As a student in Scotland, Charles III began painting

King Charles III started painting when he was a student in Scotland and has continued doing so for about 50 years.

King Charles began painting in the 1970s as a result of Robert Waddell, the Scottish Gordonstoun School’s art teacher, inspiring him. The Moray Firth beaches may be reached on foot from the school’s 200-acre campus of woodlands.

His paintings were originally shown in 1977 at Windsor Castle, where he only exhibits his watercolour creations. The works of the Duke of Edinburgh, a painter and designer whose designs aided in the creation of the stained-glass windows in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle, as well as those of Queen Victoria, a passionate watercolorist, were also on show.

His early paintings often featured family residences, like this 1986 picture of Castle Mey. The Queen Mother formerly lived at the castle.

Scotland’s north shore is where Castle Mey is situated. It was the residence of Queen Elizabeth II’s mother, the Queen Mother, who was especially close to King Charles.

He spent his formative years and often returns to Scotland, where he created many of his works.

According to The Telegraph, he likes to paint in a pond in Helmsdale, Scotland, where he also fishes.

Balmoral Castle is one of his favourite locations to paint, as shown in the image below.

The king loves to paint outdoor subjects, particularly mountains, streams, and the surroundings of the Queen’s home at Balmoral. He has given all proceeds from his artwork to The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund.

Queen Elizabeth II lived at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, until her death. Prince Albert initially bought the house in 1852 for Queen Victoria.

These surrounding hills are one of several images that Charles has drawn in the area around Balmoral.

Balmoral was said to be Queen Elizabeth’s favourite home, where she spent her summer vacations.

The Highlands are where Granny seems to be the happiest, according to Princess Eugenie in the documentary “Our Queen at Ninety.”

According to The Telegraph, he has said that he favours watercolours because they dry more quickly, allowing him to avoid keeping his security team waiting too long.

According to The Telegraph, he received instruction from some of Britain’s most well-known painters, including John Napper, John Ward, Hugh Casson, Edward Seago, and Derek Hill.

The king’s artwork has been on display in several exhibits and at charitable occasions.

King Charles continued to display his art after his first exhibition, and it quickly gained enormous popularity both domestically and overseas. Although he humbly refers to himself as a “passionate amateur,” The Daily Telegraph stated in 2016 that he was one of the nation’s best-selling living painters between 1997 and 2016, earning an estimated £2 million from the sales of copies of his watercolours.

The Royal Collection Trust has shown his art. For his 70th birthday, he also held a sizable exhibition at Buckingham Palace.

The painting “Lochnagar from the Gelder Cottage,” seen below, was on display at the Windsor Castle exhibition Royal Paintbox: Royal Artists Past and Present.

The Old Man of Lochnagar, a children’s book about an elderly cave dweller who encounters a bubble-blowing sea deity named Scoticus, was written by him and Hugh Maxwell Casson in 1980.

At a charity event for International Nursing and Nurses Day, he displayed several of his watercolour paintings.

In 2018, he emphasised the “unsung” efforts of nurses and complimented their dedication to helping those who were injured in the Grenfell Fire, which claimed the lives of 71 people when a residential structure caught fire.

Watercolors by King Charles have been shown all around the globe, including this 1989 painting of Double Haven Bay in Hong Kong.

The former prince and Princess Diana travelled to Hong Kong in 1989 to inaugurate the Cultural Center, a $600 million development on the waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui.

In 1986, he was seen painting in Kyoto, Japan.

According to the Los Angeles Times, King Charles and Princess Diana visited Kyoto in 1986 and took part in a tea ceremony as well as visiting temples and Zen gardens.

The monarch has spent a lot of time in Switzerland, where he likes painting picturesque mountain vistas while staying at the Klosters ski resort.

According to the Daily Mail, King Charles’ preferred ski destination is Klosters in Switzerland.

In 1997, one of Klosters’ paintings was included on an annual ski pass because of how much he valued his creations.

He held a private celebration to commemorate 40 years of skiing in Klosters in 2018. He nearly survived an avalanche there in 1988. “I’ve never forgotten the sound of it.

The entire mountain seemingly erupting forth… enormous clouds of snow. I thought to myself My God, the horror,” he reportedly said, according to The Daily Mail.

In the UK, stamps with his artwork have been issued.

The Royal Mail included several of the king’s watercolours on its stamps in 1994, including this one of Scotland’s Sutherland region’s Arkle mountain.

The Scottish Highlands’ furthest northwest corner is where Arkle is situated. The mountain is mostly composed of Cambrian quartzite, which when seen up close gives it a dazzling look.

His depiction of Dersingham in Norfolk, England, is on this British postage stamp.

The royal family often spends Christmas at their residence in Dersingham.