meldrum artAnother enjoyable session at Konstnärshuset here in Stockholm. One colleague asked if I would paint one more watercolour wash after getting home. The sketches would look more complete but then again I probably would loose the freshness. I chose to leave them alone.
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| 10 minute nude |
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| 5 minute nude |
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| 5 minute nude |
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| 5 minute nude |
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| 5 minute nude |
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| 2 minute nude |
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| 2 minute nude |
Here is a selection of watercolour and pencil sketches from my life drawing evening at Konstnärshuset, Stockholm. I hope to transfer the energy and freshness of these sketches into my paintings which are all too often, stiff and laboured.
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| Ten minute nude. 20130910 |
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| Five minute nude. 20130910 |
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| Five minute nude. 20130910 |
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| Ten minute nude. 20130910 |
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| Two minute nude. 20130910 |
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| Two minute nude. 20130910 |
I was very excited about attending my first life drawing evening after the summer break. It was a two hour pose at, “The Swedish Academy of Realist Art“. I was a bit too eager and so my watercolour study failed, luckily I didn’t give up and managed to do one half-decent sketch. The model’s underarm does not look correct but otherwise I’m quite pleased with it.
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| figure drawing 20130905 |
I used Arches 300gsm rough paper originally which is wonderful to paint on if you have time but is too slow-drying for figure painting with tempo. I don’t think my fellow artists would appreciate me using a hair drier every ten minutes either.
I have a watercolour Moleskin (A5) where I practice my watercolour nudes. I’m trying to do at least one a day. It helps me ignore the real task; finishing the large watercolour that is such a challenge and sits there beside me waiting …
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| A5 watercolour figure painting |
Currently I’m working on a large watercolour, it’s a real challenge, I’ve never worked in so much detail before and I’m pushing my technical limits to the maximum. So, it was necessary to take a little break and paint this little watercolour nude. I like the freedom of the way the colour pigment illustrates the figure.
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| Nude 20130719. Moleskin, A5, watercolour notebook. |
I found a wonderful model – posing beautifully. I will eventually paint a full sized homage to the image at a later date. I spent today doing two sketches, one watercolour with a Mucha inspired frame and the other in pencil. Both are about A5 in size.
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| Watercolour |
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| Pencil |
Venue: Konstnärshuset
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| Five minute watercolour sketch |
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| Five minute watercolour sketch |
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| Five minute watercolour sketch |
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| Two minute pencil sketch |
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| Two minute pencil sketch |
Venue: The Swedish Academy of Realist Art (SARA) 20130523
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| The Body Builder 20130523 |
Venue: Konstnärshuset, Stockholm.
It was only a short break, but it felt so much longer. It was so good to be life drawing again. I was relaxed too and not stressed which is so important when drawing. The model was excellent, very professional and expressive. It’s not good to stress, it’s better to sketch! 😉 All sketches were on A4 sized paper, actually the watercolour paper (200g) was a little larger but I don’t know the actual measurements.
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| 5 minute watercolour sketch. 20130521 |
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| 10 minute watercolour sketch. 20130521 |
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| 5 minute watercolour sketch. 20130521 |
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| 5 minute watercolour sketch. 20130521 by David Meldrum (Cropped) |
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| 10 minute watercolour sketch. 20130521 |
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| 2 minute pencil sketch. 20130521 |
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| 2 minute pencil sketch. 20130521 |
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| 2 minute pencil sketch. 20130521 |
