Edinburgh Eco-Artists

"There, watching high the least alarms,
Thy rough rude Fortress gleams afar;
Like some bold Veteran, grey in arms,
And marked with many a seamy scar:
The ponderous wall and massy bar
Grim-rising over the rugged rock,
Have oft withstood assailing War,
And repelled the invaders shock."
(from Address to Edinburgh by Robert Burns 1787)

At 12:00pm I shall be seated in the West Princes Street Gardens between the Ross Open Air Theatre and the Mound, close to the "Baby Elephant". I will be working on an A3 sketch-pad so I should be conspicuous.

In 1963 Doctors Andrew and Nancy Neil created the "Secret Garden" on the edge of Duddingston Loch, behind the 12th century Kirk. At 12:00pm I shall be seated in the garden facing Duddingston Loch.
It is one of the most remarkable gardens in Scotland. Entrance is at the Car Park on Duddingston Road or by the Manse gate on Old Church Lane.

Visit the grave of John Bellany, Artist (1942-2013). There is no need to place flowers, you can leave a bottle of wine, because that is what John would have liked.
Entrance at the Dean Cemetery Gate, Dean Path. Opened in 1846 as the fashionable resting place of the capitals great and good.
There is access to Modern Art Two from the cemetery.
At 12:00pm I shall be seated on the Central path-way of the cemetery.

An unusual assortment of buildings and monuments dotted about the vicinity, in particular, the National Monument, a tribute to the Parthenon, and the Nelson Monument, built in the shape of a telescope.

At 12:00pm I shall be seated close to the South entrance of the Observatory Complex. I will be facing Edinburgh Castle, the tower of the Balmoral Hotel, the Scott Monument and the memorial to Dugald Stewart.

I will be working on an A3 or A2 sketch-pad so I should be conspicuous.