meldrum artVenue: Basis, Stockholm. 20140329
Our model last Saturday was the old lady who underwent chemotherapy.
Her red, sad eyes and hairless head, she was dignified and comfortable as she posed in front of our microscopic eyes. People are almost as tough as life itself, almost.
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| Watercolour A4 |
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| Quick pencil sketch |
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| 15 minute pose |
Here are some nudes I did at life drawing last Saturday. I want to give them another wash or two to see what developes.
Venue: Master Olafsgården, Old Town, Stockholm.
I am enjoying playing around with watercolour, I learn a lot from these quick sketches.
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| Ten minute watercolour nude |
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| Fifteen minute watercolour nude |
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| Ten minute watercolour nude |
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| Three minute sketch. Too much fixative, that’s why it’s so wrinkly. |
Venue: Konstnärshuset, Stockholm. 20140318
The model is a dancer, he was very theatrical and amusing to draw.
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| Five minute watercolour nude |
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| Five minute watercolour nude |
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| Five minute watercolour nude |
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| Two minute nude |
Venue: Basis, Stockholm. 20140315
I’ve drawn this model too many times, I know all her poses, no surprises. I’m not blaming the model, I just wasn’t able to get it on. Saying that, I am actually happy with the first sketch. The other fifteen or so sketches from the session were well below standard.
Man, I’m grumpy when I don’t feel so well. I gotta stop moaning, life is too short for negatives. I am looking forward to new, positive, life drawing opportunities this Tuesday evening. 🙂
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| Ten minute watercolour nude |
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| Ten minute watercolour nude |
Venue: Mäster Olofsgården, 20140312
It’s amazing what a good night’s sleep can do. Yesterday, I felt rested and it really shows in my work I think. There was a beautiful model to draw which of course helps. It was also the first time I did life drawing at Mäster Olofsgården in the old town of Stockholm. Nice place, crowded but friendly, I knew a lot of the life drawing junkies there and I am sure I will visit again. ( Please excuse the bad scan quality, I had no access to good light. )
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| Ten minute watercolour nude, 24 x 32cm |
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| Fifteen minute watercolour nude, 32 x 24cm |
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| Five minute watercolour nude, 32 x 24cm |
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| Five minute nude |
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| Ten minute nude |
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| Five minute nude |
I really enjoyed my return to watercolouring at life drawing. It turned out to be a rather special day, the intended model never turned up and we were all packing our bags to go home when this beautiful Russian girl volunteered to pose. It turns out that she was an expert at posing, really beautiful poses. She must have done art-modelling before. ( The model who did not turn up was the uninspiring one I had last week, so you can guess how happy I was about our bit of luck. )
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| Five minute watercolour nude |
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| Two minute nude |
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| 5 minute nude |
I painted this nude from an image I found on the internet. I think it’s a good effort, but of course there are things like skin-tones and a hand that I’m not totally happy with. The point of this watercolour though was for me to practice and learn and I certainly did discovered many positives and negatives while doing it. The battle for mastery goes on …
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| 90 minute nude, 20140305 |
Location: Basis, Stockholm
Great model, the same girl as last weekend. I was not really in good shape physically but I managed to produce a few decent sketches. If you don’t feel good, it’s hard to be good!
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| 10 minutes |
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| 15 minutes |
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| 5 minutes |
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| 3 minutes |