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John Gerrie ArtworkSeptember 2025 Newsletter |
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🎨 Welcome to the September 2025 Newsletter| Hello and thank you for joining me for this edition of my newsletter. |
A warm welcome in particular to those of you who signed up at the Music Hall at the end of August — it’s a pleasure to have you here.
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In this newsletter I want to share The Academy watercolour and two paintings I revisited with articles explaining the improvments I made to these paintings.
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I truly appreciate your interest in my artwork, and I hope you enjoy reading this newsletter and exploring more paintings on my website.
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Thank you again for your support,
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Until next month, Happy Viewing! John Gerrie
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Marischal College, Aberdeen |
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A detailed pen, ink and watercolour painting of the main entrance to Marischal College, Aberdeen, focusing on the granite façade, soaring towers, entrance arch, carved stonework and line of coloured shields.
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| Painted from a low, upward viewpoint, this artwork captures the scale, craftsmanship and cool elegance of one of the Granite City’s most recognisable architectural landmarks. |
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Crathes Castle Watercolour |
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A frontal watercolour painting of Crathes Castle in Aberdeenshire, showing the pale tower, domestic wing, red ivy, green lawn and soft purple-blue sky.
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| This calm architectural study captures the castle from a direct viewpoint, highlighting its structure, symmetry and distinctive Scottish character. |
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Ancient Caledonian Forest |
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| This original watercolour captures a peaceful hillside scene with scattered pine trees, weathered rocks and layers of green countryside rising towards a distant hill. The painting has a fresh, natural feel, with soft washes in the sky and stronger greens across the land giving a sense of depth and open space. Rocky foreground details and windswept trees add character, making this a calm and appealing landscape for anyone drawn to Scottish woodland and Highland scenery. |
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Crathes Castle in Watercolour | | Two Paintings, Two Different Views Crathes Castle is a subject I have returned to twice, and looking at the two paintings side by side shows just how differently the same place can be interpreted in watercolour. Both paintings feature the familiar tower house and the adjoining building, but the viewpoint, colour, atmosphere and composition are quite different. One is more … |
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St Machar Evaluation | | How to view this painting review To get the most from the audio review, enlarge the painting image before pressing play. Windows: Press F11 to view your browser full screen Mac: Use your browser’s full-screen option Press Play on the audio review Scroll the screen using the mouse so you can see the whole painting. When finished, exit full-screen mode |
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Two Seasons at the Punch Bowl | | The Punch Bowl on the River Quoich is a place that never looks the same twice. Standing there through different seasons makes that absolutely clear. In spring, the river fills its channel with power and noise, pushing hard through the rock and throwing up bright, lively reflections. By autumn, the same spot feels transformed. The water drops, hidden shapes emerge … |
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| Discounted Original Paintings | | See all discounted originals HERE. |
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