No opportunities to watercolour at the moment. A quick sketch from my screen at work the only possibility.
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Lunch sketch
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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.
Venue: Konstnärshuset
This was the last life drawing session before the summer break. I guess I’ll have to sketch from photos I find on the internet for a few months. I certainly don’t want to stop drawing the human form just because of holidays!
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| Five minute watercolour sketch |
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| Five minute watercolour sketch |
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| Five minute watercolour sketch |
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| Two minute pencil sketch |
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| Two minute pencil sketch |
I sketched this bored traveller in the airport bar on the way home from France at the weekend.
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| Bored |
I have had a lot of time to reflect on what I actually want to sketch and paint while on holidays. Basically, there is an awful lot of subjects that do not inspire me and a few that do. One of the few that do are old boat wrecks here in the harbour of Paimpol, Brittany.
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| Wrecks in Paimpol, Brittany. A4 Fabriano Paper, 50% cotton. |
Yes, I have a whole week to myself and I’m sketching and watercolouring intensely. The painting of the three boats below is my effort from this afternoon. I messed up the sky, I lost the white clouds I tried to create but otherwise I am happy with the result. Tonight, I will look at my Charles Reid DVD again and try and improve my cloud-forming-technique. There is always something to learn! 🙂
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| Holiday in Brittany. 20130528, A3 watercolour. |
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Sketching in Brittany
I am enjoying a short holiday in Paimpol, Brittany. My goal is to sketch and paint as much as I can while I am here. Unfortunately the weather has other ideas, it’s very windy, showers expected and 14 degrees. Artists have to be tough! 😉
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| The Hardware Store, Paimpol, Brittany, 20130527 |
Venue: The Swedish Academy of Realist Art (SARA) 20130523
I spent two hours trying my best to capture the body builder’s character. I’m relatively pleased with it, learned a lot as I painted. I’m using cheap 508x406mm / 20×16 inches, 300g watercolour paper, I think at this stage it is time to move up to Arches or some equivalent quality paper, I’m creating fewer disasters these days. 😉
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| The Body Builder 20130523 |
Venue: Konstnärshuset, Stockholm.
It was only a short break, but it felt so much longer. It was so good to be life drawing again. I was relaxed too and not stressed which is so important when drawing. The model was excellent, very professional and expressive. It’s not good to stress, it’s better to sketch! 😉 All sketches were on A4 sized paper, actually the watercolour paper (200g) was a little larger but I don’t know the actual measurements.
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| 5 minute watercolour sketch. 20130521 |
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| 10 minute watercolour sketch. 20130521 |
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| 5 minute watercolour sketch. 20130521 |
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| 5 minute watercolour sketch. 20130521 by David Meldrum (Cropped) |
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| 10 minute watercolour sketch. 20130521 |
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| 2 minute pencil sketch. 20130521 |
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| 2 minute pencil sketch. 20130521 |
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| 2 minute pencil sketch. 20130521 |