meldrum artI am really pushing myself at the moment, I am trying to improve my sketching skills by practising – a lot. Yesterday I used my hero pen and watercolours for life drawing. It was fun trying to complete an ink and wash of the male figure in two minutes flat. The sketch below was completed in 10 minutes, if you would like to see some more, visit ‘My Life Drawing 2012‘ page.
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| Body builder |
Coming home from work I noticed a man listening to music on his phone. I wondered if he would stay put long enough for me to sketch him. He travelled two stops before getting off at the central station. ( I watercoloured later when I came home)
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| Commuting pastimes |
I sketched my sister sleeping while we were sailing last week. Someone has mentioned that she is ‘Hot!’ on my Flickr Urban Sketching page. I agree with them of course 🙂
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| Sleeping Sister |
Yesterday, I went to my first Life Drawing evening since the summer break, I tried out some new techniques I had been studying, if it were a cake it would not have raised, but it was fun trying and that’s the whole point, isn’t it! 😉 Visit “My Life Drawing 2012” if you would like to see more.
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| Koi colours |
More drawings can be seen on the “My Urban Sketches” page.
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| Espresso time |
More sketches from my sailing trip to Italy coming soon…
When I started sketching it was really hard to let go, to work fast and not be afraid to make mistakes. The more and more I sketch the easier it becomes. Now my drawings are full of mistakes, wobbly lines and smudges! 🙂
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| Take-away at Medborgplatsen |
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| Cello practice |
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| Sketched in the sleepy harbour of Karlby, on the island of Kökar in the Åland archipelago. |
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| The view from my boat on the island of Arholma which is situated in the northern Stockholm archipelago. |
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| Boat house containing a very old livestock transport boat. Cows are moved out to the islands in the archipelago during the the summer months. This was sketched on the island of Arholma in the northern Stockholm archipelago. |
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| Smart-Phone Dreaming |
A quick sketch in the summer heat using my Hero 86 and Koi watercolour set.