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Scotland Forever! Scotland

Forever! Is an 1881 oil painting

by Lady Butler depicting the

start of the charge of the Royal

Scots Greys, a British heavy

cavalry regiment that charged

with other British heavy cavalry at the along with the composition, it was

Battle of Waterloo in 1815. quite a thrill to reproduce this glorious

painting. Considering I copied the

I was commissioned to do a copy of Mona Lisa three times, everything is

Scotland Forever! Scotland Forever! easy after that, as the art world critics

Original painting by Lady Butler always claim that the Mona Lisa’s smile

(1881). The first thing I do is sketch it is impossible. In the end it is detail,

out, using a pencil, drawing the detail, background composition, balance and

getting all the proportions correct, this color.

is the most important thing, thereafter

it is just painting it. The subject matter The Royal Scots Greys was a cavalry

is exciting, the movement of the horses, regiment of the British Army from 17O7

the wonderful military regalia, the until 1971, when they amalgamated with

white horses was of particular interest the 3rd Carabiniers to form The Royal

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