ABANDONED SCOTTISH MANOR HOUSE | My Most Challenging Painting Yet! | Ep35

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 continue to explore the many atmospheric abandoned buildings of Scotland - including some that I didn't even know were there! There's a romantic fairytale tower, a huge overgrown stable block and the haunting shell of a once grand, opulent Manor House.

We end up at a mystery location at the end of the walk around the Dunmore Estate, near Stirling. The walled garden has a unique architectural feature, which is one of my favourite buildings in Scotland. I can't wait to reveal it to you all at the end of this walk!

This week's painting was my most challenging yet - for the first time I didn't know if I was going to have a finished piece to show you in the video! I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and I'm so pleased that I did. Let me know what you think of my painting in the comments!

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SHE WALKS:

Dunmore Estate - Falkirk
Distance Walked: 4.5m / 7.2km

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

SHE PAINTS:

Total Painting Time: approx 18 hours

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

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