Painter,
Good choice of pictures. It looks like they are popular and your drawing some new people in. Good Job!
Here is my fish. I tried to do some blending.
Paulette
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They are Staedtler Mars graphic 300 duo markers. One end has a fine tip (not used on this drawing), and the other a flexible brush type tip.

Thanks Jazz - I have a small set of Staedtler Mars Brush Markers. Your graphic markers are like my Prisma's only a different brand is all. For a moment there I thought I was going to have to check into another medium. LOL. I like the way you used them - nice painterly effect.

Paulette - good job on the glass fish. I'm not sure if I'm going to try to tackle that one. It looks very difficult, especially with the iridescence. I think we got a gnome thing going on this week.

Writers Widower - You are the first to draw that silly catsup bottle LOL You really did a good job on it though. The odd angle looking up at it makes it more difficult than just drawing a catsup bottle. Bravo! By the way, I grew up using Brooks catsup and I prefer it over all other brands. My husband says it tastes too much like BBQ sauce. hahahahaha

How wonderful to see all these new artists here.

Here it is, sry for that painter but i don`t know all the rulles
Hope you like it

I am back. Excellent drawings all.

i tried to create a glass effect for the first time... it was a little difficult but the outcome is not bad :)please comment on this for me to improvise!!

Welocme back Nellie!

Vijay - I think your drawing is excellent! Well done... that really is a difficult one!

Thanx a lot!!! Yeah.. i know..i too found it a little hard to draw... at a point i was about to give up... but i then thought i have to finish as i always waned to try to get a glass effect..

Your drawing has come out very well.... i liked the way u altered the light... it looks gud...

Every one of these new entries are great, some brilliant artwork going on here, especially Vijay - for a first attempt it is superb! Also Rose's, altering the light source is really brave, not something I would attempt at this stage! Sylvia

climbworm - your picture is so cute - you captured his likeness perfectly. No need to apologize for your work. You didn't break any rules. hahaha The rules are in the first post of this thread. Glad to see you participating in the challenge.

vijay - Wow, that is absolutely excellent! You did a wonderful job on getting that reflection in the glass. So glad to see you have joined us in the challenge.

Can't wait to see more from both of you.

Vijay...WOW!! Glad you didn't give up it has a great glass look. You did a wonderful job!!! Welcome to Drawspace too.

Hola

El trabajo de todos, es excelente, aqui esta mi dibujo del pez de cristal.

Hi

The work of Every one are excellent, here is my drawing of the glass fish.

Rafael

Rose ...your portrait is beautiful ..I love the girls smile .

Spazz....welcome to drawspace I hope to see that post number go up .. we would love to welcome you to the group .

Brian .. your landscape is awsome .. you are getting so good at this

Writers .. loved seeing someone attempt the catsup bottle .. you did a great job and with a tricky angle

Paulette , Vijay, Rafeal .. your fishes came out so good .. I have yet to try that one .. its hard one to do being its all glass .. and I failed trying to do the liquid gold stuff from a past challenge .

Climb .. your knome is very cute ..

Nellie welcome back girl !!! glad to see you are ok

Raphael - outstanding work on the glass fish! It looks so realistic. That was a real tough one too!

Hi all!
Wow, I am very impressed of all the drawings! It is such a fun for me to be a member of this forum and I enjoy this challenge very much.

I look forward to the next pictures of this challenge and the next challenge and.... *laughing*

Have a nice Valentins Day tomorrow.

Martina

Thanx all for your comments!!! All the sketches are coming out really well... You will definetly get to c more from me...

Raphael - Your fish has come out excellent!! U have got a very good glass effect...

I have noticed that everyone is getting so good .. seems everyone is putting out some really good art glad to see it .

Hi, Joanie, you have great choices for this week's challenge,

This is my first challenge, I tried the mill, it reminded me of the old mill that was in my home town when I was growing up.

Connie

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well Connie .. welcome to drawspace hun .. I think your Mill turned out awsome ...such detail ...please continue to keep drawing and posting your work ...its just beautiful

Hi Connie - welcome and so glad to see you posting in the challenge. You did a great job on the old mill. I'm still working on mine. hahaha Can't wait to see more of your work.

Hi All,

Just finished with my gnome... please let me know how it is...

Connie - The mill is beautifully done.. i liked it a lot!!

Ok so this is my first post for a challenge and this is probally the best picture ive ever drawn in my life (which hasn't been very long since im not even old enough to get my license.....)
So treat it as you want. Feed back is always nice

Thanks Kim. Glad to be back.

Thaks Rose.

I want to do pencil so badly, but................... I did a quick pastel.

Great Job, Nellie!!! Ohh and welcome back we were all starting to worry about you.

wow everyone is doing just wonderful, working on a color portrait, will have plenty of time today due to all the snow we have got so far. lots and lots and lots.
Lori

Vijay .. your knome is so good .. I like that you put the shadow behind him to make him look like he was away from a wall . nice job .

Spazz...nice job on the minni and micky ...perfect timeing ..its valentines day !!!

Nellie I left a comment on your glass fish .. its awsome .

thanks kim your drawing was way better than mine, but i got plenty of time to improve on my skill. I've found i like drawing more cartoonish images so im now working on another minnie and mickey

Nellie - very pretty drawing of the fish - I like it. So glad you're back, we didn't know what happened to you. LOL

Spazz - Wonderful job on the mice - glad to see you joining in. If you like cartooning, why not try the gnome in a cartoon style? challenge yourself ! Can't wait to see more.

Vijay - Great to see you doing another picture - and you really did very well on it too.

Connie - excellent squirkling!

I love the fish - Rafael, Nellie ... two different treatments, both extremely effective.

Spazz - nice Mickey and Vijay - great gnome. It's lovely to see you so active!

I know this breaks the rules but hey! this is my third entry on this challenge so I thought I was entitled to a little cheat. These are my watercolour pencils - watered! It really is not quite possible (for me at least) to finish the whole drawing in the colours and then water it later since the work must be done in sections and allowed to dry for further layering and/or working on the next bit.

Here's my Valentine Mickey and Mini .... I promised this one to my granddaughter... I'll frame it and give it to her.

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Wow Rose , that is a beauty ! and with back ground color....I love it!

Painter , this sure is a great challenge.... so many talented people and really nice to see some new faces. and thanks for your kind comments and Kim too ....

Nellie , great to see you back and with a beautiful pastel sketch... from Brain....lol


Snoopy wants to wish everyone a very Happy Valentines day.

Brian.

Rose and Brian .. I just love your drawings .. Rose how so did you break the rules lol ? I think both are so cute ..

Because if you use watercolour pencils you are supposed to present the unwatered drawing for the Challenge... but really from my experience in a complicated drawing such as this with so many black arms and legs all over to place - to say nothing of fliying hearts - that is quite impossible.

Thanik you for your comment about my drawing ... and thank you Brian for your wishes... and the same to you from me - I did get three red roses today.

Rose - Awwwwww that is so cute, you even did the background in color. Maya will love it. Yep, you broke the rules. Okay go stand in the corner for a while and you'll be forgiven.

I understand what you mean by not being able to use watercolor pencils without wetting them. But Venus did that glass fish and didn't wet hers.???? I don't know how she makes them look that good without wetting them. They seem to be very coarse when they are being used. Not smooth like prisma's. What's your trick Venus?


Who made up that rule anyway?

Happy Valentines Day Everyone! Oh, you too Snoopy!

Miss Joanie, Miss please... before I go to the corner may I please explain something. I didn't mean that you can't use the water soluble pencils without wetting them. They can look quite good left alone. I used them to paint my first butterfly and did not water them.



However this being a cartoon needing very vibrant colours and since I already had in mind to give it to Maya I knew I wanted to water it... and that's what is impossible to do - watering when the whole drawing is all down... you can never get the detail that way, the colours would just bleed into each other.

Now.. I'm off to the corner!

Rose - ROFLMBO - Leave it to you to find a picture of someone in the corner! Okay, I'll forgive you. Maybe we can get the rules changed? hahahahahaha that was great!

Okay, Moderators out there - what's your opinion on that call?

Joanie, If I told you my secret then I'd have to hun you down and kill you...
LOL no serious I just go really dark with my colors and go over them with a light gray or white, or atleast thats what I did with the Fishie paper weight. And I still haven't wet it to see what it will look like with the watercolor effect. I am afraid that being as how I went to dark with the pencils and used so much of the lead it won't look right.

As far as watercolor pencils go, being as how they are allowed to be used I don't see why if someone wants to spend more time on the challenge and paint or add water is a problem....but I am not the boss....

hahahaha ......good one.

Who is the boss? Brenda? Who started the idea of Drawing challenges on here? I know on Wet Canvas they use any medium on their drawing challenges.

Actually, Brenda is the boss, but I think Jeanette is the one who came up with the idea and the challenge. So you have to wait until after the 19th when she comes back from vacation and ask her if you can change the rules.

Phew! Now that I am forgiven I can speak again.

I have no idea who made the rules of the challenges since I haven't been here all that long but I think the emphasis on drawing is in the character of the site. This is Drawspace... so I suppose people are meant to learn and exhibit drawings. Again I don't really know, but I assume the thrust on drawing was meant to differentiate the site from all the others... sort of make it more of a niche.

I must say I really love that it does place so much emphasis on drawing... since that's were all forms of art spring from... even the most magnificent painting... even the imposing sculpture starts with a sketch.

Great work everyone. Sorry I don't have time to post actually flattery for each work; they all deserve it - but I am way over my head in overdue paperwork. Anyone know a way to make stacks of paper solid and smooth enough to work as a drawing table... or maybe I should just use the edges to make a mural

Anyways, I'm hoping that I can free some more time to join the conversations going on around here and not just post my art and have my ego stroked (thanks for that too everyone )

and Rose... you're lucky I would have made you draw the person in the corner in order to earn your forgiveness (and not with watercolour pencils either)

Watch out Rose, he's hard core!

so much conversation ... Rose was that your butterfly ? if so beautiful .
I myself dont really care much for rules ..but how ever it works I think I will be safe as i do not know how to use water colors .

..... ............Conversation.......................Is that a bad thing?

Rose excellent, and to all others. I am glad to see people worry about me, but I was enjoying it very much at my son's. He stay's 210km from me and I hate it. I didn’t want to leave to come back. I miss him a lot. Thanks Venus, Kim, Brain, Painter and others for comments. Farfallina beautyful butterfly.

rose i love mickey mouse-- i am going to try to tackle that next, and your butterfly is beautiful.
nellie your fish is awesome. i want to learn pastels so bad. you do beautiful work with them. i was thinking of getting some pastel pencils.
welcome to all the newcomers--you all do beautiful work. sorry i dont know all your names yet. but love the picture of the building, that is just georgous. i wish i could do work like that. i just dont think i can do water. great job everyone.
here is my portrait-- i tried in color pencil and it just didnt look right. i dont know if its me or the paper. i might give it another try with color. this i did in about an hour- maybe a little more. i had been using a grid for perportions but now i am trying to use measurements to practice some without grids. i think i got pretty close-- i see the nose needed some work and probably lowered the eyes some because she looks older then the reference. comments and critiques always welcomed
Lori

Hi everyone.

I finish my challenge for this week. Just had to do the Mikey picture.

Everybody did some awesome work of art this week. I just went through the thread and was impress.

So here is my contribution for this week. Enjoy.

I don't know if I will have time to draw this weekend. Our home town is host for the Special Olympics this year and my daughter is in the snowshoe competition. Her first time ever competing.
I hope she do well.

Lori thanks for your comment.

Lori I think you got real close to what she looks like ....sometimes i know when I am drawing I wish I could save the first attempt...cause sometimes I have done so much erasing on a drawing and it ends up looking worst ...so now i save the first one on my pc and then I can play with the drawing and try to do better .. if I mess up i still have the first one saved .
Painter ...nooo conversation is a good thing lol
Mecharver .. love the minni and micky

Mechraver: Lovely Minni and Mickey. Good luck to your daughter - keep us posted.

Lori and Nellie - thank you

Writers Widower: Here's your pound of flesh sir!

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May I come out now?