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92-2810 – Scott Monument

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On our second day in Edinburgh, our friends gave us a tour round the older parts of Edinburgh and we stopped for a coffee in Princes Street Gardens, sitting on the grass with this view of the Scott Monument (I’ve delayed posting this because I wanted to do some more work on the sketch). The monument is to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott (famous for historical novels like Ivanhoe and Rob Roy). When he died in 1832 a competition was held to design a monument and a draughtsman and self-taught architect won, using the pseudonym of “John Morvo”. We were very lucky to have beautiful weather that day, and also visited the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Fri-19-Aug-2024

92-2811 – Death was not punishment enough

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On our third day in Edinburgh (I have skipped some unfinished sketches) we visited a friend from our Cambodia days and started with a trip to the Rosslyn Chapel. Rosslyn Chapel was founded in 1446 by Sir William St Clair. Relatively recently its role in the Da Vinci Code movie and book has attracted more visitors and raised more funds for restoration. This sketch was done while we listened to a guide giving a little talk about the history of the chapel including a famous story about the murder of an apprentice mason (the title is from the guides comment about what happened to the murdering master mason). Later that day we hiked up to Braid Hill near our friends house.

Sat-10-Aug-2024