I found this watercolour sketch today, under a pile of old invoices and receipts. I painted it on A4 office paper, hence the wrinkles …
Category: art
I did not feel like doing a lunch time sketch today so I watched my favourite art series by Simon Schama. This week it’s Picasso’s turn.
I finished this lunchtime sketch of Arnold Schwarzenegger eventually. It took me 5 lunches to complete, that’s about 30 minutes each time so I guess it took two and a half hours to finish.
I got bored with this early into the execution but I stuck with for practice reasons. Personally I want to be more expressionistic with my art and not so detailed. Still, I learned a lot, becoming good with watercolour is all about practice, practice and practice.
Kolla mina länkar till höger under rubriken, Kroki i Stockholm, om ni undra var man kan teckna kroki här i Stockholm.
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If you are wondering where to go Life Drawing here in Stockholm, check out my list of links to the right of this article under the Heading: Kroki I Stockholm (Life Drawing in Stockholm).
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| Kroki i Stockholm – 5 minuters teckning av David Meldrum |
Another of Simon Schama’s wonderful series, this time it’s about the life of Vincent van Gogh.
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I have started to use watercolour while life drawing. I am just learning to handle the medium so having to work at speed really helps, one doesn’t have time to worry, one just has to go for it!
This model was getting chemotherapy and so her hair had fallen out and she looked very tired, especially her eyes, it was very haunting, still, I admired this 60 year old woman for not letting cancer stop her. These sketches are from 2012.03.17, Saint Patrick’s Day.
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| 15 minute watercolour sketch |
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| 5 minute sketch |
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| 2 minute sketch |
I got my old flatbed-scanner working again thanks to a program called VueScan. So much better than using my camera!
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| 5 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 2 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 5 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 2 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 10 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 5 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 2 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
I am struggling with this, my colours are becoming muddy. Still, it’s a learning process, I am discovering and experimenting but most importantly, it makes me happy.
