Tuesday’s life drawing at Konstnärshuset, Stockholm. Four five minute poses.
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| Five minute sketch on A4 paper |
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| Five minute sketch on A4 paper |
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| Five minute sketch on A4 paper |
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| Five minute sketch on A4 paper |
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Category: Sketch
Today we sailed for five and a half hours to bring our boat back from the summer harbour. Tomorrow we take off the mast and next weekend the boat is lifted by crane onto land. The only thing left to do then is build a roof over the boat which will protect it from the harsh Scandinavian winter weather, I look forward to the spring already. For the record, it was damn cold sailing today, thankfully the sun came out at half time to warm us up a little, I used a gas burner to dry the paper in between washes.
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| 21 x 15 watercolour journal. 100% cotton 300gsm Clairefontaine |
I held my pencil right at the end of the shaft. I kept my arm totally straight while my sketch pad was down on the floor while I sat. Interesting results I think, quite lively.
Basis, Stockholm 20150919
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| Two minute pose |
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| Two minute pose |
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| Two minute pose |
I started life drawing again after the summer break.
Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, 20150915
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| Five minute nude |
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| Ten minute nude |
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| Two minute nude |
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| Two minute nude |
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| Five minute nude. |
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| Ploumanach, Arches Rough watercolour paper |
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Holiday in Paimpol, France.
I’ve just spent a lovely week in Brittany, France. This watercolour sketch was painted along the shoreline between Ploubazlanec and Paimpol, Brittany, France.
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Holiday in Ploumanach
Another watercolour sketch of Ploumanach, painted from the harbour in Paimpol, Brittany, France.
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Grid drawing
This is a portrait of Swedish trotting catch driver called Björn Goop. I used a grid to help me get the proportions correct. It was really easy to draw his likeness in this manner, it almost felt like cheating! 😉
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| Björn Goop grid |
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| Björn Goop |
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A model from 1925
I found a wonderful photo of a nude on the internet, to my surprise I found an original copy on Ebay. I plan to do a large watercolour once I receive the print. The original photo was taken by Heinrich Maass from Berlin and was featured in a book called “Nature & Culture”, a collection of nudes of women from different cultures around the world. It was assembled by Dr. Peter Landow in 1924 & 1925.
I used a Cretacolor Monolith 9B for toning on A4 Fabriano Eco Artist paper.
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| Drawn from an original photo taken by Heinrich Maass, 1925 |