meldrum artYesterday, 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.
Here are a few sketches I did in the last few days with my new Hero calligraphy pen. The first two sketches are from a book called, “Anatomy for the Artist“. The other sketch with watercolour was from the wonderful street photographer, Vivian Maier‘s website.
No preparation penciling was used for these drawings, I’m trying to push myself to be free with ink and watercolour, trying to lose the fear of making mistakes.
No pencil was used for this watercolour sketch, time was short so I drew it with ink and at speed in a standing position. The lines are shaky and scratchy which I quite like, I find that the faster I sketch the better the result, I learned this with my life drawing, a two minute sketch being more free and alive than a 15 minute sketch. No time to think and using ones instinct isn’t a bad thing sometimes.
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| Solvalla Stables, Stockholm. |
I forgot about these watercolour sketches I did while on holidays in Brittany last month. There is something about boats that I am drawn too, I grew up by the sea and have sailed since the age of ten so it is not so strange I guess.
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| Trawler watercolour sketch |
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| Green Trawler watercolour sketch |