Hi Folks,

Welcome to this week's Drawing Challenge. I am your host Ernest Friedman-Hill; you can call me EFH. If you really want to butter me up, "Dr. Friedman-Hill" works good too.

What is a drawing challenge? Simple. I post some pictures, and you pick one (or more) and draw them -- then you post your pictures in this thread and we all get to look. Everyone is invited -- nay, implored -- to join in. It's a lot of fun! Try to choose a picture that's different from what you usually draw, and you can surprise yourself with your talent! The only rule is that this is a drawing challenge, so you need to use a traditional drawing medium: pencil, charcoal, pastels, etc. No digital art, no paint. If you use watercolor pencils, don't use any water until after you post. Good luck everybody and have fun!

The theme for this week is -- well, honestly, there is no theme, just pictures I like. There are five photos, and I'll post them all in both color and black and white. In order, the pictures are:

1) A hardware junk-drawer still life;
2) A bull from Homestead Farm, a "rescue farm" which cares for formerly abused animals;
3) A green tomato growing in my garden, complete with a thrip;
4) The stair rail on the front of my house;
5) My son Zachary as a baby, making the artist's life as hard as possible by showing both hands and both feet at once!

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Ernest...Great pictures!! I hope to try to get at least one done, but I have been extremely busy!!! Just got back from a two day mini vacation with my family...We went to the Kalahri Resort in Sandusky Ohio and had a blast, which I have some great pictures for my next challenge I am hosting that I think should be fun..and this coming up week I have a play to go to, work the next night and a weekend out of town trip again..so it going to be busy!! Man, I wish it would just slow down all ready..LOL.

COME ON all YOU LURKERS out there!! Get them pencils or whatever out and get some challenge pictures in!! Its great practice and help improve those drawing skills, on top of the fact you can make some uniques pictures by combining different photos together, and you never know what could be your big masterpiece and best seller if thats your interest!!!

Great pictures Dr. FH!
Doctor????
What is a thrip, the little bug????
You're a very good host.
Paulette

Ph.D., Chemistry, MIT, '92. As my sister delighted in saying at the time, I'm not a real doctor.

Yes, that little bug is a thrip, and if I don't do something about them they're going to chew up my tomato vines!

Great pictures, Dr., I love the bovine! Elizabeth

Great photo's E.F.H......I hope to try one.

New member Jeremy Layton drew a fantastic bull; see it down here.

WOW Jeremy awesome job!!

OK, folks, this is so far outside my comfort zone that it's in my pain zone. Don't laugh!

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Looks good to me

Jeremy,
Great job!
You should have no problem posting your picture so long as you don't use a link. (same way as posted in the gallery)

Ernest,
For something that was painful, you sure did a fine job of it!

Paulette

So after a long hiatus (been under the weather for a number of weeks) I decided I needed to draw one of Ernest's tomatoes I just clicked on it and it is quite possibly the most enormous tomato ever dawn ..

Nice tomato, Tim! Aren't those shadow patterns interesting?

Looks like dueling swords. Good job Tim!
Paulette

nice photos for weekly challenge , thank you for the photos EFH.


lily

Nice bull!

It was fun and felt good to be drawing again ... As I was drawing I wasn't so much paying attention to the shadows until after the fact and when they came into focus I realized how cool they were

You done good Ernest LOL

thanks Paulette


Nice cow




I meant bull...sorry Mr Cow

[quote name='Ernest Friedman-Hill' date='Jun 24 2007, 04:01 AM' post='22834']
Hi Folks,

Ernest:
Great photos. I have been doing these challenges but since I do not have access to a scanner, I am unable to upload. I will try the bull and the fence, since both are outside my comfort zone. Happy drawing to all. I enjoy viewing the results of your labours.
C.E. D

Cynthia --

A digital photo, especially one taken in sunlight -- looks just as good (and sometimes even better) than a scan. Some of the images in my gallery are photos.

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Hi EFH

Nice challenge! And some good results so far. I tried my hand at the bull - it was fun, because the picture didn't show up very much detail as far as light and shadow goes, so I had to get the contour right. Great fun trying to convey the feeling of a big heavy animal.

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Nicely done, Hrymfaxe!

Well Ernest I could not resist this cute guy ....so I gave him a try .

Hrymfaxe
Great drawing of the Bull.

Kim
Just lovely. Wow.

Hrymfaxe,

Like the bull! It's fascinating how many different aspects of this picture our artists can bring out.


Kim --

I am speechless.

WOW, Kim you and those colored pencils and babies...I think its your natural calling for portraits and colored pencils. Its beautiful!! Great job.

Wow, Kim I thought it was a photo from the thumbnail, it is just awesome!

Thank you .. I love drawing kids ...and when the mouth is open it challenges me to draw lol

Hi All.

I admire all the drawings......and what a beauty Kim... I thought I would try the big fellow....lol

Nice, Brian -- he looks very muscle-y!

Thanks, I thought I would try another....this sure is a challenge....