Tuesday's life drawing

It was the first evening at Konstnärshuset (The Artist''s House), it felt good to be back after the summer break. I'm still playing around with pastels and charcoal. All sketches were on A4 Fabriano sketch paper.

10 minute sketch

5 minute sketch

5 minute sketch

5 minute sketch

5 minute sketch

5 minute sketch

First life drawing after the summer break

It felt real good to be back life drawing again. I chose not to watercolour, instead I used pencil, pastel and charcoal. I was able to cover a lot of paper in a very short space of time with these materials. Very satisfying and lots fun, I smudged a lot with my fingers. All drawings are on Fabriano A4 sketch paper.

10 minute nude. (Please click image to open slide presentation)

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Impressive life drawing

Philip Dvorak

His art is erotic and I just love the way he crops his subjects. Reminds me of Egon Schiele.

http://phillipdvorak.tumblr.com

Horse weekend

As a web designer, I help promote everything to do with horse betting and horse culture here in Sweden. My office is right next to the national trotting track (Solvalla) and so I see horses every day. It struck me a while back that they are just as interesting to study and draw as humans, such elegant creatures. I  dedicated this weekend to drawing and painting them, to see if I could be as good as Joseph Zbukvic! No chance, I have a number of apprentice years left I'm afraid. I had fun doing them though, the weekend just zipped by. For all three paintings I used photos as reference care of Kanal 75.

"Spring", Fabriano Artistico gf 300g/m2 38 x 28 cm.  

"Mountain air", Arches rough 300g/m2 28 x 38 cm. 

"Speed", Arches rough 300g/m2 38 x 28 cm. 

Weekend painter

I've been enjoying myself this weekend. Non-stop watercolouring for two days, heaven! I have chosen horses as my theme for painting. It's a lot of fun, I'll publish some of them later today.

A late night doodle

It was our turn to guard the boats at the sailing club last week. It was an all night thing, one just had to drink pints of coffee, chew endless amounts of candy and draw a little to pass the time.

A sketch of an image from the internet

Watercolour postcards

Italian watercolour paper company, Fabriano have a block of ready made postcards to paint and send to your nearest and dearest. Here are two I painted last week, one to my mother in law, thanking her for my present, a shirt and the flowers I sent to my mother, lots of plus-points received.

Watercolour postcards

 

North of Finnhamn, Stockholm Archipeligo

I completed this watercolour tonight. I used an "eye of the storm" photo I took during my kayak trip as a reference. The boat came from a postcard that I have on my wall, close to my desk.

North of Finnhamn. Fabriano Artistico GF, 300g/m2. 38 x 28cm

The island of Kökar, Åland

A little A5 watercolour from my holiday on Kökar, Åland which is located west of Finland.

Kökar, Åland - A5 Fabriano Artistico GF 300g/m2

Roses are red...

Roses are red...

... and my face was even redder trying to capture the beauty of this flower.

Brittany Rose

Daring to be bad

Like most people I find losing control uncomfortable. In order to re-school myself I feel the need to let go and see what happens. I think the result of this letting go can be exciting but not always pretty. A few years ago I would never have painted like this, messy, sloppy and careless. I find the process of personal - development so interesting.

Stockholm Town Hall - A4ish Arches Rough 300g/m2

Stockholm Town Hall - A4ish Arches Rough 300g/m2

I don't always succeed ..

I returned to Kungsträgården, the park in central Stockholm to paint a café scene one more time. I was less successful than the previous attempt and I know why. The main figure is too much in the centre of the composition and the brush strokes feel hesitant. I understand my failings these days, so at least that is a step in a forward direction.

Kungsträgården 20140805

Summertime in Stockholm

The weather here in Stockholm has been amazingly warm, it feels like the Mediterranean! This watercolour sketch was done while I was on my way home from work yesterday. I stopped in the city square called, Kungsträgården and painted the café-life I saw in front of me.

Kungsträgården café, 20140803

South Korean artist, Misulbu

I found some amazing watercolour portraits on this artist's website. Visit: misulbu.com

Watercolour by Misulbu

Watercolour by Misulbu

Watercolour by Misulbu

Watercolour by Misulbu

Watercolour by Misulbu

Watercolour by Misulbu

Watercolour by Misulbu

Back to basics

I have never learnt the basics of art, like composition and colour theory. I am studying them now though, I bought a bunch of books. It's a must if I am going to master this art thing! I've never used grids either until last week, it's very useful, I tend to elongate my faces when drawing portraits, the grid system helps stop this a lot. I'm still learning so much, even today, three years after starting to draw and paint again.