For the last three weeks we’ve had a carpenter re flooring the apartment. It’s was a crazy idea to live there while it was being done, and painting watercolours was just not a possibility. Anyway, the apartment is finished now and it’s looking great. Once all the dust has been removed, and the furniture put back in place – I’ll be back in business. Last night I did this quick sketch, I had no reference, so it’s from the mind, strange place; my mind.
Author: meldrum
My name is David Meldrum. I am an Artist who loves watercolour.
Venue: Konstnärshuset
Five minute watercolour sketch |
Five minute watercolour sketch |
Five minute watercolour sketch |
Two minute pencil sketch |
Two minute pencil sketch |
Yes, I have a whole week to myself and I’m sketching and watercolouring intensely. The painting of the three boats below is my effort from this afternoon. I messed up the sky, I lost the white clouds I tried to create but otherwise I am happy with the result. Tonight, I will look at my Charles Reid DVD again and try and improve my cloud-forming-technique. There is always something to learn! 🙂
Holiday in Brittany. 20130528, A3 watercolour. |
Sketching in Brittany
Venue: The Swedish Academy of Realist Art (SARA) 20130523
The Body Builder 20130523 |
Venue: Konstnärshuset, Stockholm.
It was only a short break, but it felt so much longer. It was so good to be life drawing again. I was relaxed too and not stressed which is so important when drawing. The model was excellent, very professional and expressive. It’s not good to stress, it’s better to sketch! 😉 All sketches were on A4 sized paper, actually the watercolour paper (200g) was a little larger but I don’t know the actual measurements.
5 minute watercolour sketch. 20130521 |
10 minute watercolour sketch. 20130521 |
5 minute watercolour sketch. 20130521 |
5 minute watercolour sketch. 20130521 by David Meldrum (Cropped) |
10 minute watercolour sketch. 20130521 |
2 minute pencil sketch. 20130521 |
2 minute pencil sketch. 20130521 |
2 minute pencil sketch. 20130521 |
Joaquín Sorolla
A Spanish impressionist that I admire. This one is for sale at Sotheby’s in London! Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923) Niños en la playa, Valencia, 27.5 X 39.5 in, oil on canvas.
Visit WikiPainting.org to see his work.
Other Sorolla links here:
I’ve been too busy to focus on my own art, but tonight I hope to go to life drawing 🙂