meldrum art
Last Sunday I spent two hours painting this portrait of a male nude. I didn’t quite capture the likeness very well but I’m happy with the end result anyway. The picture is about A3 in size and on Fabriano Rough 300g paper.
I was so busy last week, I didn’t have a chance to take a photo of this until today. Actually there was 5 – 10 minutes sun here in Stockholm today! We have very flat, grey, overcast skies here most of November and December, difficult to copy ones art, depressing too.
Even though I’m busy at work I still try and do a watercolour each lunchtime, nothing last week but I should get a few done this coming week. Something to look forward to in this gloomy Nordic darkness. I used two photographs as reference.
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| Stockholm archipelago. Fabriano GF 30.5 x 23 cm |
Here are some of my recent lunchtime watercolours. 30 – 45 minutes and they’re done. It feels good to produce work each day, maybe it could be better if I had more time, but maybe not, having time is no guarantee of success. Life’s funny that way.
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| Fabriano rough grain 300g, 23 x 30.5 cm |
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| Arches rough grain 300g, 23 x 30.5 cm |
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| Fabriano rough grain 300g, 23 x 30.5 cm |
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| Fabriano rough grain 300g, 23 x 30.5 cm |
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| Arches rough grain 300g, 23 x 30.5 cm |
I paint almost everyday and it’s mostly the sea and the sky at the momnet. Each time I paint, I feel just a little more confident, and that is a very satisfying feeling indeed.
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| Cruising in the archipelago |
It was a productive week, I managed to paint a watercolour each lunchtime for a whole week. It feels real good to have achieved this. I learn something new each time, which means I am learning at quite a pace.
I spent thirty minutes painting Friday’s effort and I later spent ten minutes adding highlights and darks at home during the weekend.
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| Archipelago, Arches 300g, 31 x 23cm. |
I spent thirty to forty five minutes on this during my lunch break. I added some highlights and darks when I came home from work.
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| Lunchtime watercolour, Arches 300g, 31 x 23cm. |
It’s not often that I am happy with my work but this one was an exception.
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| Lunchtime watercolour, Arches 300g 21 x 31cm |
Yeap, still practising my water and sky skills. This was painted on Arches rough 300g, I think it is becoming my favourite paper.
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| Sunset in the archipelago |