Another of Simon Schama’s wonderful series, this time it’s about the life of Vincent van Gogh.
Month: March 2012
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I have started to use watercolour while life drawing. I am just learning to handle the medium so having to work at speed really helps, one doesn’t have time to worry, one just has to go for it!
This model was getting chemotherapy and so her hair had fallen out and she looked very tired, especially her eyes, it was very haunting, still, I admired this 60 year old woman for not letting cancer stop her. These sketches are from 2012.03.17, Saint Patrick’s Day.
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| 15 minute watercolour sketch |
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| 5 minute sketch |
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| 2 minute sketch |
I got my old flatbed-scanner working again thanks to a program called VueScan. So much better than using my camera!
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| 5 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 2 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 5 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 2 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 10 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 5 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 2 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
I am struggling with this, my colours are becoming muddy. Still, it’s a learning process, I am discovering and experimenting but most importantly, it makes me happy.
Simon Schama’s J.M.W. Turner 1 of 4
I found this artist, Sean Cheetham while I was surfing on my lunch break, his portrait painting skills are good and the music track to the video is enjoyable too! His blog: http://seancheetham.blogspot.com
Shop on the street by Direk Kingnok. His style is similar to Alvaro Castagnet I think. I had no time myself to do any water colouring this week, I am busy at work so it might be a while before I have some free time on my hands.