Category: figure drawing

First life drawing 2013

At last, I found time to go to life drawing. I’ve been very busy since Christmas so it was a great pleasure to sketch tonight. The session was a two hour pose, the model was a real pro, stood still as a statue. The venue was, The Swedish Academy of Realistic Art in Stockholm.

I’m happy enough with the painting, I have to get used to spending two hours on a figure, for the last two years I’ve been drawing quick poses. Now I want to slow down and capture more detail, the biggest problem I have is the stiffness of the pose, I need to relax. I can see from my 5 and 10 minute poses from two years ago that they were also stiff. All I need to do is lots of these two hour sessions and I should eventually find a fluid line to my art.

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Watercolour Nude 2013.01.24

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Steve Hanks – Watercolour realist

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2013/01/22
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Steve Hanks can certainly paint a nude. I admire his work, the detail is amazing, I guess he paints from photographs, it would be impossible to capture so much detail otherwise.

Steve Hanks – Female portrait nude from Art Center on Vimeo.

Steve Hanks – The beauty of women from Art Center on Vimeo.

David Meldrum figure drawing Nude Watercolour

Watercolour nude

I am not 100% happy with this effort, I got the model’s back all muddy, too many strokes! The leg should also have softer edges to suggest depth. Another learning experience that caused frustration but at the same time satifaction. Nothing is straight forward and simple for long when one watercolours.

Watercolour nude study from photograph

David Meldrum figure drawing Nude Watercolour

Improved Scans

I got a scanner to work. Much better than the iPhone! Looking forward to getting back to Stockholm next week for some life drawings sessions.

Watercolour nude study from photograph

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Life drawing master – Francine Van Hove

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Post date 2013/01/10
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I was introduced to Francine Van Hove tonight when I visited LA CONCHIGLIA DI VENERE

The Nude in Art History. I found her work to be very feminine and beautiful.

Francine Van Hove

David Meldrum figure drawing My Life Drawing Sketch Watercolour

Last life drawing study of 2012

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2013/01/01
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This is another in the series of two minutes sketches I did on 200g watercolour paper. I spent about an hour watercolouring the figure yesterday. I am happy with my development, I started watercolouring for the first time in February 2012 so I’m delighted really with my progress. I look forward to 2013 and plan to draw and paint even more. 🙂

Two minute sketch plus one hour of watercolouring. 20121231

David Meldrum figure drawing My Life Drawing Sketch Watercolour

Having fun

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2012/12/31
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Some more two minute sketches from a life drawing session that I did a while back. I painted them yesterday, it’s so nice to have time during the Christmas holidays to have some fun. I’m not looking to create a masterpiece right now; I’m just playing around, experimenting, learning.

Original two minute sketch which I watercoloured 20121230

David Meldrum figure drawing My Life Drawing Sketch Watercolouring

Watercolouring quick life drawing sketches

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2012/12/30
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I have a supply of two to five minute sketches on 200g watercolour paper. I started quick sketching on watercolour paper so that I can paint them at my leisure at a later date. I want to master watercolouring and so having these sketches lying around really makes practice easier. For light reference I use erotic photography that I have downloaded from the internet.

Watercolour sketch – 20121229

Here is an example of an original five minute sketch. I will probably paint this soon.

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Sir William Russell Flint

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Post date 2012/12/18
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I discovered, Sir William Russell Flint today while browsing through LA CONCHIGLIA DI VENERE – The Nude in Art History. I like his nudes very much, there is much to learned by studying his watercolour technique which I certainly plan to do. I found an offical site also where they sell limited addition prints of his work. http://www.sirwilliamrussellflintprints.co.uk/

Nude by Sir William Russell Flint