Hi Elizabeth,

Cute dog!
I think you are doing a good job; a couple of things I noticed:
The (viewers) left ear is not as erect in your drawing, the droopy black part of the (viewers) right side of the mouth next to the tongue is smaller in your drawing and the left eye needs more white showing. You need to add more darker shading too.

Hope that helps, you are doing great. Looking forward to seeing the finished piccie!





Hi Rhino,

Good drawings, I particularly like the hair and fur.
Keep at it!

congrats jeanette. And I would like to say there are some great pictures on here well done everybody.These are my latest drawings in pastel

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David - you are really hooked on those pastels aren't you? LOL You are doing a fantastic job with them!

I am still at the stage where each drawing I do is the best I've ever done. But I'm really happy with this one. I've been using Bob's advice about how to work with photos before drawing them, and it's really helped.

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Ernest,
I agree this is fabulous!
Paulette

Thanks!

I started this for the "Tea Tree" challenge but didn't like the yellow tree. So I finished it in water colors.

I haven't tried water colors in nearly forty years.

Comments and suggestions appreciated.

I mean this as a compliment: this makes me think of the backdrops in the original Disney "Winnie the Pooh" film. It's lovely!

Do you mean the tree that was hollow and someone lived in it? I vaguely remember something like that.

This tree has been topped and it is very odd looking. It also has a ton of wild grape vines running into it, so I had to do a lot of editing.

Ernest is right ... it does look like something from winnie the pooh...its a beautiful job Bob .

what is this tea thing you all speak of ? i have never heard of it. and when you refer to pen and ink is it an ink pen or ink like india ink.
davidb wow looking awesome. great work with those pastels. i think you found your niche.
brb as usual awesome work. i love that tree.
Lori

Lori, one of the other members started another Challenge where you had to make a tree using tea bags and ink I believe. As far as ink goes you can use india ink or pen. I don't think it matters but there were alot of cool tree pictures last time I looked. I may even try it now since I got resceduled to work Sunday instead of tomorrow night...hehehe.

Kim
you're right, your flower drawing sucks.
I'll send you my address so you can send it to me and I will dispose of it for you.
LOL

Just kidding. I love it. You did a superb job.

your real cute lol ... its just not my comfort zone .. I think we all have those aera's in art where we feel man I suck at that lol

here is my latest portrait. comments and critiques always welcomed, i dont know if you can see the back round because i made it light, but clouds and sun with rays coming down.
Lori

is that Johnny and June cash ? Looks like him but the grey hair is throwing me off .
I LOVE the portrait on the guitar .. very nice job in the detail in the face . Loretta Lynn is my second guess .

thanks kim--yes its johnny cash and june cash. i know i struggled with that hair. its his older days. the portrait in the guitar was hard being so small. she does resemble loretta lynn. (thats my birth name--parents from west virginia) i think its the hair.
Lori

Very nice job indeed .....and the fact I guessed june cash by such a small drawing of her should prove to be quite the compliment

Kim, how can you say it sucks??? I loved the flowers, the combination of the colors are very beautiful!

Thank you ...flowers are not easy for me to do .. I enjoy doing portraits .. but I have just started drawing again ...I took a long break .

Hi Everyone!! Its been awhile since I have done a really good drawing that I was happy with so I decided to show off my newest one, completed in prismacolor pencils on watercolor paper. The picture it self is 9 by 12 and the paper size was 11 by 14. I am really proud of this one and I agree with my hubby for it being my best yet.

As well you should be -- wow! The whole environment is so believable -- it looks like it goes on and on outside the bounds of the drawing. The transparent effects are fantastic -- bubbles, reflections... Wow. Tell us something about how it's done!

Beautiful Venus!
I love the water shadows on the dolphin.
Paulette

Thanks Ernest. A while back ago I was searching for tutorials to help a member here on Drawspace for a watercolor picture she was doing of her dog. Well, I stummbled across a tutorial for drawing a dolphin in water using colored pencils. After looking at the artist demonstrations of the water effects and such of his dolphin I searched through my many free reference photos of dolphins and found one that moved me enough to do the drawing.
I took his examples of reflected light from the top surface and added my whites first. Then I did my rocks and sand. Then I started with the background a little at a time, and moving on to the mother dolphin worked her colors in leaving the whites mixed with skin tone, then did the baby. I finished with the water's color and then used a tortillion to blend the colors together to give it a shiney painting like effect. Also going back and forth with layering white over alot of the areas to bring the waters reflections out.
Here is the tutorial I found. It is really great for learning to draw underwater sea life. I learned alot from this somewhat small presentation. Hope it helps others.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/317686...h+age_scale%3A5

When I saw this the other day hun .. I was so impressed by the water .. you have done a beautiful job on this drawing .

Lesson T02. My first Dally , did it over aprox 3days[still very slow] . Jumped from beginner lessons to this, daft or what? . Comments & tips on improving please & I know Paulette your going to say," add more dark" but I'm scared I might ruin it. When I've got further on in the lessons I will redo to see if there is an imovement.

I'd say you were safe stepping out of the beginners box, very nice dalmation........drawing.....

I think you've done a great job Andrea, lovely highlights on the nose and eyes and you have done a good job of the fur.

Thank you Nancy & Andrea, for your comments. I am going to attempt our Wolfhound or Phalene in the colour pencil class, gulp.

Andrea, beautiful job on the dalmation!!! I wish I was that good with animals but I even have a hard time with the step by step tutorials!! LOL..keep up the great work I am sure your doggie picture in colored pencils will be as beautiful as this one.