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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.
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 |
I had fun today, I was on a roll.
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| 10-15 minute sketch, A3, 20130202 |
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| 10+5 minute sketch, A3, 20130202 |
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| 5-10 minute sketch, A3, 20130202 |
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| 2 minute sketch, A4, 20130202 |
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| 2 minute sketch, A4, 20130202 |
The venue: The Swedish Academy of Realistic Art in Stockholm.
I love the female nude and I’m not happy with the male model. Basically I am not used to spending two hours solely on one painting. This picture is a good example, I spent so much time on the male that I ended up with a mess, I nearly didn’t have time to paint the female so I rushed her and the illustration turned out so much better! I am just used to short poses, it’s going to take a while to relax when spending more time on a painting. It’s not a problem, I am enjoying every minute of my self-dissatisfaction. 😉
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| Watercolour of two models on A3 paper. 20130131 |
Today I did some portrait painting at Folkkulturcentrum, in Ropsten, Stockholm. There were four, half hour poses. I was very happy with two of my sketches. It was the first time I was at Folkkulturcentrum, I enjoyed the atmosphere so I’m sure I’ll be back some time soon.
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| 30 minute portrait |
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| 30 minute portrait |
Here are a few quick sketches from my Saturday session at Basis, Stockholm. A five minute watercolour and two, two minute pencil and synthetic charcoal sketches.
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| Five minute watercolour sketch |
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| Two minute sketch |
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| Two minute sketch |
