# kingrobertthebruce spanisharmada1588 watercolourpainting tpiotd art painting sea ocean shore landscape meaning symbolism sky storm waves crash life being becoming detail ship moment scene fishing struggle survival metaphor cool northberwick northberwicklaw moonlight autumnartchallenge eastlothian scotland oilpainting tantalloncastle pleinair castle

NETFLIX's filming of King Robert The Bruce film Tantallon Castle, Chris Pine as The Bruce and horsemen at Loudon Hill battle scene.

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2019-12-20

Did a number of drawings for a book on the Spanish Armada in Scotland that was never published(1988). Was given photos of locations to work from as wrecks were secret. The last one wasn't beside the Bass Rock it was wrecked between Tantallon & Dunbar but was arty image for book.

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2019-11-07

Spanish Armada in Scotland in 1588. Wreck off Tantallon Castle. Wreck off St Andrews Castle and El Gran Grifon jammed against the Fair Isle. Watercolour paintings from 1988.

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2019-11-07

Spanish Armada in Scottish waters 1588. Tantallon Castle. El Gran Grifon jammed on Fair Isle. Crew shipped to Anstruther in Fife. Grifon Captain's chest is still held at Newbattle Abbey in Dalkeith. He may have stayed there for a time.

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2019-05-28

As a boy I was amazed at the work of Alan Sorrell his reconstruction of Dirleton was the first image of its kind I ever saw. So I copied his technique of boxing views a section at a time in planning reconstructions. I used postcard images then scaled up to A3 for Tantallon castle

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2018-01-13

Two beautiful pieces of coastline by Gordon M Scott in our Christmas Exhibition.

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2016-12-14

As Autumn approaches the swells are building in the North Sea.

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2015-10-14