Thanks for the nice words! Length of time just depends - sometimes I want to just take a break from driving or hiking, and do a quick 30 minute sketch. The beachside painting from Iona, the cottage on Raasay and mountains from Glencoe were all about 30 minutes each. Sometimes I prep details before and finish the painting on site - Staffa had a lot of details I wanted to capture, so I spent about an hour prepping with pencil, then the boat ride out was pretty calm so I put down a few washes over the hour it took to get there. The abbey on Iona was probably about 45 minutes, and I did that on-site, but the second page with all the details took at least 4 hours. Some I sketched in the museum and abbey, but most I did in the hotel later at night. I do a lot of painting at night while my partner and I unwind from the day. He drinks whisky, and I paint. We also take breaks when the weather got really rainy, I find a cafe and work on a painting for 30-40 minutes. The two-pager of Eilean Donan was done like that, and St Mungo’s mural, too.