Month: July 2017

Trekking up north

my kit

Tomorrow I travel to the north of Sweden to Sarek National Park which is south west of Kiruna. We will be trekking in the wilderness for 8 days, a helicopter will drop us in the middle of the park and the challenge will be to reach civilisation again! We have to carry all our food in the rucksacks on our backs. This means I will have to take as little art equipment as possible. After much thought I settled for what you see in the picture.

There is a large risk that I will be too exhausted most days to paint anything but I just have to try, it’s a once in a lifetime experience.

Tags akvarell, aquarelle, artgear, hiking, Sarek, Sweden, trekking, watercolor, Watercolour

Sketch Uncategorized Watercolour

A sketch a day …

Horse in long grass

A watercolour sketch I painted in my Moleskin journal 29 x 21 cm. I really want to do a sketch a day, but it is so hard when work and life get in the way. I had a tooth removed yesterday, a good example of life’s little distractions that slow my progress in becoming a master of watercolour!

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Tags akvarell, aquarelle, cheval, häst, horse, jourmal, moleskin, Sketch, watecolour, watercolor

Sketch Watercolour

Is anything better than nothing?

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2017/07/19
1 Comment on Is anything better than nothing?

Sketch of Svartlöga

I am going through a period were my time for art is limited, I have to work as a webmaster for 6 weeks during July and August. I know that in order to be a good artist I have to practice everyday which is basically not easy.
So, is painting for the sake of painting a good idea? This sketch which took 2 hours over two days is a case in point. It’s not a masterpiece but I feel at least I have painted something; I have learned a little, a small step – …on the lonely road to mastering watercolour.

This sketch was painted in a Moleskin watercolour journal 29 x 21 cm, the paper is not cotton but I like the challenge of its inferior qualities.

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Tags akvarell, aquarelle, archipelago, skärgård, skärgården, Stockholm, svartlöga, watercolor, Watercolour

gallery Watercolour

My watercolours find a home in Paimpol

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2017/07/11
2 Comments on My watercolours find a home in Paimpol

Outside ArtQuest, Paimpol.

I am delighted that the gallery, ArtQuest in Paimpol has agreed to exhibit 9 of my watercolours during the summer. A big thank you to Jean-Louis Cléret for liking my work. I wish him the best of luck and I hope he sells lots of art including my own of course.
Here are some of the paintings which are for sale at ArtQuest. All were painted plein air in the Brittany region.

Paimpol harbour

Loguivy

Paimpol town

Tags artquest, bretagne, brittany, galleri, gallery, paimpol

Sketch Watercolour

My last watercolour of Paimpol

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2017/07/11
3 Comments on My last watercolour of Paimpol

Boat yard - Paimpol, Brittany

This is not true of course, I will be painting many watercolours of Paimpol and Brittany in the Future. It saddens me that it will be a while before I return. I have taken lots of photographs so I will be painting the town and it’s surrounding area during the winter months.
It took me a while to learn that artists mostly sketch and take photos during the summer months, then they work on their studio pieces during the dark winter months.
Painted in my Saunders Waterford fine grain 300g 18 x 29 cm watercolour sketchbook.

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Boat yard - Paimpol, Brittany — Boat yard – Paimpol, Brittany

Tags akvarell, aquarelle, bretagne, brittany, paimpol, Sketch, sketch book, skiss, watercolor, Watercolour

Sketch Watercolour

Paimpol harbour

Shops at Paimpol harbour

I left France ten days ago, I miss Brittany, it’s such a beautiful place and I get to paint every day! This watercolour is from my 18 x 29 Saunders Waterford sketchbook. I completed it yesterday, I added the high contrasts and the detailing, it brought me right back to Paimpol, the restaurants, the cafés and the harbour area.

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