Category: My Life Drawing

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.

figure drawing My Life Drawing Nudes Sir William Russell Flint Watercolour

Sir William Russell Flint

Post author By meldrum
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

David Meldrum figure drawing My Life Drawing Nude Sketch Watercolour

Final life drawing session for 2012

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2012/12/12
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Konstnärshuset, 20121211

Not many turned up for this final session, lots of snow and pre-Christmas stress keeping them away I guess. I was not able to concentrate very well during the evening so I played with my watercolours. Playing is a very important way to learn and improve, isn’t it!? 😉

10 minute sketch 20121211

I have a whole bunch of quick sketches that I executed on watercolour paper, they are from the last four life drawing sessions, I plan to colour them during the Christmas holidays.

5 minute sketch 20121211

David Meldrum figure drawing My Life Drawing Sketch Watercolour

Saturday’s life drawing

Basis, Stockholm 20121208

I was not in the mood to begin with, I was feeling rather lazy after a tough week at work. After a sketch or two I started to loosen up a bit and get into it, in the end I was quite happy with a number of my sketches. I will be going to my last life drawing session for this year on Tuesday, Christmas is coming!

Watercolour life drawing by David Meldrum 20121208

Life drawing 20121208

David Meldrum figure drawing My Life Drawing Sketch Watercolour

Tuesday’s Life Drawing

Konstnärshuset 20121204

This model was excellent at posing. She is a dancer, most of the good posers are.

Life drawing 20121204

David Meldrum figure drawing My Life Drawing Sketch Watercolour

Saturday’s life drawing session.

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2012/12/05
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This was difficult for me, the model, an elderly lady who is obviously undergoing chemotherapy reminded me a lot of my own wife who had chemotherapy two years ago. Still, it was an interesting session, older models have so many interesting lines and curves to draw. A session of mixed emotions. Respect to the model for not letting cancer stop her.

Watercolour life drawing sketch by David Meldrum 20121201

Watercolour Sketches 20121201

art history figure drawing My Life Drawing Nudes

Nudes in Art History

A large index of Artists and their nudes. This blog is well worth a visit, there is so much to discover, I look forward to spending many hours trawling through it for inspiration, it is huge!

http://conchigliadivenere.wordpress.com/

LA CONCHIGLIA DI VENERE

David Meldrum figure drawing My Life Drawing Sketch Watercolour

Recycling sketches

Originally these were two minute sketches from Tuesday night’s life drawing session. They were just line drawings, and looked very unfinished so I had a little fun last night and splashed some colour onto them. It was rewarding because I didn’t care if I ruined them or not, they were just quick little sketches. It’s all in the mind…

Painting watercolour on ordinary paper should be avoided if possible. 😉

David Meldrum figure drawing My Life Drawing Sketch Watercolour

Tuesday’s life drawing

This was a tough session. The weather was awful and I got soaked in the cold November rain, I was not in the right frame of mind from the onset. I thought all my sketches were disasters but looking at them now, the next day I see that it wasn’t a wasted evening at all. My watercolour technique is slowly improving, I’m getting a better feel for the medium, all it takes is – practice, practice, practice. I don’t mind, it’s what I want to do. It’s a great hobby.

5 minute watercolour nude study

10 minute watercolour nude study

5 minute pen and wash life drawing