HAMILTON SHAND

Golden  Buddha Yin & Yang Original Oil Painting on canvas paper 9x6.5 inches . I wanted Buddha's face to be yin & yang, male & female, happy and sad. I remember when I was a small child singing the end theme song from Monkey and it used to make me cry as I loved it so much 😍   I also loved the gentleness and fragility of Buddhist monk Xuanzing.  Strangely, I've always wanted to paint Buddha since then. Each man desires to reach Gandhara, his very own utopia.  In the striving and the seeking soul, man can see Gandhara.

Cubist Waterfall- Painting number 51 Work in Progress 6am  Ahhh!, I've been up all night and this is all I have completed. I am now going to stop, take the pooch for a walk and then go to my bed.   Cubism obviously is a painstaking process. Imagine me thinking I could get it all done in one night! Elena  zzzzzZ 2am  Two hours have passed, doesn't look like it's progressed much but that's because I have painted all of the white in. Cubism is quite tricky, especially my choice of overnight cubism. It is so easy to lose focus and view just a mass of crazy lines in front of you, to the point that you can no longer see your original intentions. You can feel a bit lost. I have added dots of colour to try to confirm what goes where to help me. Tricky , tricky, tricky stuff Elena xxX 12 Midnight I've planned my painting and checked out if I like my choice of colour scheme. I have decided that I'm going to use the colours straight from the ...

Edinburgh Red  Sunrise complete -  Painting number  45 revisited Daily Painting - Original Oil Painting on canvas paper 9x6.5 inches . That's it finally completed : )  Elena xxX

Edinburgh Red  Sunrise in progress -  Painting number  45 revisited Daily Painting - Original Oil Painting on canvas paper 9x6.5 inches . Working on adding more to my sky paintings again. Just got a couple more of the houses to paint and some fine details to add and this one will be done. This is my 9 month old German Shepherd Dax today, with his bulldog buddy Genie. Elena xxX

Wasn't well today so was unable to do much painting but here are some more of my light sketching photographs. Elena xxX

I am finally getting into the Christmas spirit. Just finished the window decoration. Next the Christmas tree...  : ) I've recently been doing some night time photography in Leith Links Park. I discovered that I could draw using the night lights, bit like writing your name with a sparkler. Elena  xxX

Edinburgh Castle complete- Painting number 50 Daily Painting - Original Oil Painting on canvas paper 9x6.5 inches . I am so very very happy that this painting is finally complete. I decided to take a little longer than usual as this is painting number 50! Somehow that felt special. I am really pleased with the results, the colours are so rich. I'm loving the blue and chocolate brown combo. Today was the first day we got snow at Leith Links. Andy always says there are only two reasons it is ever acceptable to wake a woman, if someone famous has died or if it has snowed, otherwise you are in for trouble. It only snowed lightly, but it was good enough for me to go running outside with my woolly hat and snow boots. I'm also very Edinburgh with my panda gloves. Elena xxX