Marion Boddy-Evans, Isle of Skye Art Studio
To get in touch, use my contact form or email me on art(at)marion(dot)scot.
About the Artist: Marion Boddy-Evans
Known for her vibrant colours, atmospheric layers, energetic mark making, and especially her rainy-day sheep. Marion’s paintings (as well as her wirework and jewellery) are collected all over the world. Read more…
Blog
Monday Motivator: Afraid
“Afraid is a country where they issue us passports at birth and hope we never seek citizenship in any other country. The face of afraid keeps changing constantly, and I can count on that change. Audre Lorde, 18 February 1984 diary entry, A Burst of Light and Other Essays, via Brainpickings Uncertainty is a certainty …
December 2019 Painting Project: Instructions
To end the year, I’ve chosen a subject that’s iconic: the long-hair, long-horned Highland cow. Their long hair covers a coat of shorter, helping to shed rain in a wet climate. Most Highland cows I see are rusty-earthy-orange-brown, but their colours range from black-brown to blonde-white. The photo is intended to be a starting point, …
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Freezing Watercolour
It was such a beautiful, windstill morning I couldn’t resist painting outside despite the temperature struggling to get to 0°C. I don’t know that I would recommend it, but having ink and watercolour freeze as I used it was intriguing. It certainly “sparked joy” as ice crystals gathered on the tip of my brush. Ending …
Available Paintings
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Art Workshops
Commission a Painting
I enjoy the challenge of commissions and am happy to discuss possibilities, whether you’ve seen a painting you like but it’s no longer available, you’re after a particular size or dominant colour, want an amalgamation of favourite elements from different paintings of mine, wish for a painting featuring your house/location, etc. Another alternative is to have first option on my next painting in a particular series. I also do commissions for wirework and my wearable art.
Prices of commissioned paintings are the same as my other paintings, a 20% deposit may be required. How long it takes depends on what else I’m doing and the size of the painting, but usually between a fortnight and eight weeks.
Email me, or or we can arrange to meet for a discussion if you’re on-island.
100x100cm.
100x100cm
Spring Garden Party. 70x70cm
120x80cm.
Contact
To get in touch, email me on art(at)marion(dot)scot, message me on social media, or use the form below.
Monthly Painting Projects
At the beginning of every month on my blog I post the instructions for the month’s painting project. Everyone is invited to join in, whatever medium you work in and wherever you are on your painting journey. At the end of the month, I post a photo gallery of paintings submitted, and I encourage you to share yours too. Participation in this is free.
There is also the option to become a Project Subscriber (via Patreon) which is a monthly subscription that gives you to exclusive extra content such as step-by-step demos and videos, plus a critique of your project painting.
January 2019: Talisker Bay
- Project Instructions: Talisker Bay
- Project Photo Gallery
- For Project Subscribers:
— Project Thumbnails
— Step-by-Step Demo: Talisker Bay
February 2019: Ram
- Project Instructions: Ram
- How I Do It : Splattering Paint
- Project Photo Gallery
- For Project Subscribers:
— Project Thumbnails
— Video: Ram Painting Demo
— Video Demo: Sheep Painting with a Rigger Brush
— My Thoughts on Eddie’s February Project Paintings
March 2019: Passing Place
- Project Instructions: Passing Place
- Project Photo Gallery
- Video: “Passing Places” Demo: 20 Minutes in Two
- For Project Subscribers:
— Step-by-Step Photos: Passing Place Sheep
— My Thumbnails for the March 2019 Painting Project: Passing Places
April 2019: Paint Tube
- Project Instructions: Paint Tube
- Photo Gallery: Project Paintings
- For Project Subscribers
— My Thumbnails
— Photos: Step-by-Step of My Paint-Tube Project Painting
May 2019: Tree with Gorse
- Project Instructions: Tree with Gorse
- Photo Gallery: Project Paintings
- For Project Subscribers
— My Thumbnails
— Video Demo of Tree Painting in Ink
— Suggesting a Gorse-Covered Hill
June 2019: Seaweed Rock Shore
- Project Instructions: Seaweed Rock Shore
- Photo Gallery Project Paintings
- My Paintings of June’s Project Photo
- For Project Subscribers:
— Step-by-Step Video Demo
— Another Attempt at June’s Project
July 2019: Beach Huts at Findhorn Beach
- Project Instructions: Beach Huts at Findhorn Beach
- Project Photo Gallery
- Trying (and failing) to Rescue My Project Painting
- For Project Subscribers:
— Video Demo of Painting Pebbles in Ink
— Video Step-by-Step of My First Attempt at a Beach Hut Painting
August 2019: Tall Trees
- Project Instructions: Tall Trees
- Video: Four of My Paintings of Tall Trees, working wet-into-wet with watercolour and acrylic (speeded up 8x)
- Project Photo Gallery
- For Project subscribers:
— Video in Real Time of One of My Tall Tree Paintings
— Thinking About Tree Trunk Colours
— New Rules for August’s Project?
— Behind the Scenes: Trio of Trees Drying
September 2019: Portree Harbour
- Project Instructions: Portree Harbour
- Video of the location
- Project Submission: Portree Harbour in Continuous Line
- Project Photo Gallery
- For Project subscribers:
— My Thumbnails for Portree Harbour Painting Project (with video)
— Closer Photos of the Church
— Step-by-Step Demo: Portree Harbour Chimneys
October 2019: Camus Mor Rocks
- Project Instructions: Camus Mor Rocks
- Project Photo Gallery
- Video of the location
- Timelapse Video of My Project Painting
- My Thoughts on My Watercolour Rocks
- For Project subscribers:
— My Thumbnails
— Camus Mor Rocks with Fluid, Granulating Watercolour
November 2019: Derelict Croft House
- Project Instructions: Derelict Croft House
- For Project subscribers:
— Video: Timelapse video of my painting for this project
— If You Don’t Do Thumbnails
December 2019: Highland Cow
- Project Instructions: Highland Cow
- For Project Subscribers:
— Questions About Cows (relating to this month’s painting project)