I sketched this bored traveller in the airport bar on the way home from France at the weekend.
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Bored |
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! 🙂
Holiday in Brittany. 20130528, A3 watercolour. |
Venue: The Swedish Academy of Realist Art (SARA) 20130523
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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 |
A Spanish impressionist that I admire. This one is for sale at Sotheby’s in London! Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923) Niños en la playa, Valencia, 27.5 X 39.5 in, oil on canvas.
Visit WikiPainting.org to see his work.
Other Sorolla links here:
I’ve been too busy to focus on my own art, but tonight I hope to go to life drawing 🙂
Aleah Chapin won the BP portrait award last year. Visit her site and you will understand why. Absolutely, brilliant work, so honest and beautiful in it’s execution. Visit her site here.
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Painting by Aleah Chapin |