Category: David Meldrum

Three little lunch breaks.

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2013/07/08
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I learn so much each time I do a watercolour. I learn, that I should not draw so many lines, that I should be patient, that I should simplify what I see, that I should be more subtle with my tones and finally, that I should be more confident with my brush strokes.

This is a portrait of Micke Nybrink, he is a Trotting media journalist here in Sweden. Last week I created a web site in which he featured and this is where the image of him inspired me to paint him. You can see the website and his photo here if you like. It took me three lunch breaks to complete the painting, almost two hours I would guess.

Micke Nybrink

David Meldrum Lunch Sketch Sketch Watercolour

Lunch Sketch

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2013/07/02
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Inspired by my watercolour sketches from the weekend I did another boat sketch today during my lunch break. I found my reference image on Google, I searched using the words, ‘Sailing and Archipelago’. The white foam created by the boat was achieved with office Tipp-Ex. 🙂

Sailing boat in the archipelago by David Meldrum

Lunch Sketch 20130702

David Meldrum Sketch urban sketching Watercolour

Stockholm Sketcher

It’s summer time and most people in Sweden disappear to relax and enjoy the short season of warmth. Either this or they are busy getting everything done before they take their holidays. So this month, I was the sole sketcher representing, ‘The Stockholm Sketchers’ group. It would have been nice with some company but I still had a lovely day.
I discovered that sketching boats isn’t easy, there is so much detail; so it’s a question of what one should leave out and what one should add to improve the picture. I’m happy enough with these two watercolours, sure – I made mistakes, I learned from them and I look forward to sketching boats again soon to see if I have indeed learned something.

Violette, Skeppsholm, Stockholm, 20130630

Leo, Skeppsholm, Stockholm, 20130630

David Meldrum Sketch urban sketching

Three Wheel Glory

I went out for a ride on my new bike this morning, saw this little van and I just had to sketch it.

Sketch of 3 wheel van by David Meldrum, 20130629

Biro, A6 moleskin, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, 20130629

David Meldrum Sketch urban sketching Watercolour

Midsummer’s eve in central Stockholm

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2013/06/22
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Stockholm is empty on midsummer’s eve, only tourists walk the streets. Swedes are celebrating the year’s mid-point out in the country side and the archipelago. I decided to go for a cycle into town late in the afternoon and did this watercolour sketch of Stockholm’s Town Hall.

Stockholm Town Hall, A5 watercolour, Moleskin note book.

David Meldrum figure drawing My Life Drawing Watercolouring

Summer break from life drawing

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2013/06/05
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Venue: Konstnärshuset

This was the last life drawing session before the summer break. I guess I’ll have to sketch from photos I find on the internet for a few months. I certainly don’t want to stop drawing the human form just because of holidays!

Five minute watercolour sketch

Two minute pencil sketch

David Meldrum Sketch urban sketching Watercolour

Charles de Gaulle Airport

I sketched this bored traveller in the airport bar on the way home from France at the weekend.

Bored

David Meldrum Sketch urban sketching Watercolour

Old wrecks and me

I have had a lot of time to reflect on what I actually want to sketch and paint while on holidays. Basically, there is an awful lot of subjects that do not inspire me and a few that do. One of the few that do are old boat wrecks here in the harbour of Paimpol, Brittany.

Sketch of wreck in Paimpol by David Meldrum

Wrecks in Paimpol, Brittany. A4 Fabriano Paper, 50% cotton.

Brittany David Meldrum Sketch Watercolour

Watercolouring in Brittany

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2013/05/28
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Yes, I have a whole week to myself and I’m sketching and watercolouring intensely. The painting of the three boats below is my effort from this afternoon. I messed up the sky, I lost the white clouds I tried to create but otherwise I am happy with the result. Tonight, I will look at my Charles Reid DVD again and try and improve my cloud-forming-technique. There is always something to learn! 🙂

Holiday in Brittany. 20130528, A3 watercolour.