Hello everyone,
Please inform me in this thread if you are interested in taking one of the weeks. I will only take names for the current dates showing, no further ahead.

The process of hosting is simple. Find 3 -5 reference images. The images should be your own photographs that are copyright free. See below for guild lines on picking pictures.

The Drawing Challenges will be for a one week period.

Once you have decided on your photos, upload them onto your Drawing Challenge thread and monitor the challenge during the week. Its that simple.

I thought we would go in a 2 month block and have a couple of people in reserve, just in case something comes up for someone. Listings with a line through them indicate drawing challenges that have been completed. People can however still participate in them and add drawings if they wish.

Feb 7 - Feb 13 - Chrismh
Feb 14 - Feb 20 -paulette4
Feb 21 - Feb 27 -Kim1963
Feb 28 - March 6 -Slaine
March 7 - March 13 -Chrismh
March 14 - March 20 - O'Flahertie
March 21 - March 27 -
March 28 - April 3 -
April 4 - April 10 -
April 11 - April 17 -
April 18 - April 24 -
April 25 - May 1 -


Reserves People who are able to step in at the last moment and host a challenge.

Jeanette (IslanderNL)
Paulette4
Kim1963
Chrismh
Rafaelmarron
Siksnosparnyte


Please let me know if you are able to act as a reserve for any date, just in case.

If anyone wishes to discuss the drawing challenges with me you can ask here or PM me.

Here are some guide lines for picking successful pictures. You need to find 3-5 pictures of your own.
1. There should be no blurry areas, except artistic, the pictures need to be sharp.
2. When you put the picture in grayscale, you should see a full range of tonal values, (black thru white) not a general shade of grey.
3. There should be no flash used (unless you are a professional photographer and know how to light a picture), natural light is preferable.
4. The subject should be on its own (no clutter in the background), a grouping should be pleasing to the eye. Grouping are not my thing, but I am guessing you want things that are tall as well as low, that sit forward as well as in the background. Check some examples.
5. Look back at past challenges, see what went over well and what was of no interest, look at the pictures and try to decide why they were interesting or why they were not.
6. Bring your unique spin on the world into it. A trip, a hobby, a talent, a job, your location, your family and friends etc.
7. You need 3-5 pictures, they should be varied, just like our drawspace people are varied. One person is going to think your grandbaby is so-o cute, another is going to think uh-h not another kid. If all the pictures are of your beautiful grandbaby then more than half of the people will not draw that week.
8. Pictures need to be no more than 200kb, keep them close to this also as the picture has to be big enough to see.

Take your camera out and have fun.

Paulette

Information for Challenge Hosts to insert at the top of their new thread.


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.

i can take one week, dosn't really matter when

Thank you!
I'll put you in for the 14th.

ok, works for me

I'm looking for hosts for the last two weeks of March and the month of April.
Everybody is welcome to host, take a look at the first post to see some guide lines on picking pictures.
We need new people coming in to host to give our regular hosts a break and to spice up our picture selections (we all see the world in different ways).
Hosting doesn't take much time and you have the reward of seeing your photographs turned into art.
Just sign up here and give me the date you want to host on.

PS. (March 14)
I'll be gone for the week, so I will add the names when I come back.
The first person who asks for March 21 can just assume it is theirs and get your photos ready.
Thank you!

I'll take March 21. I've been thinking I should start doing these challenges so I might as well just jump in all the way.

I'll take April....