This is a view of St. Andrews Castle as seen from the harbor on a rainy March day. This was the day after a blizzard, but the area around St. Andrews — in fact, the entire Kingdom of Fife — was much greener and a bit warmer than the mountains of Perthshire where we were staying. We visited St. Andrews several times on this trip and enjoyed touring the historic town.

I did this painting toward the end of our stay, just as I was feeling that I was finally getting the hang of painting in Scotland. I was learning how to mix the colors I saw there and paint in response to the quickly changing light. I was even getting used to the cold and damp wind. Too bad we would be flying back to Philadelphia in forty-eight hours!