An urban sketcher I really admire is Ch’ng Kiah Kiean. He has an architectural background and was born in Penang, Malaysia. His homepage points to three different locations: his Sketch Diary, his Facebook page and Flickr.
Author: meldrum
My name is David Meldrum. I am an Artist who loves watercolour.
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More Ted Nuttall
Ted’s website is good but his watercolour images are not much larger than postage stamps. This is unfortunate as I want to study his work in detail, I really like his approach.
Here are some links worthwhile visiting if you are interested in his work. (Please send links to me too, I’d appreciate that.)
Ted Nuttall Homepage
Arvada Award
Art News DFW
South West Art
(I’ll add more links here at a later date)
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Shattered
Venue: Konstnärhuset, Stockholm. 20130212.
The head of my tripod shattered from the severe cold when I was north of The Arctic Circle last weekend. It fell over and smashed into small glass-like pieces. This meant I was not able to watercolour last night at Tuesday’s life drawing session as I use the tripod as my easel. I did not mind, change is good and I enjoyed sketching with my pencils.
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| 5 minute sketch 20130212 |
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| 2 minute sketch 20130212 |
I am enjoying a long weekend, north of the Arctic Circle. The Photo below was taken 20 kilometres north of Kiruna, Sweden. The temperature was -32 degrees! I would not normally post holiday snaps on this blog but the experience was just so magical. You could say that the Sun and it’s solar storms were painting the night sky here on earth, a masterpiece.
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| Northern Lights, Kiruna, Sweden, 20130209 |
Venue: Konstnärshuset, 20130205
A sketching comrade (Martin) told me I would create good work after the coffee break, I had told him, I was not inspired at all. He said this always creates good art, just keep trying and not to give up. He was right! The following sketches were created after the break.
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| 7-10 minute sketch, 20130205 |
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| 5-7 minute sketch, 20130205 |
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| 2 minute sketch, 20130205 |
I had fun today, I was on a roll.
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| 10-15 minute sketch, A3, 20130202 |
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| 10+5 minute sketch, A3, 20130202 |
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| 5-10 minute sketch, A3, 20130202 |
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| 2 minute sketch, A4, 20130202 |
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| 2 minute sketch, A4, 20130202 |
Maybe this technique is the answer to my muddy colour problem. I’ll will definately give it a try.
Don Andrews (www.donandrews.net)
The venue: The Swedish Academy of Realistic Art in Stockholm.
I love the female nude and I’m not happy with the male model. Basically I am not used to spending two hours solely on one painting. This picture is a good example, I spent so much time on the male that I ended up with a mess, I nearly didn’t have time to paint the female so I rushed her and the illustration turned out so much better! I am just used to short poses, it’s going to take a while to relax when spending more time on a painting. It’s not a problem, I am enjoying every minute of my self-dissatisfaction. 😉
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| Watercolour of two models on A3 paper. 20130131 |
Today I did some portrait painting at Folkkulturcentrum, in Ropsten, Stockholm. There were four, half hour poses. I was very happy with two of my sketches. It was the first time I was at Folkkulturcentrum, I enjoyed the atmosphere so I’m sure I’ll be back some time soon.
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| 30 minute portrait |
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| 30 minute portrait |