Weekly Drawing Challenge Nov.16-Nov.22, old and new artists welcomed Options

[ElenaM]

Hello, fellow artists,

This is Elena hosting this week, inviting old and new members to participate with their sketches and drawings in our weekly challenge.

All levels of drawing are encouraged to participate!

The goal of this thread is to enable and encourage individuals to practice their drawing skills, learn new techniques and have fun! If you just want to sketch that’s fine. If you want to create a complex, detailed drawing, that’s great too. You will get out of this what you want. The references used are from my own personal reference library of images that I have photographed and I release them here as not under copyright, meaning you can use them as you wish for drawing.

You will be challenged by some aspect of all references most likely as you all will have different strengths and weaknesses in your ability to translate the images to paper.

Reminder:

This is a DRAWING challenge. Therefore please confine your artistic endeavours to some form of drawing: graphite, coloured pencil, pen and ink or charcoal.

There is no ruling on what size your final drawing or sketch should be. Smaller, sketchbook sizes will provide a smaller file size which is easier for loading onto the thread.

If you would like assistance or advice, please ask for it and I will be more than willing to try to guide you.

This challenge will last for one week. At that time, all challenge drawings should be submitted to this thread.

I have offered 3-5 reference images to choose from. The images are also provided in greyscale. Seeing the images in black and white gives a better sense of basic values.

I have kept the images to simple shapes that still provide challenges. Block out your basic shapes first then work the details into them, rechecking proportion and measurement against other reference points in your drawing.

Here are my pictures :

a hat as cold weather sets in in the Northern hemisphere.

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 hat2.jpg ( 26.67K ) Number of downloads: 39



firewood for that chilly November night of the first snow

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 lemne2.jpg ( 123.37K ) Number of downloads: 24


three quinces ready to eat or for that jar of jam of granny's.
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 quinces2.jpg ( 37.38K ) Number of downloads: 34



oops, down the alley comes a lizard on a sunny day in Southern California

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 lizard2.jpg ( 261.7K ) Number of downloads: 35


and a bunch of rose hips for that cup of tea rich in Vitamin C(they say that rosehips contain 20 times more vitamin C than citruses)

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 macese2.jpg ( 100.1K ) Number of downloads: 29


Wish you all having fun drawing any of these references graphite or Cp, charcoal, pastels, etc.

[danielgutiny]

mmmm nices

[ElenaM]

Let me open this challenge with my sketch of the rosehips handful.

2HB and 2B on strathmore sketching pad, 9x12 in.

[paulette4]

Great sketch Elena!
The pictures all look good too.

[ElenaM]

Thank you, Paulette.

[vickiwheaty]

Hi Elena

good pics as per usual!

Did a ten minute sketch (very rough!) of the quinces - chinese marker used

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[danielgutiny]

old picture of horsey
done in graphite

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[ElenaM]

Hi Vicki, good sketch. Bravo!

Daniela I like your horsey.Por que no tratas de dibujar el sombrero de mi foto.Parece facil.

[ElenaM]

And my charcoal of the hat.

[NVA]

Hi, Helena
Here is my first contribution, hat in charcoal
Will come later during the week,
An

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[mumwond]

The hat seems popular this week. I tried it with soft pastels. Tried to upload, but said too big, even though I resized it to 480x332!

[mumwond]

It went on to My Gallery! Don't know why it wouldn't go here.

[ElenaM]

Hi, An. Nice hat.

Norma if you have a drawing ready and doesn't upload do the folowing: Upload it to the gallery then copy the image link in the box right to the picture on the page and come to this thread and click the Insert image button and copy the link and there you are.
I can show you how to do it.

Norma's hat.

[mumwond]

Thanks Elena. I'll copy that info. and use it the next time I have a problem. I usually don't have any bother uploading, but this afternoon Drawspace just wasn't being nice to me!!

[ElenaM]

Norma try to do it now and I will erase it from my post.

[mumwond]

Oh Elena - I'm hopeless!! Tried out your instructions and landed up getting 'uploading' for over 2 mins. TRied a couple of times and kept getting it stuck uploading!!

[ElenaM]

Never mind, Norma. looking at your rendering of the hat I can say:chapeau(FR. hat off, bravo!)

[ElenaM]

Same handful of rosehips in oil pastels. Suggestions to improve it welcomed.

[aalexarealty]

Hi, An. Nice hat.

Norma if you have a drawing ready and doesn't upload do the folowing: Upload it to the gallery then copy the image link in the box right to the picture on the page and come to this thread and click the Insert image button and copy the link and there you are.
I can show you how to do it.

Norma's hat.

The colors are amazing! really caught the fabric the depth!

[paul444]

Elena, great choice of images. Your rose hips are very well done.
Vicki, great sketch.
Daniela, a great picture of the horse.
Elena, lovely hat, I think I'll try this one next.
An, great hat.
Norma, a lovely hat with great detail.
Well heres mine. I thought i'd have a go at the apples first.

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