Vander Lemes – Drawings, Watercolours and Illustrations

A painting is not a picture of an experience, but it is the experience.

Mark Rothko

10/10/2021

All Landscapes Watercolours

Watercolour fog wheat improvisations

There is a lot to learn yet. ...

There is a lot to learn y...

09/10/2021

All Drawings Figure Watercolours

Life drawing September 2021

Posing is also an art. I‘m very grateful to these gorgeous models! Sihl13 is a space where cool things can happen, ideas can manifest and new concepts can be explored. Check it: https://sihl13.ch ...

Posing is also an art. I‘...

09/10/2021

Abstract All Watercolours

Watercolour Leporello

A leporello always tells a story. ...

A leporello always tells ...

22/08/2021

All Drawings Figure Watercolours

Life drawing May 2021

I enjoy when I can grab the character of that precise moment...

I enjoy when I can grab t...

09/05/2021

All Drawings Figure Watercolours

Gorgeous atmosphere in the room. Gorgeous models. Thanks Magnus, Adrian, Magda and Moritz! Sihl13 is a space where cool things can happen, ideas can manifest and new concepts can be explored. Check it: https://sihl13.ch ...

Gorgeous atmosphere in th...

14/05/2021

All Landscapes Watercolours

Watercolour excercises – sailboats

Lockdown demands new practices. ...

Lockdown demands new prac...

09/05/2021

Abstract All Watercolours

Watercolour book of gestures

Lockdown demands new practices. ...

Lockdown demands new prac...

09/05/2021

All Drawings Figure Watercolours

Catching up after the break

Hesitation after this long pause ist evident. But it's very pleasant to achieve a sort of “zen status“ while painting. Sihl13 is a space where cool things can happen, ideas can manifest and new concepts can be explored. Check it: https://sihl13.ch ...

Hesitation after this lon...

31/03/2021

All Portraits Watercolours

Portraits of March

Portraits of some good friends.. ...

Portraits of some goo...

31/03/2021

All Landscapes Watercolours

Monochrome Landscapes

Monochrom studies are very useful to practice light balances. ...

Monochrom studies are ver...

28/03/2021

All Drawings Figure Watercolours

Life drawing home session

Lockdown demands new practices. ...

Lockdown demands new prac...

20/03/2021

Now six months have passed which have been entirely devoted to drawing . . . I have attached great value to drawing and will continue to, because it is the backbone of painting, the skeleton that supports all the rest.

Van Gogh

20/03/2021

All Drawings Figure Watercolours

playing with colors and old sketches

The pencil sketches were drawn live. Colours were added later. There is not the same magic and we notice it in the results. Sihl13 is a space where cool things can happen, ideas can manifest and new concepts can be explored. Check it: https://sihl13.ch ...

The pencil sketches were ...

03/03/2021

All Drawings Figure Watercolours

Sketching after the second lockdown

After some weeks pause because of the Lockdown in Switzerland, I could finally enjoy another life drawing session. This is definitely not like riding a bicycle. After a while without practice I noticed the hesitation in my hands. Though, there's something very rewarding when after some...

After some weeks pause be...

02/03/2021