Author: meldrum

My name is David Meldrum. I am an Artist who loves watercolour.

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David Meldrum O Sketch Watercolour Watercolouring

Old trawler

I arrived home from a one week holiday last night. I was in Paimpol, a beautiful old fishing harbour on the north-west coast of France. I managed to find time to do some watercolours. The painting below of the old trawler took me about 2 hours to complete, I am very happy with my progress in learning how to paint. I only wish I could spend more time with my new hobby, these last few months have been so busy both at work and privately. Still, the summer is here and in a few weeks I presume I will have more time for watercolours as the pressure at work diminishes during the holiday season.



Old trawler
Old trawler



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artists Charles Reid Watercolour

A great collection of Charles Reid work

I found this wonderful web page full of Charles Reid’s portraits and nudes. Click here.

A watercolour life drawing sketch by Charles Reid
Watercolour life drawing by Charles Reid
A watercolour portrait by Charles Reid
Watercolour by Charles Reid

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David Meldrum Sketch Watercolour Watercolouring

My first tree!

A watercolour sketch of a tree by David Meldrum
A Tree by David Meldrum
The great thing about beginning something, like having art as a hobbie for instance, is that there are so many firsts! Like drawing this tree, I’ve never painted a tree before, at least I don’t remember ever doing one. I am currently on holidays, relaxing after a very busy period at work, coming down, looking forward to having a few days to sketch, sketch, sketch.
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acylic painting Alexa Meade Portrait

Alexa Meade creates acrylic illusions

Alexa Meade paints with acrylics directly on human flesh creating the illusion of painterly portraits. Interesting twist to portrait painting. 

Alexa Meade paints portrait in acrylic directly on the model
Alexa Meade portrait


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artists John Siner Sargent

John Singer Sargent

Rosina by John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent, I like his work, I like his official web site too but I wonder is there another site out there that is even better? – With superior resolutions and with no copyright protection covering one third of each image. The picture featured here is called, “Rosina” and I haven’t downloaded it from the official site. PUH!
Seriously though, if you know of a better John Singer Sargent site than this do please let me know.

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Behzah Bagheri Sketch urban sketching Watercolouring

Behzad Bagheri’s photostream on Flickr

Urban sketch by Behzad Bagheri

I like Behzah Bagheri’s  loose sketching style. There are many high quality, quick sketches to be found on his Flickr page.

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artists Nacka Stanislaw Zoladz Watercolour Watercolouring

Watercolour!

Watercolour by Stanislaw Zoladz


Stanislaw Zoladz was born in Poland and today lives in Nacka, Sweden. His water reflections are so photo-realistic! It’s not what I personally aspire to as a student of watercolour, I think impressionism is my thing but it doesn’t stop me admiring the incredible detail and skill of his work. His website is well worth a visit. Click here to visit.

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David Meldrum Lunch Sketch Sketch Watercolour Watercolouring

Lunch Sketch #11

This lunch time sketch was completed yesterday, it took two lunch breaks to finish (30 mins x 2). My learning curve is still pointing in a steep upward direction, so I am happy enough with this. I am studying from great watercolour artists on DVD but it is one thing to listen and another to execute. I have also noticed that it’s hard to be expressive on an A5 piece of paper, not much room for a daring stroke from my loaded brush but then again, maybe this is a good thing!

Watercolour sketch by David Meldrum
Watercolour sketch by David Meldrum
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inspiration Joseph Zbukvic Watercolour Watercolouring

Joseph Zbukvic, watercolour master

I have a DVD, “Rural France in Watercolour” by  Joseph Zbukvic which I am enjoying immensely. I visited his homepage last night and found so many inspirational watercolours. Make sure you check out the gallery page and visit the first gallery, Joseph’s work is there plus other great artists. I haven’t trawled the other galleries yet but I will over the next coming week. I love surfing, discovery at every mouse click!

Joseph Zbukvic homage to Monet