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Lunchtime watercolour

White horse. 11.5 x 7.8 cm Fabriano GF 300g

I must admit, I need a break from sailing boats, I love sailing and the Stockholm archipelago but I have to resist it for a while. I decided to paint a horse yesterday instead, I build horse-sport websites during the day so it feels kinda natural to paint them too. It is a small painting, 11.5 x 7.8 cm. Keeping it little means less surface to paint and so practical for lunch break watercolour painting. I see improvement in my technique, painting and drawing as much as I can really pays, which feel really nice.
This week I have painted every morning for an hour before going to work, I paint at lunchtime, I have Life Drawing twice and figure painting once during the seven days.

David Meldrum Lunch Sketch lunch watercolour Sketch

Lunchtime watercolour

I started this lunchtime watercolour last week, I didn’t finish it during my break so I spent one more hour on the painting yesterday morning. I am testing to see if I can cope with getting up one hour earlier at the moment. I started yesterday so it’s early days. I’m too tired in the evenings after a full-day’s work to feel inspired to paint, getting up earlier feels better, it’s tough but better, if you know what I mean. It’s not easy being an artist but it’s very rewarding!

Storm clouds. A5 Fabriano GF 300g

David Meldrum figure drawing My Life Drawing Sketch

First life drawings of 2015

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2015/01/18
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Venue: Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, 20150113.

It was nice to start life drawing again. I felt a bit rusty. The model, who is very good, made endless difficult poses for us. After a while I started to relax and enjoy myself. I used charcoal dust, my hero calligraphy pen and my trusty 0.7 Pentel mechanical pencil with 2b lead.

10 minute nude.

3 minute nude.

10 minute nude.

2 minute nude.

5 minute nude.

2 minute nude.

5 minute nude.

David Meldrum Lunch Sketch lunch watercolour Watercolour

Lunchtime watercolour

This watercolour of a Stockholm tram took me two lunchtimes. I struggled with the background, I should have done a tonal sketch first, unfortunately I do not have time to be that professional. I prefer quantity to quality at the moment anyway, it’s more important for me to just paint as often as I possibly can and learn. The masterpieces will come later, I hope.

Tram Nr.7 to Skansen, Stockholm. 20150113. Fabriano FG 300g 17 x 22 cm

David Meldrum Lunch Sketch lunch watercolour Watercolour

Lunch Bunny

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Post date 2015/01/11
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Winter Bunny 20150109. Fabriano FG 300g 17 x 22 cm

My lunchtime watercolours have to be simple in composition in order for me to complete a painting in 30 – 45 minutes. I choose sailing boats and water scenes partly for this reason and partly, well, I just like sailing. Some friends asked recently, “Do you do anything besides sailing boats?” so this is for them, a winter bunny. It’s kinda a cute, isn’t it!

David Meldrum Lunch Sketch Watercolour

Back to work

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2015/01/09
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The Archipelago. A5 Fabriano GF 300g

Christmas is definitely over, yesterday was my first day back at work. I painted this small A5 watercolour during my lunch break, I wasn’t concerned about creating a masterpiece, I just wanted to get back into the routine of painting during lunchtimes again.

artists Prashant Prabhu Watercolour

Artist – Prashant Prabhu

Watercolour by Prashant Prabhu

I discovered this Indian watercolour artist from Mumbai, his name is Prashant Prabhu. I find his stylised landscapes very inspiring. He doesn’t enter watercolour competitions and so I guess this is why I’ve never heard of him before. Visit his website here.

David Meldrum Urban Sketchers Watercolour

Stockholm Urban Sketchers

I met up today with the Stockholm Urban Sketchers. As usual we had lot of fun. This watercolour sketch was painted at the Central Station, my favourite warm place to sketch during the Swedish winters.

Sketching at Central Station

David Meldrum Lunch Sketch Watercolour

Two lunchtime watercolours from December

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2014/12/31
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I had a great Christmas with my family and friends, unfortunately I still haven’t mastered handling the stress of everything that has to be done before the holidays. It’s one of the busiest times of the year for me work-wise. If I was clever I’d buy all the presents and write all the Christmas cards the month before, but I’m not that smart.
So, I did not paint as much as I’d have liked in December but still my lunchtime watercolour effort is helping me produce more work than ever before. The more I paint, the better I become which of course feels good. Next year, I will paint more often and I’ll paint larger formats too. One of my sons is studying abroad in the New Year so now I have a studio space at home until he comes back in the summer. I guess it won’t be long before he flies the nest completely, sad, but I gain a studio.

Happy New Year! 🙂

Watercolour of sailing boat by David Meldrum

Lunchtime watercolour 20141209. Fabriano rough, 300g, 23 x 30.5cm

Lunchtime watercolour 20141218. Fabriano rough, 300g, 30.5 x 23cm