Tag: Watercolour

Trying watercolour again

life drawing by meldrum

I am trying to paint watercolour at life drawing again. I think my approach was quite successful. As the poses are generally only 5 minutes in duration I just painted the skin tones. Later, during a pose I did not find inspiring ( when the model had her back to me ) I painted the background and more shading, especially around the face.

I liked this model so I felt quite inspired. The lighting at ABF is awful, fluorescent tubes in a very large room, not very pleasing normally but a good model makes up for it.

life drawing by meldrum

Tags abf, akvarell, aquarelle, figure drawing, kroki, Life drawing, Sketch, Stockholm, watercolor, Watercolour

Sketch Watercolour

Fantastic to be sailing again.

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2017/08/31
2 Comments on Fantastic to be sailing again.

I haven’t sailed all summer but now I am and it’s wonderful. The holiday season is over so the archipelago is quite empty of boats. No motor boats just a few sailing boats and most of them seem to be visiting from Europe. So it’s very peaceful. We have bought a new boat, not new exactly – it was built in 1975. So we are getting to know how everything works. Next week my wife returns to work but I intend to continue sailing as much of September I can. I want to sketch, paint and take reference photos. It’s going to be an experience.

This watercolour sketch was painted at our first stop on the trip, Gällnö is the name of the island, we stayed for a day then moved on.

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Tags akvarell, aquarelle, archipelago, sailing, skärgården, Sketch, skiss, Stockholm, urbansketcher, usk, watercolor, Watercolour

Sketch Watercolour

Danvikstull

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2017/08/23
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Danvikstull

I sketched this at Boule & Berså, an outdoor bar close to Danvikstull bridge. The bridge is raised once an hour during the summer months at 38 minutes past the hour to allow sailing boats to pass though Stockholm. It’s very enjoyable to just sit down and have a beer and sketch especially on a Friday afternoon after work. My wife joined me later and so the sketchbook was put away and I finished it later that Sunday.

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Tags akvarell, aquarelle, bouleberså, danvikstull, Sketch, urbansketchers, usk, watercolor, Watercolour

Nacka Sketch Watercolour

After work

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2017/08/17
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Another quick sketch while on my way home from work. I wish I had designed the clouds a bit better. It was just one long cloud in reality but it would have been better if I had broken it up. I am satisfied otherwise, actually I quite like it!

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Tags akvarell, aquarelle, archipelago, båt, ferry, skärgården, Sketch, sketchbook, skiss, urbansketcher, usk, watercolor, Watercolour

Sketch Watercolour

On the way home

Finnbodahamn

I painted this very quickly on the way home from work yesterday. It makes me happy to achieve finishing one watercolour a day, it doesn’t matter if it’s a masterpiece or not. The most important thing is to practice, practice, practice. ( I think I am talking to myself here.)

Saunders Waterford 300g 28x19cm fine grain.

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Tags akvarell, aquarelle, Finnbodahamn, Sketch, urbansketcher, usk, watercolor, Watercolour

Sketch Uncategorized Watercolour

The Tea House

Tehuset, Stockholm

The Tea House, The king’s Garden – central Stockholm. I love the composition, so this is the second time I sketched this scene.
Saunders Waterford 300g 28x19cm fine grain.

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Tags akvarell, aquarelle, kungsträgården, Sketch, stockhom, tehuset, urban sketchers, usk, Watercolour

Sketch Uncategorized Watercolour

Fotografiska museet

Fotografiska

It was such a beautiful day yesterday, I just had to go out and sketch. I will paint this in a large format sometime this autumn.
Saunders Waterford 300g 19×20 fine grain

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Tags akvarell, aquarelle, Fotografiska, museet, Sketch, Stockholm, sverige, Sweden, urban sketchers, usk, watercolor, Watercolour

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Padjelanta

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2017/08/08
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Padjelanta

I just got back from trekking in Padjelanta National Park in the north of Sweden. Snow on the ground, a zillion mosquitoes in the air and many kilometers over rough terrain. Perfect, one of my most enjoyable holidays.
I hope to write and post more watercolours soon.

Saunders Waterford 300g 19×28 cm fine grain

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Tags akvarell, aquarelle, artic circle, padjelanta, Sketch, sketchbook, watercolor, Watercolour

David Meldrum Watercolour

Trekking up north

my kit

Tomorrow I travel to the north of Sweden to Sarek National Park which is south west of Kiruna. We will be trekking in the wilderness for 8 days, a helicopter will drop us in the middle of the park and the challenge will be to reach civilisation again! We have to carry all our food in the rucksacks on our backs. This means I will have to take as little art equipment as possible. After much thought I settled for what you see in the picture.

There is a large risk that I will be too exhausted most days to paint anything but I just have to try, it’s a once in a lifetime experience.

Tags akvarell, aquarelle, artgear, hiking, Sarek, Sweden, trekking, watercolor, Watercolour