Lookout on Bressay!

Today, Lookout drawing sessions went to Bressay!

As a companion workshop to the Lookout afternoons in Mareel, we followed the same exercises, but there were lots of different interpretations.

Thank you to all the Bressay young artists. It was lovely seeing your creative pictures, exploring different viewpoints and envisioning what a keeper (or a member of a keeper’s family) might have seen from their window in times gone by.

I look forward to our next afternoon of exploring lighthouses through drawing!

Warm-up line journey exercise

Watercolour over the top of wax crayon

Using wax-resist technique

Building up marks with soft pastel…

Scottish lighthouse

.... to make an imagined lighthouse view

Working on our soft pastel drawings

Our imagined lighthouse window views

There’s still two sessions left, 6th and 11th April 1-3pm, and booking is still open!

Recommended age of participants is primary age.

Please bring a drink and a snack for the break if you wish!  

Participation is free, and all materials are provided. Booking is essential as spaces are limited.


In association with Shetland Arts and Culture Collective, supported by Creative Scotland.

www.culturecollective.scot