Category: Sketch

Two – three minute poses

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Here are Saturday’s offerings. I was hungover, so I was surprised I was able to sketch at all. All the poses were between 2 and 3 minutes long.
I used to find these sort of poses quite frustrating but these days I know my limits, I know I can only sketch so much. It is therefore important to capture the pose with so few lines as possible. Just one line would be the most optimal.

Why was I hungover? The new management at work does not want me to continue working part-time in 2018. I have to be 100% or leave. At least they want me 100%, that’s not bad. I of course would like to continue part-time as an artist, I have been doing so for two years. I really appreciate that I was allowed time to explore and develop into who I am today. Now I have to decide, do I become a full-time artist or not? … I have already made my mind up, it wasn’t very hard. 2018 is going to be a very exciting year. Stay tuned!

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Tags figuredrawing, kroki, lifedrawing, male, nude, nudes, Sketch

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Meldrum Life Drawing

meldrum life drawing

Meldrum Kroki (Meldrum life drawing). Yes, it does sound a bit pretentious but I will just have to get used to it. I started a life drawing evening in my apartment on the 5th of October this month. We have had two sessions so far and I and very happy with it’s success. I really feel that this is something I would like to develop. At the moment I can only have a maximum of 15 people in my living room so I have had to create a small Facebook group of life drawing friends. With time I will expand the group and make it public, right now it’s a very low profile, it has to be that way until Christmas at least. I am considering renting a large room next year so that the group can expand to 40 – 50 people. Time will tell if it will be a success or not.

NB. Today, my life drawing (Kroki) page is in Swedish and I do have plans to create an English version. Until then I advise you to copy the text and paste it into Google Translate. Thank you for your patience.

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Tags croquis, figuredrawing, henrik, kroki, lifedrawing, meldrum, model, modell

Sketch Video Watercolour

Filming the process with a GoPro

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Post date 2017/10/09
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Sunday was a rainy day here in Stockholm so I stayed in my studio and played with my GoPro camera. I filmed myself painting a sketch in my Moleskin journal. I have an ambition to publish films of my painting process to help others learn from the knowledge that I have gained since I started in 2012. I need to learn how to edit film, next weeks project I guess.

Hopefully I have something to show real soon…

Tags akvarell, aquarelle, gopro, Sketch, video, watercolor, Watercolour

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Tuesday’s life drawing

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I went to Konstnärshuset for the first time this term. I used charcoal dust as well as a charcoal pencil. At one stage Gabriel the model had posed in such a way that I didn’t find it interesting so I drew the sketchers instead.

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Tags croquis, figuredrawing, konstnärshuset, kroki, lifedrawing, Sketch

Sketch Stockholm Watercolour

Sketches of Stockholm

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Two sketches from my Moleskin watercolour journal (not cotton paper and it shows). I plan to develop and paint these during the week.

Click image below for full sized watercolour

Tags akvarell, aquarelle, olafsgatan, sergelstorg, Sketch, sketchbook, Stockholm, watercolor, Watercolour

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Expressionism

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The Scream. Artist: Edvard Munch — The Scream by Edvard Munch

“Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas.”

This is the official view of Expressionism but for me it is about trying to capture form with pure lines that express the way I feel at that given moment. Lines can show if I am inspired or not, if I find the pose exciting or not. I am an Expressionist, we are all Expressionists, long live Expressionism!

Phew!

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Tags croquis, expressionism, figuredrawing, kroki, lifedrawing

Sketch Urban Sketchers Watercolour

Stockholm Urban Sketchers

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Post date 2017/09/26
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During Sunday I was sketching in Vällingby with my Stockholm Urban Sketcher friends. A lovely afternoon as usual.

Watercolour sketchbook Saunders Waterford 28 x 19.

Tags akvarell, aquarelle, espressohouse, Stockholm, urbansketchers, usk, vällingby, watercolor, Watercolour

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Wednesday’s life drawing

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I visited a new studio in Hökarängen to do some life drawing this week. It was really enjoyable, I especially liked the fact the model had just one pose after the warming up period, we then had 20 minute sessions which allowed me to experiment with 3 watercolours which took about 30 minutes each. There was some sketching to warm up but I mostly painted. Lars, was the name of the model.
Only one negative experience, I forgot my pencil case with all my favourite pencils and a small pocket knife. I rang the next day to the studio but they were gone.

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Tags akvarell, aquarelle, croquis, figuredrawing, figurepainting, kroki, lifedrawing, malemodel, model, modell, nude, watercolor, Watercolour

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Monday’s life drawing

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I have my life drawing crazy friend Martin staying at my place at the moment. It means I go to more classes than I usually do. I can’t keep up with him though. He totally lives for figure drawing, I’ve had enough until Saturday but he is soon on his way to another session.

Monday, I went to Mäster Olofsgården to draw. The venue is always overcrowded but the models are usually good. On this occasion we had a model called Nicole who was just amazing. Wonderful poses which inspired me to draw better than usual.

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