meldrum artSince I started drawing again I’ve been mainly going to life drawing evenings but now I find I’m starting to sketch other subjects, I’m diversifying. Is it time to start a ‘My Sketches’ page I wonder?
I have precious little time to sketch which is frustrating, I became ill this mid-summer weekend just when I thought I finally had some free days. Blah. Still, I managed a few sketches before I was forced into bed.
I arrived home from a one week holiday last night. I was in Paimpol, a beautiful old fishing harbour on the north-west coast of France. I managed to find time to do some watercolours. The painting below of the old trawler took me about 2 hours to complete, I am very happy with my progress in learning how to paint. I only wish I could spend more time with my new hobby, these last few months have been so busy both at work and privately. Still, the summer is here and in a few weeks I presume I will have more time for watercolours as the pressure at work diminishes during the holiday season.
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| Old trawler |
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| A Tree by David Meldrum |
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| Urban sketch by Behzad Bagheri |
I like Behzah Bagheri’s loose sketching style. There are many high quality, quick sketches to be found on his Flickr page.
This lunch time sketch was completed yesterday, it took two lunch breaks to finish (30 mins x 2). My learning curve is still pointing in a steep upward direction, so I am happy enough with this. I am studying from great watercolour artists on DVD but it is one thing to listen and another to execute. I have also noticed that it’s hard to be expressive on an A5 piece of paper, not much room for a daring stroke from my loaded brush but then again, maybe this is a good thing!
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| Watercolour sketch by David Meldrum |
This watercolour sketch took one hour to complete, half an hour yesterday and the rest today.
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| Watercolour sketch by David Meldrum |
I continue to sketch at life drawing with pencil and watercolour. Each pose is between five and ten minutes long so one has to be quick doing the initial sketch, with the little time that is left I apply colour as best as I can. Click the images below to see more or click here.
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| Watercolour sketch by David Meldrum |
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| Watercolour sketch by David Meldrum |