meldrum artKonstnärshuset: Our model did not turn up this week so the organiser whipped her clothes off and saved the day. What a hero!
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| 5 minute pen and wash sketch |
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| 5 minute pen and charcoal sketch |
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| 5 minute pen and wash sketch |
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| Life Drawing 2012 |
Click the above image to see more of my life drawing sketches.
I was the lone Stockholm Sketcher this time around, I had a fun day relaxing in the cool autumn air and managed to produce three sketches. Drottningsgatan, Fjärilshuset and Kulturhuset.
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| Drottningatan |
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| Fjärilhuset |
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| Kulturhuset |
I have been rather busy since the summer holidays. But today I was relaxed enough to do a little lunchtime sketch. I don’t know if anyone would recognise this artist, a hint is that he likes to sing about buildings.
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| Lunchtime sketch |
I left my watercolours at home this week, I wanted to focus on improving my drawing skills. I used Gioconda synthetic charcoal and a Koh-i-Noor pencil. The life drawing session was at Konstnärshuset, Stockholm.
See more sketches here.
I was relatively happy with my life drawing on Saturday. I have been studying my Charles Reid DVDs and some of his expert knowledge seems to have penetrated my thick skull. It is hard to apply new techniques when one is sketching and painting so fast, one doesn’t have time to think really, it’s instinctive. That is the benefit of practising, one improves slowly but more importantly, skills become second nature.
This week, I created frames for my sketches before the drawing session, I like the result of this, they feel like graphic novel stories. Three more drawings can be found on ” My Life Drawing 2012“.
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| 2 minute ink and watercolour sketches |
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| 2 minute ink and watercolour sketches |
I was not really in form yesterday evening, a bit too tired to fully apply myself. Still, I gave it a go and a few sketches turned out okay. Visit “My Life Drawing 2012” or click here.
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| Five minute pen and watercolour sketch |
I stumbled over this site today, well actually, I entered “Sketching” in Google and The Sketching Backpacker appeared on the first page. Sometimes, finding good stuff is easy!
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| The Sketching Backpacker |
I am really pushing myself at the moment, I am trying to improve my sketching skills by practising – a lot. Yesterday I used my hero pen and watercolours for life drawing. It was fun trying to complete an ink and wash of the male figure in two minutes flat. The sketch below was completed in 10 minutes, if you would like to see some more, visit ‘My Life Drawing 2012‘ page.
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| Body builder |
Coming home from work I noticed a man listening to music on his phone. I wondered if he would stay put long enough for me to sketch him. He travelled two stops before getting off at the central station. ( I watercoloured later when I came home)
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| Commuting pastimes |