Category: Sketch

Kintaikyo Bridge

Kintaikyo bridge

Kintaikyo bridge, Iwakuni, Japan. From my sketchbook. I added contrast yesterday. A lovely memory from when I visited my son.

Saunders Waterford sketchbook, 300g fine grain, 28 x 19 cm

Tags akvalle, aquarelle, bridge, davidmeldrum, iwakuni, japan, journal, Kintaikyo, kintaikyobridge, meldrum, meldrumart, Sketch, sketchbook, urbansketchers, usk, watercolor, Watercolour

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I like to think of myself as a pacifist so it was interesting to visit the Army Museum here in Stockholm with my Urban Sketcher friends back in February. The Swedish Cavaliers are in reality mannequins on stuffed pantomime horses so it was a challenge to convey a sense of brutality. I am still against war and hope conflicts can be housed in museums forever.

This watercolour was sketched in my Saunders Waterford block 28 x 19 cm, 300g, fine grain.

Tags armemuseum, cavaliers, davidmeldrum, meldrum, meldrumart, sketch watercolour, Stockholm, urbansketchers, usk, watercolor, Watercolour

Sketch Watercolour

Got you, got me.

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Tourist filming me while I sketch her! Miyajima, Japan. From my sketchbook.

I’m back in Sweden now! It was so nice to visit my son and his wife in Iwakuni, south of Hiroshima. Japan is such an interesting place, it really is foreign to me and that is what is so cool and interesting with the place.

Tags akvarell, aquarelle, iwakuni, japan, photographing, sketching, travel, watercolor, Watercolour

Sketch Watercolour

Shinto shrine

O-torii gate, Miyajima, Japan. From my sketchbook.

Tags akvarell, aquarelle, japan, shintoshrine, Sketch, watercolor, Watercolour

Sketch Watercolour

Archipelagos are so beautiful

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2018/04/10
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Yashiro Island, Japan. A beautiful archipelago very far from home.

From my sketchbook.

Tags akvarell, aquarelle, archipelago, japan, skärgård, skärgården, Sketch, usk, watercolor, Watercolour

Sketch Watercolour

Ice cream queue

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I am enjoying my trip to Asia. Right now I am visiting my son in Iwakumi. This sketch is of a father and son who queued up for ice cream at the Wooden Bridge, a tourist spot in Iwakuni, Japan. From my sketchbook.

Tags iwakumi, japan, Sketch, urbansketcher, usk, watercolor, Watercolour

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Meldrum Kroki

Meldrum Kroki (Life Drawing) is going well, I started in October last year and I now have a regular group of Sketchers that come each week. If you are interested in joining the Facebook group to get invited to the next life drawing session please click here.

It takes a while to build up a network of models. It also takes time to gain trust as it’s a sensitive business. Imagine yourself coming to a stranger’s apartment to pose naked in their living room. Like I said, it’s going well and word has spread that Meldrum Kroki is a pleasant experience for everybody who attends.

In the autumn I hope to rent a larger room. It will be important that I maintain the cozy warm atmosphere that exists right now in my home.

Tags femalemodel, femalenude nude, figuredrawing, kroki, lifedrawing, meldrumkroki, Sketch

figure drawing My Life Drawing Nudes Sketch

A good night

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2018/03/05
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It’s wonderful to have a model that inspires and Sofie is one of them. I had more sketches than normal that I would classify as good. Some were even awesome! 😉
I sketched these last week, only getting them up online now. This becoming an artist thang is hard work! I feel so split all the time, I have to start a company, I have to paint, I am learning to vlog and then I also want to publish on Facebook, Instagram – not forgetting here on my blog too. Phew, no wonder I am confused!
Joint exhibition next week at Galleri Movitz here in Stockolm, check that out here. (In Swedish)

david meldrum life drawing

Tags croquis, femme, figuredrawing, konstnärshuset, kroki, lifedrawing, model, modell, muse, nude

figure drawing My Life Drawing Nudes Sketch

Busy busy busy

Life drawing - Meldrum Art

I’ve been really busy lately which is a positive thing but it means I find it hard to publish my art. I was at Konstnärshuset yesterday but these are not those sketches because these are from the week before! I think the model’s name is Dennis but I’m not 100 about that. He’s very good, definitely one of my favourite male-models.

Sketched on A3 paper using charcoal pencil and charcoal dust that I apply with my finger.