Nudes in Art History

A large index of Artists and their nudes. This blog is well worth a visit, there is so much to discover, I look forward to spending many hours trawling through it for inspiration, it is huge!

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Recycling sketches

Originally these were two minute sketches from Tuesday night's life drawing session. They were just line drawings, and looked very unfinished so I had a little fun last night and splashed some colour onto them. It was rewarding because I didn't care if I ruined them or not, they were just quick little sketches. It's all in the mind...

Painting watercolour on ordinary paper should be avoided if possible. ;)

Tuesday's life drawing

This was a tough session. The weather was awful and I got soaked in the cold November rain, I was not in the right frame of mind from the onset. I thought all my sketches were disasters but looking at them now, the next day I see that it wasn't a wasted evening at all. My watercolour technique is slowly improving, I'm getting a better feel for the medium, all it takes is - practice, practice, practice. I don't mind, it's what I want to do. It's a great hobby.

5 minute watercolour nude study

10 minute watercolour nude study

5 minute pen and wash life drawing

Sketching at Ikea

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. :)

The entrance to Ikea

Sketching sofas at Ikea is a comfortable experience.

The strange white figure looks at the weird bed perspective...

Good Sketch day...

I am much happier with my sketches this time around. I felt confident while using pen and wash to capture the male-model's different poses. I want to emulate Charles Reid but I seem to be mixing in a little Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud in there too! No harm in that, but I want to be more subtle in my execution. I still have problems mixing Cerulean Blue (red shade), Cadmium Yellow Pale and Cadmium Red together to create skin tones in the short time I have for each sketch. It's fun trying to get better though.

5 minute pen and wash 20121120

5 minute pen and wash 20121120

5 minute pen and wash 20121120

10 minute pen and wash 20121120

Bad sketch day...

Yes we all have them, bad sketch days. Mine was today, I struggled to produce anything that was decent.

5 minute pencil sketch

10 minute pen and wash

15 minute pen and wash

Watercolour flowers - mass5000

I tried my hand at flower painting yesterday, it was a birthday card for my sister. It was great fun and so today I looked for some inspiration on the internet.



maas5000 - Check out the YouTube channel here. Can somebody please tell me her name? I'm guessing, but I don't think mass5000 is her real name.

Pen and wash life drawing sketches

My pen and wash life drawing sketches are improving... At least that's how it feels to me! :)

10 minute pen and wash sketch

5 minute pen and wash sketch

5 minute pen and wash sketch

5 minute pen and wash sketch

A trotting doodle

Friday afternoon at work and I have time to sketch from my computer screen.

Trotting doodle

Time for reflection... and a sketch.



I was in Northern Ireland last week to see my family, I did this sketch on the flight home to Stockholm.