Hello Everyone!! My name is Venus and I will be this weeks challenge host. All of the pictures that are in this challenge were taken by me. 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.

Other than that I hope you all enjoy the pictures I am providing and have fun!! Can't wait to see the results..


1. Tuesday (my 8yr. old daughter), this picture was taken by me for a pre-modeling and acting portfolio as she wants to be an actress and singer for Disney.

2. This is a berry tree that I zoomed really close on and loved the hues and the way the light source was shining on the picture.

3. This is just some home decorations I took for a little still life practice.

4. This is a stone plaque that is part of a metal fence on a new home being built a street over from me.

5. This is a little dragonfly that I chased around the lake dam down the street from me. He finally stopped and settled on the concrete so I could snap a picture of him.

Hello Venus

excellent pics.

I have been looking at the past weekly Drawing Challenges and they all look good fun,
you are all very clever pepole.
Can I have a go at this one please?

Thanks

Nitha.

Nitha, you are more than welcome to start whenever you would like. Glad you like my pictures!! Have fun.

Venus you have a very lovely daughter, I hope she makes it in Disney.

These are great images Venus.

I've done a quick sketch of Tuesday (she's so pretty). I hope she does achieve her dream.

This is 11 x 14 on Canson sketchpad with mechanical pencil.

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Jeanette, that is a beautiful job of Tuesday!! She loved it and said thank you. As for making it in Disney, hmmm we will see. Not to sure about show business and child exploited to the media and such. ( Learned all of this when I was trying to get tickets for the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus concert...can't imagine that poor girls real life!!)

Come on peoples lets see some more of those drawing tallents put to paper!!

Nice job Jeanette .. you have the look down well ...her eyes are great .

I cant imagine Hannas future ..from what seems to come from Disney nowadays I would not be real sure about exposing my daughter to them .
Tuesday is beautiful and I have a agency that will not ask you for money or expensive portraits ....they will promote her and take part of what she makes . kayela was doing it when she was younger but then one day said ...mom I dont like people picking me over others or saying I have the perfect look ...but the other girls did not .. so we told her it was up to her and she stopped ...she did buy her first bike with her own money .

even though I dislike drawing glass, I tried the still life .. I'm not so happy with the way it looks on computer, it looks better on paper .. the black is not dark enough

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P.S. I edited the background to look smoother and i tried to adjust the contrast with corel photo-paint

I am happy with it .. I think you did a great job making it look as if it were setting away from the wall .

I dont know if you can see this as this is the first time I have had a go at getting my art up on the web.

It is not very good but I have had a go at the lamp thing.

Thanks

Hi There!
From the photos posted for this weeks challenge, i draw a small portrait of Tuesday (what a beautiful name she has).
Materials: Clarefontaine sketch paper 14,8x21 cm (A5), 90gr, graphite pencils, mechanical pencil 0.5 HB, cotton, a soft eraser...
and my computer... i used the photo as a wallpaper for reference, and worked looking at the monitor!
Took me about one hour and a half to complete thie piece.

Wow, great job on the portrait Ricardo..looks exactly like her!!

Nithafjoll great try. Just remember that if you practice everyday it will build up your skills. Looks like you have a lot of potential with a little practice.

Hellenfg, that almost looks perfect!! Great job.

Wow....that is spectacular Ricardo! and Jeanette.....Helen I love your still life drawing. Nice drawing Nithafjol

My attempt at the Lion fellow... very challenging.

thanks , Brian.

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Beautiful pics, here's my 30 minute sketch in a 5.5 x 8.5 sketch book using a prismacolor sanguine pencil.

If I spend more time measuring, I can get a better likeness, but I'm just trying to measure less and eyeball more.

I added a dozen years to her, and made her eyes too high, and nose too long, all by accident.

I think it has a Modigliani feel to it.

Thanks,

Gary

Gary, you didn't do bad at all, infact I would say in another few years that she will probably look just like that.

Edited it to add more shadow and cleanup some lines.

Placement and Proportions are off, but that just makes it unique.
Staedtler Graphite Pencils and pen eraser
9x12 Canson Sketch Paper(I'm part Dutch)
General's 3 in 1 manual pencil sharpener(I don't like noise)
Some drafting table I got a garage sale.(another dutch moment)
$11 lamp from hobby lobby
1 glass of hot chocolate(warms me up in the morning)

All the drawings are great..
Prismax, I like your list of supplies. Especially the hot chocolate..

Here is my lion. I should have used a ruler.

And here is my dragonfly. I just had to try it. :-)

Cyn, beautiful job on the stone work and the dragonfly!! ( Can't wait to finish my drawing I am working on to do something else, I have a deadline, so I hope to finish soon and join the Drawing Challenge..)

Prismax, great work even if a little off as you said. Looks great to me.

Hi all,
This is my first challenge. I hope she likes it.

Rick
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Rick that is Spot ON as they say across the pond! Nice job!

Rick, Welcome to Drawspace, and that's a great first time challenge!! I am sure it wil brighten her day when I show her it.

Ohh and just so everyone know's if I don't reply to much today, I have a 3 yr old birthday girl who is sick with the flu and running a high fever as well as Tuesday coming home for a sore throat, ohh and let not forget to mention I am not feeling to hot myself...

Sorry to here that Venus, we had that on Newyears.. too exactly 2 weeks to feel better, even with a DR visit.. Good luck and drink lots of fluids!

This drawing was much more involved than I first thought. A good challenge.

Hi everyone!
Hope you and your daughters get well soon Venus.
Here's my lion
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Heres my attempt at this weeks challenge. Can anyone picture Venus out chasing the dragon fly around trying to get a picture of it

You got a much better stone effect than me – think I blended too much

Thanks Lance. I don't know if I've got better stone effect than you, I mean our lions are so different, and yours sure looks like stone!

You did a good job, it looks great.




Great job!!




Good job!!!! Once I get caught up a little from school I will jump in on one of these challenges also - they seem pretty fun.




Wow, good job... everyone did fantastic as well!

One more of Tuesday. I was away for the week of this challenge, but I couldn't resist drawing this.
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About an hour and a half; 2H, HB, 2B 0.5mm mechanical pencils on smooth Bristol.