RUIN IN THE DARK WOODS | Fife, Scotland | Painting Wild Rosehips in Watercolour | Ep34

Hello & welcome along on this walk! If you're new here - my name is Sarah and each week I head out on a walk with my faithful companion Jack Spaniels, to explore somewhere in this beautiful country of Scotland and hopefully find something to paint back in my studio at home.

This week we are heading out on a relaxing walk, along a 'den' - the Scottish word to describe a steep wooded gorge with a river or stream running through it.

We start in the historic village of Ceres (watch to the bloopers at the end to see how much I struggled with pronouncing that name..!), before plunging into the woods and eventually ending up at a dramatic ruined building which looms up out of the landscape.

The 200 year old limekiln is actually much older in origin, because the people who built it stole the stones from the nearby Craighall Castle to build it! Watch as I explore the ruined building and surrounding caves with my partner in adventure - Jack Spaniels.

There were many more signs of autumn on this walk, not least the slight nip in the air which hints of colder weather to come. I also found lots of beautiful rosehips - the fruit of the wild rose plant and I couldn't wait to try and capture them in watercolour when I got home. Watch to the end to see how I got on...

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SHE WALKS:

Ceres Village & Craighall Den
Distance Walked: 4.9m / 7.8km

My Gear:
Scarpa GTX Hiking Boots
Acai Mid-Weight outdoor trousers
Lowe Alpine 'Aeon' 25L rucksack
Berghaus Lightweight Women's Fleece

Oat Milk Cappuccino & Cinnamon Roll - Bishop's Bridge Tearoom, Ceres

SHE PAINTS:

Total Painting Time: approx 11 hours

Materials Used:
Arches Watercolour Paper
Windsor& Newton 'Cotman' brushes in sizes 000, 00 & 11
Dyffle Watercolour Pens

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