meldrum artI continue to sketch at life drawing with pencil and watercolour. Each pose is between five and ten minutes long so one has to be quick doing the initial sketch, with the little time that is left I apply colour as best as I can. Click the images below to see more or click here.
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| Watercolour sketch by David Meldrum |
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| Watercolour sketch by David Meldrum |
I was very happy with the result of this watercolour study, I am starting to get a feel for the medium. It is still a series of mistakes that I somehow patch up but most importantly, I am making fewer mistakes with each painting I do. I painted this yesterday evening at the “The Swedish Academy of Realistic Art” in Bergshamra, Stockholm during a two hour session. I’m still playing with the Charles Reid approach to watercolour painting which is the free use of hot and cold colours.
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| Watercolour by David Meldrum 2012.04.19 |
I spent another evening yesterday life drawing with watercolours, it’s a real challenge both drawing and painting the model in such a short time-span. It was tonnes of fun though! Click the image to see more or click here.
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| 5 minute watercolour sketch by David Meldrum |
Drawing a model in one minute and then painting her by two. It’s fun trying to do the impossible!
I had great fun yesterday painting with primary colours at my life drawing class, I like the fact they are so cheerful, I’ll create more of these Charles Reid influenced sketches, absolutely. Click the image below to see more or click here.
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| 10 minute watercolour sketch by David Meldrum |
I have uploaded more life drawing sketches to my Picasa page. Click the photos below or this link here.
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| Sketch by David Meldrum |
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| Sketch by David Meldrum |
| It is hard speed-sketching with watercolours – but it’s fun!
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| 10 minute watercolour sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 5 minute artifical charcoal sketch by David Meldrum |
Kolla mina länkar till höger under rubriken, Kroki i Stockholm, om ni undra var man kan teckna kroki här i Stockholm.
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| Kroki i Stockholm – 5 minuters teckning av David Meldrum |
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I have started to use watercolour while life drawing. I am just learning to handle the medium so having to work at speed really helps, one doesn’t have time to worry, one just has to go for it!
This model was getting chemotherapy and so her hair had fallen out and she looked very tired, especially her eyes, it was very haunting, still, I admired this 60 year old woman for not letting cancer stop her. These sketches are from 2012.03.17, Saint Patrick’s Day.
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| 15 minute watercolour sketch |
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| 5 minute sketch |
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| 2 minute sketch |
I got my old flatbed-scanner working again thanks to a program called VueScan. So much better than using my camera!
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| 5 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 2 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 5 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 2 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 10 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 5 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
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| 2 minute sketch by David Meldrum |
