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Inspired by Zorn

I have been traveling around Dalarna, Sweden which is the home of many famous Swedish artists. The other day we visited Carl Larsson’s home and today we visted Anders Zorn’s house and Museum in Mora. I am totally inspired by Zorn’s work, especially his watercolours. The tour of his home was also a wow – sensation.

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How to pass time on the train

Batman
I found this while wasting time surfing, it made me smile.
Click here to view the Tumblr page full of these wonderful images.
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Not so easy!

It is difficult to find time for my art right now, it has been a busy autumn. I find it frustrating, if I could slow down the rotation of this planet I would; then there would be at least 36 hours in every single day!
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SFBT-3 Artist Mannequin Figure review

Visit here to see full review of this amazing mannequin. From CrabFu Blog

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Two hours too much

Still having problems painting a nude in the same position for two hours. I am using Arches 300g, rough watercolour paper and haven’t gotten used to it yet. It takes the pigment so well and dries so slow, I need to adjust. I can also blame myself for my lack of skill. Here are two preliminary sketches I did before getting it wrong with the watercolour.

Sketch by David Meldrum

Sketch by David Meldrum
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My latest sources of inspiration

I bought these DVDs by Herman Pekel and Alvaro Castagnet last week. They are great, their styles are similar, loose and full of expression. I’m not so sure I want to be so free but then again maybe I am heading that way, who knows. Very busy at work at the moment, not much time to paint. I’m looking forward to having more time again at the end of the month.

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One more

Ha, I squeezed in this sketch into my lunch break too! 

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Lunch sketch

No opportunities to watercolour at the moment. A quick sketch from my screen at work the only possibility. 

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Upside down world

For the last three weeks we’ve had a carpenter re flooring the apartment. It’s was a crazy idea to live there while it was being done, and painting watercolours was just not a possibility. Anyway, the apartment is finished now and it’s looking great. Once all the dust has been removed, and the furniture put back in place – I’ll be back in business. Last night I did this quick sketch, I had no reference, so it’s from the mind, strange place; my mind.