verge and down onto the beach! When we looked on google earth, sure enough, they were right.

Wow thats a great painting, does capture the wild wind swept island perfectly! My son has a love affair with Sctoland and goes climbing and walking there, he sends me lots of photos of the fabulous scenery;0)

oooh very nice, im not so energetic ~ you could put his photos on here if he doesnt mind???

Well done Stickytoffee with the painting. I like the colours you have used, and the sea is excellent. The grasses lead you into the picture and the rocks give it some depth.

thats realy good i wish i was that talented

thank you lindak and jackiejenkin ~ im not talented i promise you ~ i can give you contact details for the artist if you like.

Well done St whichever bit lol. I would love to see it in real life too:-) My abbreviation makes you look like a saint:-)

oh dear born again ~ im not one of those! ~ was made to go to church enough but it certainly didnt turn me into a saint ~ i shall have to change my name!!!
yes do go if you get even half a chance, on my computer i use google and it has an option to show the weather in various places ~ i always have one eye on the hebrides!!
Im hoping you are already dreaming up one of your wonderful poems geraniumdad ~ in anticipation!!??

wow its lovely sticki, well done, love the bright colours of blue :o)

thanks sanbaz
i tried to make it the same as seilebost in harris but i havent got it right completely.

i think its a good likeness to seilebost stickie, well done i say

it was just from photos put together but it brings back nice memories, thanks sanbaz ~ you've been there then?

no but iv seen many pics on google when looking at scenic places, would love to go there

i hope you get the chance ~ it is such an amazing place ~ best with blue sky but stunning anytime

blue skies make things look extra nice ;o)

couldnt agree more. i just love blue skies

we are getting lots of blue sky here but cold, not sure if we will get snow tomoz, hope not.

very cloudy here today and altho it was only about -1 or -2 it felt very cold.
-10 forecast for tonight!!!!
i have taken a picture of just blue sky before now!

wow thats going to be soo cold, not sure here, but my pond is solid and cant even melt any, hoping my fish are ok, its the deep blues i love like on your painting, how can they call blue cold ,

it was a stormier sky in the photos so i changed it ~ maybe thats why i called it dreaming!

great name for it, we all dream of sunny blue sky days sticki, posted my new painting i did at art class, i so enjoyed going and cant wait for next week, need to decide whats next lol

just found it ~ tree is really good, i love the bark effect.

thanx sticki i do love trees, i would love to do mountains to, the lady who does class paints moutains, her favourite, so im going to get her to show me some time.

you could take a photo of a mountain view that you really like?? im sure you will manage it

i keep meaning to take my camera out with me, keep forgetting, so looking through mags and books.

good idea, also google image, old calendars are good too ~ try colin prior's web site ~ he is a great photographer ~ mostly scotland and mostly mountains.

thanx sticki will do :o))

Beautiful scene and you ve done well.

:o)

Just catching up ST and noticed your comments about putting on some of Simon's photographs, I have written a few blogs regarding different walks and climbs he has done with some lovely views, i.e West Highland way, Great Glen. Snowdon and a number of others if want to take a look.;0)

sorry PP, im not sure who simon is? should i know?
i will certainly have a look at your blogs cos i have a real thing about scotland in particular but i do love all lovely landscapes ~ west highland way sounds really good, ive been through the great glen ~ looks daunting walking!
thank you.

i cant find the west highland way walk PP, what did you call the blog? the others are lovely, i dont know how they did it and take photos at the same time!!

This is great!! I wouldn't have the confidence for oils.

you would if the artist/tutor put most of it on for you! the beauty of oil is that you can go over the top of it!