Venue: Basis, Stockholm, 20130309
Pencil and Oil Pastels this day.
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| 10 minutes – A3 paper |
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| 10 minutes – A3 |
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| 10 minutes – A3 |
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| 2 minutes – A4 |
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| 2 minutes – A4 |
Category: Sketch
Venue: Konstnärshuset, Stockholm.
I did not find the model very inspiring, it is very difficult to create good work when one feels this way. Still, I am very happy with the last two sketches of the evening, which were two minute drawings.
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| 2 minute sketch, 20130305 |
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| 2 minute sketch, 20130305 |
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| 5 minute sketch, 20130305 |
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| 5 minute sketch, 20130305 |
Venue, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm
I am happy with a lot of my sketches from this session. I focused on trying to keep a single line that is expressive and in no way hesitant. Completing a watercolour sketch in such a short time is challenging, the hardest part is to mix my colours and create the desired skin tones. I use: Naples Yellow, Cerulean Blue and Cadmium Red mostly.
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| 5 minute sketch, 20130226 |
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| 10 minute sketch, 20130226 |
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| 5 minute sketch, 20130226 |
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| 3 minute sketch, 20130226 |
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| 2 minute sketch, 20130226 |
Today, I hung out with the Stockholm Sketchers at the Modern Art Museum here in Stockholm. We meet up on the last Sunday of each month. It was a very enjoyable few hours drinking coffee, chatting and even finding time to draw.
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| Relaxing at the Modern Art Museum, Stockholm. 20130224, A4 Moleskin. |
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| Texting at the Modern Art Museum, Stockholm. 20130224, A4 Moleskin. |
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| Neil Young 20130219 (Pencil on 200g watercolour paper) |
This started out as a watercolour portrait of Neil Young but I just could not stop putting down strokes with my pencil. I spent four lunch breaks doing this, thats about 2 hours work in total I guess.
Venue: The Academy of Realistic Art, Stockholm
I’m happy with this portrait, I feel that I am starting to reap the benifits of all those life drawing sessions – my art is becoming more fluid. Thursday’s life drawing session was 2 hours long in total but in reality, with all the breaks, we had 90 minutes to complete our work.
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| Original size: 508 x 406 mm, watercolour paper 300g. |
An urban sketcher I really admire is Ch’ng Kiah Kiean. He has an architectural background and was born in Penang, Malaysia. His homepage points to three different locations: his Sketch Diary, his Facebook page and Flickr.
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Shattered
Venue: Konstnärhuset, Stockholm. 20130212.
The head of my tripod shattered from the severe cold when I was north of The Arctic Circle last weekend. It fell over and smashed into small glass-like pieces. This meant I was not able to watercolour last night at Tuesday’s life drawing session as I use the tripod as my easel. I did not mind, change is good and I enjoyed sketching with my pencils.
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| 5 minute sketch 20130212 |
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| 2 minute sketch 20130212 |
Venue: Konstnärshuset, 20130205
A sketching comrade (Martin) told me I would create good work after the coffee break, I had told him, I was not inspired at all. He said this always creates good art, just keep trying and not to give up. He was right! The following sketches were created after the break.
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| 7-10 minute sketch, 20130205 |
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| 5-7 minute sketch, 20130205 |
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| 2 minute sketch, 20130205 |