This animation consists of 12 597 handmade aquarelle paintings, each painting is approximately 1,5*3cm in size. Together they form Anders Ramsell’s 35 minute long paraphrase on the motion picture Blade Runner (1982) by Ridley Scott.
Author: meldrum
My name is David Meldrum. I am an Artist who loves watercolour.
Ten ‘two minute’ life drawing poses in a row, I’d call that extreme, extreme fun.
The coloured sketch with pastels took ten minutes. It was nice to be back at Basis here in Stockholm, we were thirty people and the atmosphere was pleasant as usual.
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| 2 minute sketch, A3 |
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| 2 minute sketch, A3 |
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| 2 minute sketch, A3 |
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| 2 minute sketch, A3 |
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| 2 minute sketch, A3 |
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| 10 minute sketch, A3 |
I think Lars Lerin is one of the more interesting Watercolourists here in Sweden. Here is a playlist containing several films about him. I haven’t visited his museum yet but I will do one of these days.
I recently bought Arches watercolour paper. Each time I try to paint on it I get cramp, I find it almost impossible to relax. Why? Because I have such a respect for the beautiful 300g rough cotton paper. I finally worked out the solution to my problem, I simply chop up the paper into smaller pieces and in doing so I make the paper less precious. Now I am not afraid to make mistakes, now I can experiment and learn. You wouldn’t believe what a relief this is to me. I’m just another artist with mental problems!
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| A4 Nude on Arches 300g rough paper. |
To be patient, to spend hours on one drawing or painting; it is certainly something that does not come naturally to me. These two small sketches are exercises in extending my length of focus on one drawing. It is
not so hard really, I was relaxed and I listened to Bach playing serenely in the background, the minutes flew by. It is creating time to achieve this which is the hardest art to master. If my life resembled a tightly packed suitcase, then something would have to be discarded in order for me to make room for my art. The question is what?
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| Gustav Klimt – Fabriano A5 paper, 14.8x21cm |
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| Francis Bacon – Fabriano A5 paper, 14.8x21cm |
Most of these were five minute sketches using pastel and synthetic charcoal.
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| Nude 30x42cm, 11.5×16.5″ |
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| Nude 30x42cm, 11.5×16.5″ |
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| Nude 30x42cm, 11.5×16.5″ |
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| Nude 30x42cm, 11.5×16.5″ |
These were two minute sketches using pastels and a synthetic charcoal pencil.
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| Two minute nude, 14x21cm, 5.5×8.5″ |
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| Two minute nude, 14x21cm, 5.5×8.5″ |
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| Two minute nude, 14x21cm, 5.5×8.5″ |
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| Two minute nude, 14x21cm, 5.5×8.5″ |
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| Two minute nude, 14x21cm, 5.5×8.5″ |
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Not so easy!
It is difficult to find time for my art right now, it has been a busy autumn. I find it frustrating, if I could slow down the rotation of this planet I would; then there would be at least 36 hours in every single day!
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Easy!
The great thing about learning to watercolour is the discovery that other mediums like pastels are much easier to use! I wonder why watercolour isn’t held in as high regard as say, oil or even acrylic painting, it is such a hard medium to master.
I bought some pastels yesterday, I plan to use them at Life Drawing classes for a few weeks as watercolouring is too stressful for me at the moment. The sketch below was done in about 15 minutes on A3 paper, it was fun to try something new.
I looked at a potential Ateljé /Studio today in Solna, Stockholm. I want to take the next step in my personal development as an artist. I said I’m interested so I hope I get a space there. I’ll find out in a couple of weeks. Exciting.
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| A3 pastel sketch |