Back to Scotland today and an ever so small fishing community called Scourie. about twenty miles south of Cape Wrath.  It is essential for several reasons; firstly it is a place which I visited many years ago and just wanted to return, my first visit was on a cold widy day and there was nothing there as regards food or anything like that, but it was beautiful. On my second visit the weather was almost tropical and gentle, polite tourisum had finally reached this example of the Garden of Eden.

 A friendly store/bar/cafe was open with good parking offering a fine view of the hamlet and jetty area. Most important for my wife; there was a clean well maintained loo; a rare thing in these parts, as such a vital stopping place when going north or south.

The bar/store/cafe owner loved the fact that I was painting. Doing the main painting while seated on the beach near the jetty and then tided it up over a coffee indoors in the cafe. Lovely memories and they all came alive in my memories with a sketch. try it.

In an art group whick I lead last week  a member came along with a sketch of a veg display in a market, from a purists point of view, maybe not very clever; but it worked and felt like a market; I loved it. So you don't have to be clever to sketch.