meldrum artVenue: 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 |
“It’s challenging!” I think that’s all I need to say about trying to paint five and ten minute poses. The ten minute watercolour below was my best attempt.
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| Ten minute nude |
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| Two minute sketch |
Venue: The Swedish Academy of Realist Art (SARA)
I enjoyed this two hour session last Thursday, I took it easy and did not stress. I have been practising my skin tones in a watercolour-paper- sketchbook, I think it is starting to have an affect, all the practice I do. I’m starting to feel more and more confident with each stroke of the brush, practice, practice.
I haven’t been publishing much lately, I’m so busy with other things than art. Sweden is very much a place of two seasons, the ice has recently melted, I put the summer tyres on the car and this weekend it was the boat’s turn to be put in the water and the mast put on. Summer is coming! 🙂
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| The Body Builder, A3 watercolour, 2013.05.02 |
Venue: The Swedish Academy of Realist Art
I wish I could spend more time watercolouring, I mean, lots of time, even full-time. The month of April and May are the busiest time of the year for me at work, I have a number of fun web projects that I’m working on, but it keeps me from my art, life is hard.
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| Male Nude, Watercolour, 2 hours, A3, 300g paper, 2013.04.25 |
Venue: konstskolan BASIS 2013.04-20
I’m experimenting with coloured pencils on light-brown paper since last week. I like the technique, it is a quick way to create a more three-dimensional form.
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| Nude 2013.04.20 |
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| Nude 2013.04.20 |
Venue: The Swedish Academy of Realist Art 20130418
I actually turned up at the wrong life drawing session, I wondered why no one had arrived and then I slowly realised that I was at the wrong place on the wrong day! Luckily, I was half an hour early and so made it to the right address just on time. I’m stressed at work, I can blame it on that or maybe it’s my age.
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| Pencils on coloured paper. Nude 2013.04.18 |
After one hour this painting was going real well. The pencil drawing was fine and the first watercolour wash felt good.
Then, for the last hour of the session I painted layer upon layer of bad decisions. By the end of the session I was totally frustrated at my limited technique. So I scrubbed a lot of the pigment from the model’s face, dropped it into my carrying case and went home grumpier than a newly-woken bear.
When I got home, I took a large black pencil to the painting and what you see below is the result. I’m actually happy with it, but I still wish I could paint better, then I wouldn’t have to use a pencil to rescue the portrait.
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| Male Nude 20130411 |