meldrum artHere are a few two minute nudes from life drawing at Basis today. I learned one thing, never sign your signature with a felt-tip marker before spraying fixative on the drawing.
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| Two minute nude. Fabriano A4 paper, 21×29.7 cm |
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| Two minute nude. Fabriano A4 paper, 21×29.7 cm |
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| Two minute nude. Fabriano A4 paper, 21×29.7 cm |
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| Two minute nude. Fabriano A4 paper, 21×29.7 cm |
Life Drawing at Konstnärshuset (The House of Artists), Stockholm. 20131203
I did not produce a high yield of drawings from this session. I struggled, but don’t we all from time to time.
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| Five minute nude, Charcoal. 29.6 x 40.5cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| Ten minute nude, Charcoal. 29.6 x 40.5cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| Five minute nude, Charcoal. 29.6 x 40.5cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
I was very pleased with my life drawing sketches from Basis at the weekend. I used a chunky charcoal stick and a synthetic coal, Koh-I-Noor pencil. It’s so dramatic with the strong contrast of black and white, very pleasing. A lot of the drawings were completed in two minutes, I have a lot of fun working within that short time frame!
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| 10 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 10 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 2 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 2 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 2 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 2 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 2 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 2 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 2 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
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| 2 minute nude 30 x 42 cm / 11,5 x 16,5″ |
I recently bought Arches watercolour paper. Each time I try to paint on it I get cramp, I find it almost impossible to relax. Why? Because I have such a respect for the beautiful 300g rough cotton paper. I finally worked out the solution to my problem, I simply chop up the paper into smaller pieces and in doing so I make the paper less precious. Now I am not afraid to make mistakes, now I can experiment and learn. You wouldn’t believe what a relief this is to me. I’m just another artist with mental problems!
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| A4 Nude on Arches 300g rough paper. |
Most of these were five minute sketches using pastel and synthetic charcoal.
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| Nude 30x42cm, 11.5×16.5″ |
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| Nude 30x42cm, 11.5×16.5″ |
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| Nude 30x42cm, 11.5×16.5″ |
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| Nude 30x42cm, 11.5×16.5″ |
These were two minute sketches using pastels and a synthetic charcoal pencil.
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| Two minute nude, 14x21cm, 5.5×8.5″ |
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| Two minute nude, 14x21cm, 5.5×8.5″ |
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| Two minute nude, 14x21cm, 5.5×8.5″ |
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| Two minute nude, 14x21cm, 5.5×8.5″ |
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| Two minute nude, 14x21cm, 5.5×8.5″ |
I stumbled over Wendy Artin’s Watercolour nudes today. There are not many good figure painters who use watercolour as their chosen medium . I am happy to have discovered her work and have bookmarked her as a source of inspiration. You can visit her web site here.
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| Nude by Wendy Artin |
It was a lean evening at life drawing last night. I only managed to produce one sketch that I was reasonably happy with. This means the next life drawing session can only be better. Something to look forward to 🙂
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| Watercolour nude 20131023. Canson 200g, 24 x 32 cm ( 9 3/8 x 12 1/2″) |
I don’t watercolour as much as I’d like to. I’m going to try paint for an hour or so after each evening meal. Go to less to life drawing evenings, I need to sit down and paint, practice and paint. Play, I need to have fun too, very important that.
Here are some recent watercolours and yes, they were fun to do. The first wash was done at life drawing and the darker tones where added later.
