Kay. That is fantastic! Well done.

thanks guys, I lose so much of the color using the camera on an oogy day..it is much more vibrant.
I had great fun doing it. I love doing figures, and scenes with figures

kay, I just came from your blog(it's a shame I cannot comment there) where i saw your WIP and I guess would be great if you post that WIP in the watercolor thread, here or in your gallery.Many of us enjoy seeing wips.

Just added three colorful bell peppers for a watercolor piece!

thanks elena, if anyone should like to see the WIP they can click on the 'my blog' link below my name..

as you wish, my friend. (I know that our Steve is preparing a watercolor wip as we speak just to surprise us ....)

I couldn't resist the temptation to try my hand at these peppers in watercolor.here they are. Well not much practice for this medium or great results but I tried.

Hi all,

I admire all the drawings very much, especially the beautiful and creative work by dear Kay,

I am way way out of practise.......my quick attempt at the Mandolin, thanks for the challenge dear

Elena,



best regards,

Brian.

The Courtyard in Sepia Liquid Pencil




I love the way this one has been interpreted in so many ways..

Brian .. the mandolin is Super !! so good to see you drawing with us again..

Hi Brian. Great to see you here and ...such a great drawing to accompany you.My gransmotehr would love this as she used to draw very beautifully and play this instrument with a lot of talent.
Glad you found a spot for your friend on a musical note!Thanks for joining in.

Carol, your sepia drawing is so excellent that needs a framing! Your choice of medium was at the level of the subject. Congratulations!

Brian thank you very much, it is indeed good to have you back around, and your work is lovely too..I adore your signature snoopy characters and that is the perfect place for him.

Carol that sepia work is gorgeous.

Elena gorgeous and vibrant peppers, thanks for some great pics this week

Thank you Kay. Pictures are a factor of stimulating participation but it is actually the number and quality of contributions that make a challenge successful.
And I for one can't complain: always my challenges attract the most talented and hard working members of this site.There were instances of dry spell but I usually enjoy the company of the best of drawspace.And I am thankful for that.

My doll is ready but I am far from happy with it. Two challenges that I didn't meet: folds and lace.

I think that doll came out quite lovely..

Everyone's work is so stunning - i love all of them.
Elena, don't be so hard on yourself, the doll came out great.

i did the two red peppers last night in Colour Pencil, and i was going to post it but then realized i left something out of the drawing which is quite vital - the shadows.... so i'm going to just finish it up today and i'll post it tomorrow

Ciao Tania

hi everyone. hi elena. i'm dudu from romania and here is my draw

Hello dudu,, so wonderful that you have joined us !! Wonderful drawing as well. !!

Elena my goodness .. I think you have done a magnificent rendition of this little doll.. You certainly have captured it as well as anyone would have hoped to..Just beautiful.. I always enjoy your references.. they are challenging to say the least..

thank you very much

the mandolin

Hi Dudu,
Thanks for joining!
Great drawing!! Fantastic

Thank you guys for praising my lil doll.It's just that i know i can do better if i have more patience an discipline.
Dudu, bun venit pe site si la aceasta provocare artistica.
Your drawings are very good.

Tania waiting forward to see your bell peppers.

I improved a bit(at least I think so) my bell peppers and finished the geranium I started months ago. Watercolor needs lots of practice and my last attempts were in January 2009.
Feel free to critique as I want to improve in this medium.

I think you're getting the hang of it. The bell peppers look great! The geraniums would look so much better if the pot was actually standing on something, like the peppers. Not sure if you can squeeze a table top in there. Also, remember that you need to stand back to view your watercolours. I always place mine upright against the wall for a while and stand back. I can see it when I walk into the room, it always looks better from a distance. To prove this, look at the thumbnails instead of clicking them. Not just yours, but anybody elses!

Thanks, Steve. It's true that Thumbnails look always better.But some watercolors fascinate me when taking a close up look of the transparency of layers. Not something that I did here.But i will practice more.Promise.

quick and clumsy, sepia, sanguine, metallic crayola sketch.

Now Elena, if I didn't know you better, I would think you were fishing for compliments.

Trish, I'm honest, The shape is not right.The perspective is killing me. Plus i scratched the paper with the crayolas.

Wow! Everyone here is so amazing!

I love seeing other people's works.

Alex,welcome to Drawspace! you can join and have fun together. Bring your pencils, crayolas, brushes and let's do art.

Hahah, thanks Elena! I prefer graphite, personally. I'm aspiring to be as good as most of the other members here. Seeing the art others make is amazing. Its somewhat inspirational. I really like those peppers. x] Great photographs, they are.

Alex, it's great you love graphite work. To me is still difficult.You can do almost any of these pics in graphite and keep in mind you need three values, dark, medium and light. And that's all.The grayscale version of each photo tell you exactly where your values are. Please start considering yourself a member and join this challenge.

Hi all,

Here is my sorry contribution to this week's challenge.
For the doll, I tried on purpose to draw it in a Picasso's arlequin style. If you pay attention very very carefully, you will hear the short bald man lauging his teeth out in his tomb.
For the mandolin ... well ... I will understand your silence.

Its difficult to me. Very much so. Look at my Serene Scene picture and you'll see. However, I'm trying, and really that's all that matters. I love the look of Brenda's hatching. I'm trying those free lessons. Most of the pictures there look so nice, and the guides are eternally helpful. I do tend to get confused as to which shade I'm currently on (in values) so I'll probably need to work on gradation as well. I haven't had an art class (they cut them from my middle school and I wasn't lucky enough to get it freshman year) but next year, I should have it if my schedule doesn't get all screwy again. I'm so glad you also made a greyscale picture. Its very thoughtful. I am working with HB, 2b, 4b, and 6b General's graphite pencils, so I pretty much use improvisation when Brenda talks about 2h and the sort. Thanks for the welcome and the good value tips. Lets see how much I improve.

Claudio - I really liked the mandolin, actually. The doll was good, and I liked the angles as well on it.

Claudio, both drawings have their merit. The doll is definitely arlecchino and your interpretation shows the creative side of this challenge which can inspire original approaches.
The mandolin has some good points yet looks kind of chubby, maybe it's a mandola Its cousin. Just kiddin'.

No reasons to weep, we appreciate your contribution and thank you for your time.

Here is my girl, proportions off, the mouth of an adult but it's a quick sketch for practicing graphite.No eraser. 3B pencil on sketchbook.

The eyes and the bumpy-nostril part (is there a name for that? xD) really caught my attention, Elena. That's a really good sketch for such a short time. I'll try to enter something as my next sketch. You have a very nice signature as well!

You are too kind, Alex.I am a very exigent person, tough on myself and on others I guess when it comes to work.I believe that the more we push ourselves the more we learn, and praise and being pleased with what we do is not going to motivate us to try doing better next time.
But practice is the key to success.
Thanks for the comment on my signature.
Please feel free to post any attempt in any stage of its development. We learn here especially in the challenges.

mersi elena bine vam gasit aici pe site, imi plac provocarile

thanks

Here is my attempt at the peppers.
I have just started using Color Pencils and i'm still getting used to them.
Any comments or suggestions are always welcome

here 's the portret, not very good but it's kind look like the picture. thank you

Hello!
I'm quite new in here. I decided to take this challenge. Not easy one for me. Anyway, at least I tried.

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nice one

welcome Dudu..your drawings are fantastic! Tania good work with the peppers..cp and I are not good friends

Thanks for the compliment - we're not the best of friends either - but i'm hoping to get there

Nice drawings Dudu & sipsik - i like them all!!

Tania, the work of a beginner shows great promise. Your coloring job is very good. If you read Jeanette's topics on CP you will learn a lot and most of all about the gentle touch of Cp on paper, the sharpness at all times of tips, the several layers that you can put in a drawing.These will come natural to you the more you work.
Now fot the shadows on the red you can add purple and blend over red. For highlighs you can use white. Also hues of orange and yellow can add more texture and vibrancy to the pepper.
So this can be considered finished by now. But what I suggest is to print this drawing and add more layers to it and if you are satisfied with the result you can go back to your original drawing and enrich it.
Again for a beginner's work this is excellent as it is known that Cp is a very difficult medium.

Dudu, I am glad that the portrait inspired you.Good practice.
It is usualy hard to do two portraits but you have beeen brave enough to do it.

Sipsik, what a mysterious, nice drawing you have!The symmetry and proportions are very good.You really did a great job on this!
Welcome and thanks for joining.