My last watercolour for 2013. It’s been an interesting year. I’m excited about 2014 as I’ve promised myself to really start painting watercolours seriously.
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| Watercolour nude by David Meldrum 20131229 |
Month: December 2013
This is a great Christmas present! It seems I do not need to outline anymore. This is the second watercolour I have created without any initial pencil marks. I am happy enough with the result and I look forward now to 2014 and developing this new found skill. 🙂
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| Nude with no outlines. Saunders Waterford HP paper – 31 x 23 cm |
Do I need to use a pencil initially when painting a watercolour nude? I didn’t here and I like the result, I just started painting the nude directly onto paper. I will continue down this path and see what develops. Merry Christmas!
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| Pencil free nude. Saunders Waterford HP paper – 31 x 23 cm |
The final session at Basis, I look forward to next year already. Now I have to endure four weeks without any life drawing at all. Good job Christmas is coming to cheer me up. “Dear Santa, could I please have a beautiful studio with an endless supply of fantastic models for Christmas? Thank you!”.
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| 2 minute nude. A4 Fabriano paper, 21 x 29,7 cm. |
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| 2 minute nude. A4 Fabriano paper, 21 x 29,7 cm. |
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| 2 minute nude. A4 Fabriano paper, 21 x 29,7 cm. |
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| Longer than 2 minute nude. A3 Fabriano paper, 29.6 x 40.5cm |
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Happy accident
Earlier in the year, on my way to work I did this sketch of a commuter waiting for a train at Södra Station here in Stockholm. I wasn’t impressed with my drawing so I left it in my sketch book that I carry in my rucksack. I rediscovered it today after it had spent months being rubbed and smudged. To my great surprise it looks so much more interesting now.
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| Waiting for a train. A5 Fabriano paper. |
Venue: Konstnärshuset, Stockholm.
Yesterday evening all I had with me was an A4 block of paper and some pencils. It suits my current state of mind and to be honest, I think my drawings have improved because of it. “Keep it simple”, they say. I think this only comes about after hours of making ones art way too complicated.
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| Nude on A4 Fabriano paper, 21 x 29,7 cm. |
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| Nude on A4 Fabriano paper, 21 x 29,7 cm. |
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| Nude on A4 Fabriano paper, 21 x 29,7 cm. |
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| Nude on A4 Fabriano paper, 21 x 29,7 cm. |
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| Nude on A4 Fabriano paper, 21 x 29,7 cm. |
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| Nude on A4 Fabriano paper, 21 x 29,7 cm. |
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| Nude on A4 Fabriano paper, 21 x 29,7 cm. |
Here are a few two minute nudes from life drawing at Basis today. I learned one thing, never sign your signature with a felt-tip marker before spraying fixative on the drawing.
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| Two minute nude. Fabriano A4 paper, 21×29.7 cm |
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| Two minute nude. Fabriano A4 paper, 21×29.7 cm |
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| Two minute nude. Fabriano A4 paper, 21×29.7 cm |
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| Two minute nude. Fabriano A4 paper, 21×29.7 cm |
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Life Drawing
Life Drawing at Konstnärshuset (The House of Artists), Stockholm. 20131203
I did not produce a high yield of drawings from this session. I struggled, but don’t we all from time to time.
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| Five minute nude, Charcoal. 29.6 x 40.5cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| Ten minute nude, Charcoal. 29.6 x 40.5cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| Five minute nude, Charcoal. 29.6 x 40.5cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
I was very pleased with my life drawing sketches from Basis at the weekend. I used a chunky charcoal stick and a synthetic coal, Koh-I-Noor pencil. It’s so dramatic with the strong contrast of black and white, very pleasing. A lot of the drawings were completed in two minutes, I have a lot of fun working within that short time frame!
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| 10 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 10 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 2 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 2 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 2 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 2 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 2 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 2 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 2 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 2 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |