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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 |
Monday, 30th of March, 2015
I didn’t know what to paint during my lunch hour, I only had a half an hour. I decided to do a bit of cloud practice.
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| Clouds. Fabriani HP, 24 x 18cm 20150330 |
A visit to the Natural History Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. 20150319
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 |
I could have been more subtle with the highlights but it was in my lunchtime rush. 45 minutes and done. 
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| Lighthouse 17 x 12 cm, Fabriano HP 300g 20150325 |
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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| Add caption |
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| 5 minute sketch |
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| 5 minute sketch |
A little seascape completed during my lunch break.
Size: 14 x 9 cm på Fabriano HP 300g papper.
20150323
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| Seascape |
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 |
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My first exhibition
I was delighted to have one of my paintings accepted for the annual watercolour exhibition at Väsby Konsthall, an art gallery that’s a short distance from Stockholm. This is my first time so it was a trill to be at the opening yesterday. One painting may be a modest start but for me it is a very important step in my development as an artist.
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| Yours truly … |
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| Väsby Konsthall |
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| Väsby Konsthall |
