Monique Sliedrecht
A New Perspective
My Dad taking pictures on Freswick Beach I woke in the wee hours of the morning (or had I actually slept at all?) with lots on my mind....
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Monique Sliedrecht
Jun 83 min
Between Bouts of Falling Rain
It is now June where growth and new life are moving at a steady pace. ‘No mow May’ has proved to be an interesting experiment in my...
Monique Sliedrecht
May 212 min
Birds, Bees & Blooms
A couple of weeks ago there was a wedding at Freswick Castle. It was a beautiful time for it. After much anticipation and planning by...
Monique Sliedrecht
Apr 153 min
A New Day
To mark the occasion of a new year in my life, in the early morning I went for a walk along the top of the cliffside to a favourite...
Monique Sliedrecht
Mar 112 min
A Light Exists in Spring
Today, as I am looking out of my studio window from my new (pre-owned) table I can see a buzzard hovering over the field. He floated and...
Monique Sliedrecht
Mar 51 min
The Little Things
In keeping with my recent Northern Drift article, I decided to sketch a minute part of nature - a part that we often overlook when out...
Monique Sliedrecht
Jan 234 min
Hyacinth & Holland
It’s a few weeks since Christmas and Hogmanay. In Edinburgh last week, I met with someone who wished me a Happy New Year. He said that...
Monique Sliedrecht
Dec 21, 20234 min
Midmar Kirk, Stone Circle & Winter Solstice
There’s a strange and eerie glow outside as the late morning sun rises and tries to push its way through the blanket of grey. Wind is...
Monique Sliedrecht
Dec 2, 20233 min
A Season of Light
Last week I travelled to Edinburgh via Aberdeen, first by plane, then by train. It was my first time doing this route, let alone being...
Monique Sliedrecht
Nov 23, 20232 min
Much much
Recently I learned that the Hebrew language does not make the same use of adjectives as the English language. For emphasis, it repeats a...
Monique Sliedrecht
Nov 16, 20231 min
Pink
I’m sitting by the low light of my lamp in the darkness of early morning. Soon I will have to get myself packed up and ready to head...
Monique Sliedrecht
Nov 15, 20231 min
Surge
I stepped out of the studio just now to take a photo of my latest sketch in the sunshine.... It's one of those autumn blue-sky days. The...
Monique Sliedrecht
Nov 12, 20231 min
Late Afternoon
Yesterday I went to the Duncansby Stacks for a walk along the clifftops. I've been surprised by the fulmars there. It seems an...
Monique Sliedrecht
Nov 11, 20232 min
Clear
The days have been remarkably still of late. Yesterday we had our first frost in the north, after a string of mostly clear nights. The...
Monique Sliedrecht
Nov 7, 20231 min
Luminous
I’ve been hunkering down in the studio in this early part of the week, listening to podcasts whilst developing some ideas for a possible...
Monique Sliedrecht
Nov 4, 20231 min
November 🍂
Saturday morning greetings. I hope this finds you well. I've had a bit of a bumpy start to the month for reasons I cannot quite explain. ...
Monique Sliedrecht
Oct 30, 20232 min
Edinburgh in Autumn
Photo by Kenny Lamb, Visit Scotland I went to the capital city for a couple of days - a brief trip spurred on by a lift down with someone...
Monique Sliedrecht
Oct 26, 20231 min
Wild Seas
The sea was wild today! Gulls drifted and cried over the sound of the crashing waves as I walked down to the shore which was strewn with...
Monique Sliedrecht
Oct 19, 20231 min
Misty Valley
I'm in York at the moment, staying just outside of the city in a beautiful valley. While it has been quite wet, today was not as bad as I...
Monique Sliedrecht
Oct 16, 20231 min
Music, Books and a Sketch
It's interesting looking at this sketch I drew last week, which was done in a very different context than where I find myself today...
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