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David Meldrum Sketch Watercolour

Sketching in the archipelago ( 20140715 – 16 )

Sketching in the archipelago  ( 20140716 )

Sketching in the archipelago  ( 20140715 )

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David Meldrum Sketch Stockholm Watercolour

Watercolours in the Stockholm archipelago ( 20140714 )

Stockholm archipelago ( 20140714 )

Stockholm archipelago ( 20140714 )

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David Meldrum Sketch Stockholm Watercolour

Kayaking in the Stockholm archipelago ( 20140712 )

I spent ten wonderful days kayaking in the archipelago. No hot water to wash but plenty of opportunities to sketch and paint. It was a great holiday.

Stockholm archipelago 20140712

Stockholm archipelago 20140712

Stockholm archipelago 20140712

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Anders Zorn Carl Larsson David Meldrum Watercolour

Making progress …

Something has clicked in my head. I changed paper and slowed down, I think about composition, colour and tone. I think I’ve just taken another step on the ladder to be coming a better watercolour painter, that makes me happy.

This watercolour must have been inspired by my visit last week to Carl Larsson and Anders Zorn in Dalarna.

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Liu Yi

Portrait by Liu Yi

I want to be this good! 
Frustrations of a student of watercolour and art.
I admire Liu Yi’s approach to his ballet dancers and portraits, his hard and soft edges, no pencilling. I hope to reach his level some day. I’m certainly going to give it a try.
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Portrait

I have been working on four watercolours today. Here is one, it’s not perfect by any means but I like it anyway. I will be at the studio every day this week, I just love holidays.  🙂

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Sketch

Sketches on the road.

I had a brilliantly inspiring trip last week visiting my Swedish artist heroes. Zorn being the cherry on the cake.  Here are two sketches I did while touring. The one on the right was only five minutes from home. My wife shopped for food and I stayed guarding the car.

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Lars Lerin

Lars Lerin visit

I travelled 300 kilometres south today to visit Lars Lerin’s museum in Karlstad.  I’m glad we made the trip, it was impressive to see his work for real. He doesn’t seem to care what others think, he just does his thing. I like that.

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Inspired by Zorn

I have been traveling around Dalarna, Sweden which is the home of many famous Swedish artists. The other day we visited Carl Larsson’s home and today we visted Anders Zorn’s house and Museum in Mora. I am totally inspired by Zorn’s work, especially his watercolours. The tour of his home was also a wow – sensation.