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″ |
Category: Sketch
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″ |
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Easy!
The great thing about learning to watercolour is the discovery that other mediums like pastels are much easier to use! I wonder why watercolour isn’t held in as high regard as say, oil or even acrylic painting, it is such a hard medium to master.
I bought some pastels yesterday, I plan to use them at Life Drawing classes for a few weeks as watercolouring is too stressful for me at the moment. The sketch below was done in about 15 minutes on A3 paper, it was fun to try something new.
I looked at a potential Ateljé /Studio today in Solna, Stockholm. I want to take the next step in my personal development as an artist. I said I’m interested so I hope I get a space there. I’ll find out in a couple of weeks. Exciting.
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| A3 pastel sketch |
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″) |
It was World SketchCrawl Day today and I met up with Nina Johansson to sketch at The City Museum (Stadsmuseet). The watercolour below was sketched from a third-floor window overlooking “Slussen” in Central Stockholm. It was a beautiful autumn day but too cold for us to be outside sketching.
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| Slussen 2013.10.19 |
My father passed away on the 29th September, it was a sad moment and I joined my family in grief. I am only now starting to find some form of normality, returning to a sense of balance which allows me to focus on positive moments like my art once again. Here are a few life drawings I did a few weeks back, I enjoyed having only six pastels and a charcoal pen to work with.
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Another enjoyable session at Konstnärshuset here in Stockholm. One colleague asked if I would paint one more watercolour wash after getting home. The sketches would look more complete but then again I probably would loose the freshness. I chose to leave them alone.
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| 10 minute nude |
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| 5 minute nude |
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| 5 minute nude |
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| 5 minute nude |
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| 5 minute nude |
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| 2 minute nude |
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| 2 minute nude |
I paint these Naked Hands at lunch time, I take my time and invariably I overwork them, I get scared, I have too much time to think, I dab the brush 100 times too many. Life drawing is different, there I have only five or ten minutes to execute the watercolour, the result is a painting that contains life and energy. I am learning, in the mean time; here is a muddy, overworked Naked Hand.
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| Naked Hand 20130910. 9 x 14 cm Moleskin. |
I was very excited about attending my first life drawing evening after the summer break. It was a two hour pose at, “The Swedish Academy of Realist Art“. I was a bit too eager and so my watercolour study failed, luckily I didn’t give up and managed to do one half-decent sketch. The model’s underarm does not look correct but otherwise I’m quite pleased with it.
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| figure drawing 20130905 |
I used Arches 300gsm rough paper originally which is wonderful to paint on if you have time but is too slow-drying for figure painting with tempo. I don’t think my fellow artists would appreciate me using a hair drier every ten minutes either.