meldrum artThis is another in the series of two minutes sketches I did on 200g watercolour paper. I spent about an hour watercolouring the figure yesterday. I am happy with my development, I started watercolouring for the first time in February 2012 so I’m delighted really with my progress. I look forward to 2013 and plan to draw and paint even more. 🙂
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| Two minute sketch plus one hour of watercolouring. 20121231 |
Some more two minute sketches from a life drawing session that I did a while back. I painted them yesterday, it’s so nice to have time during the Christmas holidays to have some fun. I’m not looking to create a masterpiece right now; I’m just playing around, experimenting, learning.
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| Original two minute sketch which I watercoloured 20121230 |
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| Original two minute sketch which I watercoloured 20121230 |
I have a supply of two to five minute sketches on 200g watercolour paper. I started quick sketching on watercolour paper so that I can paint them at my leisure at a later date. I want to master watercolouring and so having these sketches lying around really makes practice easier. For light reference I use erotic photography that I have downloaded from the internet.
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| Watercolour sketch – 20121229 |
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| Watercolour sketch – 20121229 |
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| Watercolour sketch – 20121229 |
It is hard to focus on sketching or painting when Christmas presents still have to be bought and wrapped! Here are a few sketches from my note book.
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| Sketched at the Cultural Centre (Kulturhuset), Stockholm |
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| Sketches while at work, my desk and a crowd drawn from my computer screen. |
Konstnärshuset, 20121211
Not many turned up for this final session, lots of snow and pre-Christmas stress keeping them away I guess. I was not able to concentrate very well during the evening so I played with my watercolours. Playing is a very important way to learn and improve, isn’t it!? 😉
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| 10 minute sketch 20121211 |
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| 10 minute sketch 20121211 |
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| 10 minute sketch 20121211 |
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| 5 minute sketch 20121211 |
Basis, Stockholm 20121208
I was not in the mood to begin with, I was feeling rather lazy after a tough week at work. After a sketch or two I started to loosen up a bit and get into it, in the end I was quite happy with a number of my sketches. I will be going to my last life drawing session for this year on Tuesday, Christmas is coming!
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| Life drawing 20121208 |
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| Life drawing 20121208 |
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| Life drawing 20121208 |
Konstnärshuset 20121204
This model was excellent at posing. She is a dancer, most of the good posers are.
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| Life drawing 20121204 |
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| Life drawing 20121204 |
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| Life drawing 20121204 |
This was difficult for me, the model, an elderly lady who is obviously undergoing chemotherapy reminded me a lot of my own wife who had chemotherapy two years ago. Still, it was an interesting session, older models have so many interesting lines and curves to draw. A session of mixed emotions. Respect to the model for not letting cancer stop her.
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| Watercolour Sketches 20121201 |
Originally these were two minute sketches from Tuesday night’s life drawing session. They were just line drawings, and looked very unfinished so I had a little fun last night and splashed some colour onto them. It was rewarding because I didn’t care if I ruined them or not, they were just quick little sketches. It’s all in the mind…
Painting watercolour on ordinary paper should be avoided if possible. 😉