Dieselverkstaden

I spent Sunday afternoon sketching at Dieselverkstaden with a newly formed Stockholm sketching group called 'Skissa i Stockholm'. A fun day was had by all and I'm quite sure we will be meeting again very soon.

Dieselverkstaden, Sickla, Sweden

Dieselverkstaden - library

Saturday's life drawing

I regularly sketch at Basis on Folkungagatan here in Stockholm. It's only ten minutes from my home and the 12 o'clock start on a Saturday morning is just perfect for me. The atmosphere is very relaxed and one gets a little tuition for the 100 kronor one pays which is not bad at all. The life drawing session is two hours long.

10 minute pen and wash sketch

10 minute pen and wash sketch

Sketches of Pulo Pinang by Kiah Kiean

Open publication - Free publishing

Tuesday's life drawing from Konstnärshuset

Tuesday's life drawing from Konstnärshuset. Ten - two minute poses, ten - five minute poses, two - ten minute and a 15 minute break during the two hour session.

Konstnärshuset 2012.10.23

Saturday's Life drawing

Here are some sketches from Saturday's life drawing session at Basis here in Stockholm. Sorry, but the scans are pretty awful.

10 minute life drawing sketch

15 minute life drawing sketch

Thursday's drawing session

Male and female nude study.

This was a two hour pose at the Swedish Academy of Realistic Art last Thursday, I can't say I am happy with this in its entirety but some elements of the painting are ok.

Tuesday's life drawing session

Konstnärshuset: Our model did not turn up this week so the organiser whipped her clothes off and saved the day. What a hero!

5 minute pen and wash sketch

5 minute pen and charcoal sketch

5 minute pen and wash sketch

Life Drawing 2012

Click the above image to see more of my life drawing sketches.

37th Sketch Crawl

I was the lone Stockholm Sketcher this time around, I had a fun day relaxing in the cool autumn air and managed to produce three sketches. Drottningsgatan, Fjärilshuset and Kulturhuset.

Drottningatan

Fjärilhuset

Kulturhuset

The internal struggle

Last night I went to a two hour - one pose session at the The Swedish Academy of Realistic Art in Bergshamra, Stockholm. I have been sketching now for a few years so I'm finding it relatively easy to draw the human figure. The problem I have today is the painting of the figure, it is such a struggle for me, I painted my first watercolour in February.



Two hour male nude study

Tuesday's life drawing session

I was able to get into the groove during this session. It was one of those better days... :)

5 Minute sketch

10 Minute sketch

2 Minute sketch

2 Minute sketch 

Piet Lap - watercolour artist

 le fret bretagne 2 by Piet Lap

Piet Lap - I want to take a closer look at his work at a later date. I know nothing about him except that he paints extremely well! Here is a link to his website.

Guan Weixing

Somebody who calls himself "The great artist of China" otherwise know  as Guan Weixing. This site is also worth viewing; which I will some other day. Visit here.

Cheng-Khee Chee

Koi by Cheng-Khee Chee

Cheng-Khee Chee works with saturated wet paper to create lovely Koi fish studies. See his gallery here. 

Lunchtime sketching resumes

I have been rather busy since the summer holidays. But today I was relaxed enough to do a little lunchtime sketch. I don't know if anyone would recognise this artist, a hint is that he likes to sing about buildings.

Lunchtime sketch

Back to basics

I left my watercolours at home this week, I wanted to focus on improving my drawing skills. I used Gioconda synthetic charcoal and a Koh-i-Noor pencil. The life drawing session was at Konstnärshuset, Stockholm.

See more sketches here.