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Last week I shared an uninvited look into a little bit of my process. I thought I'd share another now, this time looking into how I play with colour on my landscapes. Here's my drawing of Newhaven Harbour. My landscapes take around 8-12 hours to draw. Natural shapes such as sky and sea take less time than buildings. (For example, this view of the three bridges over the Firth of Forth took forever because of the underside of the road bridge, which I thought I might never finish.) Once the primary drawing is completed, using colours based on the original...

After the success of the last two pop up stalls at the Leith Walk Police Box, Stewart is doing three more at the end of August. They are all day on Thursday 25th, the morning of Friday 26th and afternoon of Saturday 27th. A Pair of Blues Eyes will also be there, with a lovely selection of mid-century modern prints and home wares. Dinny miss it!

Stewart will be doing two Indy Prints pop up stalls on Saturday 13th and Saturday 27th of August*. They're both at the Leith Walk Police Box, which Stewart painted back in April. Come along, have a chat with Stewart and score some on-the-day bargains!*Since this is the summer in Scotland, watch the weather – we can't do the stall in the rain. If you're in doubt keep an eye on Stewart's Twitter on the day.

This week we launch four new prints! Not only was Scottish politics not the main theme, one of them wasn't political at all!That non-political print depicts the effects of millennia of humans in Edinburgh's Holyrood Park. It shows the tracks, the trails and the roads that criss cross the most famous extinct volcano in these islands. It was a labour of love for our artist Stewart Bremner, who had the idea for this years ago and spent days meticulously working from satellite photos to draw every path he could find.Staying close to home and bringing back the politics, we have...