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 Paimpol, France.
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Holiday in Ploumanach
Another watercolour sketch of Ploumanach, painted from the harbour in Paimpol, Brittany, France.
Here are some nudes I did at life drawing last Saturday. I want to give them another wash or two to see what developes.
Do I need to use a pencil initially when painting a watercolour nude? I didn’t here and I like the result, I just started painting the nude directly onto paper. I will continue down this path and see what develops. Merry Christmas!
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| Pencil free nude. Saunders Waterford HP paper – 31 x 23 cm |
I have a watercolour Moleskin (A5) where I practice my watercolour nudes. I’m trying to do at least one a day. It helps me ignore the real task; finishing the large watercolour that is such a challenge and sits there beside me waiting …
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| A5 watercolour figure painting |
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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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. |
I went sketching at Ikea today together with super-talented Nina Johansson. We are part of a small group here in Stockholm that meet once a month to sketch. At this time of the year it is too cold to be outside so we choose an indoor location. Ikea was a fun place to be, lots of interesting perspectives, colours and details. I bought a few things for my kitchen after we had finished sketching. 🙂
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| The entrance to Ikea |
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| Sketching sofas at Ikea is a comfortable experience. |
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| The strange white figure looks at the weird bed perspective… |