I stumbled over this site this morning while on Facebook. Alexandra Becker-Black is a watercolour artist who does very good figurative work. Visit her website here.
Life drawing
Venue: Konstnärshuset, Stockholm. 20150331
It wasn’t one of my better life drawing sessions. I was feeling worn-out. Working, painting and drawing all the time, I needed a break so I did just that.
… Now I’m back and today I finished a large watercolour, it wasn’t a total success but I learned a lot working in large format ( full imperial ). At my next figure drawing session I plan to draw less pencil outlines. I want to smudge charcoal dust around the outline of the figure to give a softer more natural look. Also, it was pointed out to me that the eyes I draw are too stylised, a line and a dot basically. I will try and change this over time.
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Five minute nude |
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Five minute nude |
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Five minute nude |
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Two minute nude |
I was with the Stockholm Urban Sketchers last Sunday, we spent half a day having fun sketching all the stuffed animals. It’s kind of morbid but at least they don’t move when you’re trying to draw them. I really enjoyed it, I’ll be going back there again soon.
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Moleskin watercolour sketchbook 21 x 19cm |
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Moleskin watercolour sketchbook 21 x 19cm |
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Fabriano A5 sketchbook |
Venue: Konstnärshuset, Stockholm 20150324
I used A3 paper instead of my normal A4 Fabriano, I was surprised by how much easier it was to draw curved lines. The only negative was that I could not use my scanner and had to photograph instead. Besides the latter, I really enjoyed sketching the model, she was great.
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5 minute sketch |
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5 – 10 minute sketch |
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5 minute sketch |
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5 minute sketch |
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5 minute sketch |
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5 minute sketch |
Venue: Konstnärshuset, Stockholm.
I had a good evening last Tuesday. I maintained a high level (says he) for the whole session which rarely happens, if ever. ( Click on one of the images to see a larger version.)
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Five minute nude |
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Five minute nude |
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Five minute nude |
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Ten minute nude |
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Ten minute nude |
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Two minute nude |
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Two minute nude |
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Two minute nude |
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Two minute nude |
My first exhibition
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Yours truly … |
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Väsby Konsthall |
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Väsby Konsthall |