I had planned to paint more but we travelled over 1000 kilometres in 5 days between Bergen and Trondheim, Norway. It was a wonderful holiday, such a beautiful country. Next trip, I will travel every second day only so that I have more time to paint.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Thursday, May 22, 2014
500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art
Extremely good morphing of female portraits through the ages ...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
More flowers
I am really happy with the top half of this watercolour, the bottom was difficult though, I had to correct my mistakes often. I'm not experienced at painting flowers, heck, I'm not experienced with watercolouring full-stop. I like the challenge though, trying new things, like cars, I'm not interested in speedy auto mobiles but I did enjoy trying to draw them, they where difficult, just like these flowers. Practice and learn, practice and learn.... :)
Watercolour flowers 19 x 28cm |
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David Meldrum
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flowers
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Watercolour
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Sketching classic cars
Today I travelled from Söder in Stockholm on a 1938 Scania - Vabis nicknamed the "Bulldog". Our destination was the "Gärdesloppet", a large gathering of old vehicles held once a year. I had a fun day, I'm not mad about cars but I enjoyed seeing grown men's faces light up with joy at the sight of an over-powdered American Cadillac. I spent a lot of time on the "Bulldog" touring around town on a beautiful sunny day.
A4 pencil sketch |
A5 pencil sketch |
A5 pencil sketch |
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David Meldrum
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Sketch
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Stockholm
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urban sketching
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Japanese Flowers
I like painting flowers, after nudes I think painting flowers is my favourite. My preferences change like the wind though, next week it might be cows!
Japanese Flowers 23 x 30cm / 9 x 12". 20140510 |
Labels:
David Meldrum
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flowers
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Watercolour
Portraits are hard to do
This is my second attempt at capturing Egon Schiele's likeness. I knew shortly after starting that it would not be like him but I continued anyway practising my pencil shading. You may notice that my pencil technique changed a little if you compare the top of the illustration with the bottom. That's because I watched a YouTube demonstration video on how to shade half way through the portrait (see below).
Egon Schiele - not! |
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David Meldrum
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Egon Schiele
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Portrait
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Summer time ...
The summer break has arrived and sadly I won't be life drawing at Basis again until after the summer break - something in September. Feels such a long time away. I am pleased with my efforts from this session, I try hard now to be positive and not let negative thoughts distract me from producing good work. I think my colour toning has improved a lot recently, I'm happy with that. Now I wait until Tuesday to sketch but wait, I might have to choose painting at my new studio instead. What ever I do, there will be sketches and paintings being published on this blog all throughout the summer months :)
Ten minute watercolour nude |
Two minute nude |
Ten minute watercolour nude |
Five minute watercolour sketch on drawing paper |
Ten minute watercolour |
Two minute nude |
Labels:
David Meldrum
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figure drawing
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figure painting
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life drawing
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Nudes
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Sketch
Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Tuesday's Life drawing
Venue: Konstnärshuset, Stockholm. 20140506
The summer is coming and there are only a few more weeks of life drawing before the break. I am happy with my personal development so far this year, I feel that I'm improving each time I draw and my watercolours have also improved.
Today I received the keys to the studio that I will be renting during the summer months. I am really excited about it, I installed my furniture this evening, feels kinda strange to have a studio, soon I'll be calling myself an artist!
The summer is coming and there are only a few more weeks of life drawing before the break. I am happy with my personal development so far this year, I feel that I'm improving each time I draw and my watercolours have also improved.
Today I received the keys to the studio that I will be renting during the summer months. I am really excited about it, I installed my furniture this evening, feels kinda strange to have a studio, soon I'll be calling myself an artist!
Five minute sketch and watercolour |
Two minute sketch |
Five minute watercolour |
Two minute sketch |
Labels:
David Meldrum
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figure drawing
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figure painting
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life drawing
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Nude
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Watercolour
Sunday, May 04, 2014
Delayed post
Venue: Basis, Stockholm, 20140329
I was meant to post these sketches over a month ago, I thought I would add a little more detail before publishing. But life has a habit of getting in the way of my art, like this weekend for instance; I had to put my sailing boat in the water and put on the mast and so on. I don't mind, I enjoy sailing but I want to watercolour more! I don't have a bad life, if this is my biggest crisis ...
I was meant to post these sketches over a month ago, I thought I would add a little more detail before publishing. But life has a habit of getting in the way of my art, like this weekend for instance; I had to put my sailing boat in the water and put on the mast and so on. I don't mind, I enjoy sailing but I want to watercolour more! I don't have a bad life, if this is my biggest crisis ...
Nude one |
Nude two |
Nude three ... |
Labels:
David Meldrum
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figure drawing
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figure painting
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life drawing
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Nude
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Nudes
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Sketch
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