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Monochrome Landscapes

by Vander Lemes | Jun 11, 2024 | All, Landscapes, Watercolours

Monochrom studies are very useful to practice light balances.

Life drawing home session

by Vander Lemes | Jun 11, 2024 | All, Drawings, Figure, Watercolours

Lockdown demands new practices.

playing with colors and old sketches

by Vander Lemes | Jun 11, 2024 | All, Drawings, Figure, Watercolours

The pencil sketches were drawn live. Colours were added later. There is not the same magic and we notice it in the results.

Sketching after the second lockdown

by Vander Lemes | Jun 11, 2024 | All, Drawings, Figure, Watercolours

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...

Marriage for all

by Vander Lemes | Jun 11, 2024 | All, Figure, Watercolours

Parliament approved marriage for all in December 2020. However, a right-wing conservative committee has launched a referendum against it.
The right of being able to marry is not just a symbolic gesture for same sex couples, it should also give rainbow families stronger legal protections. Today, same Sex copules have to call each other „registered partners“, which is quite discriminating. It will be hopefully soon possible for a man to say proudly: „this is my husband“ or a woman: „this is my wife“, than that is what they really are.
The fight continues.

Sedimentation landscape

by Vander Lemes | Jun 11, 2024 | Abstract, All, Watercolours

The potential imaging ability of random blots: The human tendency to interpret natural phenomena figuratively is probably as old as human language.
Sedimentation evokes images in and from Stones. The small-scale faults create surreal, gorge-like mountain scenery.
Is this a landscape?

Colour blots

by Vander Lemes | Feb 1, 2021 | Abstract, All, Watercolours

This is a hommage to Mary Gartside and her studies, published more than 200 years ago: „an Essay on Light and Shade“, London 1805.
The path to the abstraction in the beginning of the 20th century was paved with uncountable such studies.

Hot cold hands & feet

by Vander Lemes | Jan 28, 2021 | All, Figure, Watercolours

The main difficulty in portraying the human figure is that we carry in our mind very strong representations of preconceived symbols, and every time we program ourselves to draw a hand, face or the human body, these symbols come to our mind and we end up falling into these symbolic representations.
I feel like exercising my stare. To identify the forms and thus recognize my own identity.

Quirophilia

by Vander Lemes | Jan 24, 2021 | All, Figure, Watercolours

The opposing thumb makes us unique, human.
The proportions of human hands are fascinating.
I like to admire them … light, powerful, strong.

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Monochrome Landscapes

Life drawing home session

Van Gogh

playing with colors and old sketches

Sketching after the second lockdown

Marriage for all

Sedimentation landscape

Colour blots

Hot cold hands & feet

Quirophilia

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