Two "plein air" sketches from a recent trip to Lucca in beautiful Tuscany. Quite overcast some days but managed to get some sunny periods 😎 #watercolour#Lucca#prints available#wwwmartinoates.co.uk

Hero. Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and tireless activist, dies aged 96 theguardian.com/music/2023/apr…

Another wee watercolour from my recent painting trip to beautiful Tuscany."Lucca" 25x35cms

Drifters on the #Clyde #Glasgow,#watercolour. A once busy river, sadly so quiet now.

Anderston Cross Glasgow trams. #Watercolour. A sketch for a larger work. Brought up on Argyle street I well remember them clattering by our close😄

Old Glasgow subway,Copland road station...cute eh. Can remember as a kid being so excited when passing the crane lift work station (Shields rd ?) The smell..🤭

Glasgow Steamie c 1950`s Watercolour 50x50cms. Prams a gogo 😜

Looking over to Finnieston on the Clyde. Watercolour sketch 36c36 cm for possible larger work. Painted from my memories of this busy river, the wee ferries weaving by these ships. So long ago now..

Boris Johnson has resigned as an MP after the Privileges committee found him to have misled parliament. The law is finally catching up with the wise guys of the Tory party.

Duke of Wellington statue (watercolour) Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow where the Banksy show is currently running. It will be the cover on my 2024 calendar ..The irreverence of it seems to appeal to the good folk of the city and "Banksy" by all accounts .lol.

First painting of 2024, "The Early Shift" Watercolour 35x35 cm. Every one rushing back to work.... I will upload on to my website where I am having a studio sale of original paintings. If anything catches your eye then please get in touch martinoates.co.uk

Copland road Glasgow subway c.1950s. Watercolour. Travelling on the old subway as a child was always so exciting. I can remember it well,.The smells...oh the smells...and the noise. This painting will feature in my 2024"Studio Sale" on martinoates.co.uk

"By the Clyde" Watercolour 34x52cm. A memory of a once busy river. Such a great subject for industrial art. Available in my "Studio Sale" martinoates.co.uk

Queen St. station Glasgow, days past and recent. Watercolours 50x70cm both available featured on my website **Original painting sale** Framed or unframed . martinoates.co.uk

Red sky at Yorkhill on the river Clyde Glasgow. Workers waiting on one of the little ferries that crossed the river in days past. Watercolour 54x35cms. Available.

Just returned from Arran after holdimg a 2 day workshop with the Arran Visual Arts . A great group of painters enthusiastically taking on the very unforgiving medium of watercolour. Any other art groups / clubs interested in a demo/workshop ,contact : martinoates.co.uk

Clyde workers after a shift. 50x70 watercolour (available) Working with some new neutrals and blacks using a fair amount of granulation of the medium. Thinking it suits the subject although it can be a bit of a white Knuckle ride! 🙂

I am working on a series of industrial /shipyard /Clyde oil paintings. They are 1m x 1m square and the painting in this post is no 1. It depicts the Finnieston Crane (still there) a heavy lift crane for Locos built in Cowlairs Springburn and other large loads. pm for details.