Hello! My name is Kat and I am your host for this week for this challenge. It is the first time I have hosted the challenge so please bear with me and have fun with the pictures I have chosen for the 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.

If you have an interest in hosting a challenge, please see the list in the pinned area of general discussions.


a trip through the Adirondacks..a huge chair by the road

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a visitor to the garden.. a lovely butterfly on my daughters hand

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on a hike in the woods I found this flower

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a trip to the zoo

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finding the right pumpkin for halloween

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I look foward to see what creations are created

beautiful pics, kat.

thank you Elena.. I do hope you enjoy them
Kat

those are lovely choices Kat

I had to take a watercolour from my brother, so the colors slightly different from the photo...

thank you Kay, I was a little unsure of what would apeal to everyone and I hope they do

so lovely Alexa ..I love the background..It makes the chair stand out so strikingly..good job!

Excellent Alexa.

Hey Kat! Very nice pics! Here is mine interpretation. Green lion Inkpen on copy-paper. (I really do need to start getting decent supplies )

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splendid watercolor, Alexa and green lion, Sipsik; I guess you are doing great with the supplies you have, the lion drawing is excellent.

Thank you Elena! Your comments are alway very kind.

Here is my lion in captivity(the captivity of my cheap CP ) 40 minutes on sketchbook 9x12in.

Sipsik ..your lion is fantastic in ink..I agree..your drawing materials are just wonderful they way they are..and you are most welcome for the pictures..I am glad you like them

Elena ..a nice capture in color with your pencils..thank you for contributing your work

thank you for the challenge, kat.I have 2 more coming soon..

nice pictures kat.
my first one

the huge chair , is not my great work but it's a try

Dudu, you draw fast and well.

here is my boy with pumpkins.1 hour colored pencils, sepia, crayons on sketchbook.I really enjoyed this one.

Some great pictures here, and great drawings too !
Here's my contribution : the butterfly. Markers and penbrush on sketch paper, about 6"x6".

splendid drawing, Alxolex.
Here is mine, 1 hour, colored pencils on sketchbook.

dudu..its good to see your work in the challenge..thank you.. the butterfly is dramatic..nice draw! Did you use pencils..charcoal..and what paper?..its striking. I love the perspective in the chair drawing..nice and sharp
I am glad you enjoyed drawing the boy Elena..a wonderful job with the brillant colors and textures..I love the expression on his face. My daughter loves the butterfly you created..a big smile on her face..thank you for them
It's good to see your work again Alex..thank you for joining the challenge with that beautifully rendered butterfly..I have yet to try markers and penbrush..but I have to now..that is a wonderful piece.

thank you!

Kat

as you see kat, your pics inspired us so much that we have been busy all day.and it is only sunday, still in this part of the world.

I love the colors and the shapes in the world Elena and to share them with everyone is pure pleasure. Seeing others enjoy it too is even more so thank you for your kind words
Kat

--EDIT - tried to fix his wonky eye....

Thank you very much

Sipsik, Elena, Dudu, Alxolex, HunterGreen, great work

so regal the lion you portray HG..thank you..I like the shading and the fur..nice job!

I think perhaps I should pick up my watercolor pencils more often.lol. here is one for the challenge..a raggedy butterfly .. watercolor pencils and ink

Great pics Kat - i'm busy with my ATC's - but i'm going to try and squeeze at least one in!!

Stunning drawings everyone WOW!!!

Alexa that is just awesome

Steve..fantastic contribution to the challenge..nice draw and shading on the flower..thank you

does anyone have an idea what this flower is called?


thank you Tania I hope you do find time to create we will be waiting!

Kat

Kat, my guess is that the flower is trillium nivale.
see here

thanx everyone, all did a great job
kat i used mechanical pencil 0.5 and graphite 2b

the flower

thanks for the pics Kat, here is my rather hurried rendition of the lion..

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very nice Kay, especially the rocks who seem so difficult to render.

thank you Elena for the information ..it does look like a trillium..it gives me a good start on finding out

excellent flower drawing..so soft yet definite.. dudu..thank you for sharing your talent with us with your drawings;;:)

your watercolor work is coming along so very nicely Kay, I bought some today , just cheap ones, Steve and yourself has stirred up a bit of curiosity on how this medium feels..very nice lion and the rocks and fur are textured well..thank for your contribution..

It is so good to see everyone have fun with their talent..thank you!

Kat

Thank you

Kat, Steve, Dudu988, Kay, exellent work

Lovely!

thank you Alexa today I hope to find time to draw ..that is my goal..will it happen?..laughs..waves to Steve..happy painting to you!

Hi Kat,
Just peeking in to say thank you for hosting.
You have some great pictures!

you are very welcome Paulette..Drawspace has done so much for me..its just a little I can give back..its fun to see how the pictures are done by different people, in different ways..its a learning experience I hope I can repeat in the future..thank you for your time and effort in making sure that it keeps going!
Kat

Loved the butterfly !!

Wow! It looks so real.

Carol! That is just fantastic!

Thanks to you both
Going to try the little boy and the pumkins( maybe)

excellent butterfly; not even if i spend a whole summer doing watercolor I can get one like this

in awe of the butterfly Carol thank you..such beautiful color and excellent porportions..lifelike for sure



I cant wait to see what you create with the boy and pumpkins..Hopefully you have time..

Kat

You really get to your own style. I like it a lot!

thank you cees..

Hello to all,

very nice pictures and nice drawings too, by all of you!

Here is my butterfly