meldrum artMy name is David Meldrum. I am an Artist who loves watercolour.
Venue: The Swedish Academy of Realist Art 20130418
I actually turned up at the wrong life drawing session, I wondered why no one had arrived and then I slowly realised that I was at the wrong place on the wrong day! Luckily, I was half an hour early and so made it to the right address just on time. I’m stressed at work, I can blame it on that or maybe it’s my age.
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| Pencils on coloured paper. Nude 2013.04.18 |
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Paola uses Photoshop and finger painting to create his works. His official website is, http://www.troilo54.com/.
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After one hour this painting was going real well. The pencil drawing was fine and the first watercolour wash felt good.
Then, for the last hour of the session I painted layer upon layer of bad decisions. By the end of the session I was totally frustrated at my limited technique. So I scrubbed a lot of the pigment from the model’s face, dropped it into my carrying case and went home grumpier than a newly-woken bear.
When I got home, I took a large black pencil to the painting and what you see below is the result. I’m actually happy with it, but I still wish I could paint better, then I wouldn’t have to use a pencil to rescue the portrait.
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| Male Nude 20130411 |
Venue: Konstnärshuset, Stockholm.
I was not able to do any life drawing for a whole week! … So I was very eager to sketch last night. 😉
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I visited Barcelona last week for four days. Mind food! It was so good for me to visit Miro’s museum, Dali’s resting place in Figueres and Gaudi’s Basílica de la Sagrada Família. We also trekked in the mountains north of Barcelona at Montserrat, what a view! Each evening we ate like kings tasting lots of Catalonian delights.
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A quick portrait I did during two lunch breaks last week. I didn’t get the likeness but it’s not so important to me, my focus is on technique right now…
I had a lot of fun today sketching at the Swedish Museum of Natural History. I met up with Nina Johansson and Marie Flood. I had never visited the museum before so I began the day by taking a tour of the place. It was very interesting. I found it a bit uncomfortable looking at so many stuffed animals but then again they did not move, which makes life easier for a sketcher. I discovered today that Polar bears are very difficult to draw and watercolouring in a dimly lit museum is challenging to say the least. …But like I said in the beginning, it was fun.
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This documentary by Arena, BBC, reveals a lot about the person – Francis Bacon.