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Heather Dewar meets Sybla Shillady and draws her colour portrait. Fraoch Nic an De貌ir cuide ri Sybla Shillady agus i ga dealbhadh ann an dath.

Heather meets and draws Sybla Shillady, who moved to Glasgow from Cheese Bay in North Uist as a child.

Heather takes time away from the studio to visit a favourite portrait, The Honourable Mrs Graham by 18th century artist Thomas Gainsborough in the National gallery in Edinburgh.

Tha Fraoch Nic an De貌ir a 脤le air ais air an sgrion le sreath 霉r de 鈥淒healbhan Fraoich鈥. An d脿 chuid na t猫-ealain agus na ceasnaiche, tha i a鈥檇猫anamh dealbhan dathte de Gh脿idheil air a bheil sinn e貌lach 鈥 agus a鈥檛脿ladh asta iomadh sgeul mu eachdraidh am beatha.

Anns a鈥 phr貌gram seo, tha i a鈥檆oinneachadh 鈥榮 a鈥 dealbhadh Sybla Shillady a ghluais bho B脿gh a鈥 Ch脿ise, Uibhist a Tuath 鈥榮 i fhathast na p脿iste.

Ch矛 sinn Fraoch a鈥檊abhail t矛de air falbh bho h-obair 鈥榮 i ann a Gailearaidh N脿iseanta Dh霉n Eideann a鈥 coimhead air dealbh le T貌mas Gainsborough bhon ochdamh linn deug, An t-Urramach Bh-ph貌sta Greumach.

In Gaelic with English subtitles

29 minutes

Last on

Sat 28 Feb 2026 20:30

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Presenter Heather Dewar
Interviewed Guest Sybla Shillady
Director Faye MacLean

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