Monday, July 01, 2013

Stockholm Sketcher

It's summer time and most people in Sweden disappear to relax and enjoy the short season of warmth. Either this or they are busy getting everything done before they take their holidays. So this month, I was the sole sketcher representing, 'The Stockholm Sketchers' group. It would have been nice with some company but I still had a lovely day.
I discovered that sketching boats isn't easy, there is so much detail; so it's a question of what one should leave out and what one should add to improve the picture. I'm happy enough with these two watercolours, sure - I made mistakes, I learned from them and I look forward to sketching boats again soon to see if I have indeed learned something.

A watercolour sketch by David Meldrum
Violette, Skeppsholm, Stockholm, 20130630

A watercolour sketch by David Meldrum
Leo, Skeppsholm, Stockholm, 20130630

4 comments :

  1. Nice, saying a lot but whithout much details, well done.

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    1. Next time, I will try with even less detail.

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  2. Anonymous9:49 am

    Wonderful work! Hope I can join you sometime.

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    1. Thanks Derik,
      Send me your email address and I will invite you into our Facebook group called, 'Skissa i Stockholm'.

      We try to meet on the last Sunday of each month. We also meet for Sketchcrawl events although we missed the last two dates because of lack of numbers. http://www.sketchcrawl.com/forum/

      Welcome,

      David

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