Hi everyone ,

My name is Garyfallia and I will be hosting this 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 6 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.


These are my photos :

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Hope everyone have fun ...

Oh my! These are all wonderful pictures, they stand as works of art by themselves. It is going to be hard to choose. I may have to do more than one! Thanks for hosting and for the great selection.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your photos!

Lovely pictures, Garyfallia !
Here is my first contribution.
Have a nice week!
An

Many thanks to all for your nice comments !!! I hope everyone likes them ... !!!

And I really like the first picture .... it's lovely !!!!

Garyfallia, your photo's are absolutely gorgeous - breathtaking!!
i'm sure there will be some stunning drawings here!! Thanks for hosting!!

Thanks Tania ,

I'm really looking forward to the drawings ....

HI Everyone!

I love these photos, I went with the bell( It was somewhat safe for me without struggling too
much, I'll work my way up to the more challenging ones someday!)

This was a fun challenge, who knows maybe I'll try another this week.

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i did a sketch of the bell and the door last night, but i didn't have a chance to scan it in... i'll do that tonight and post it in the morning!!

Very very good !!! I like the new sketch of the bell !! I'm so excited waiting to see more during this week !!!

Thanks and I hope i can participate

Thank you for the beautiful photos. Here is my interpretation of the leaves in water, drawn with my first set of derwent inktense pencils.

Sveta, I am sure you could use grease from a frying pan and it would look good, you are so good at so many media! Do you like the Inktense pencils?

Thank you, pmowen! Yes, I like them, I must thank the forum for making me try these pencils!

wow..those are awesome drawings ! very inspiring photos, thank you! sveta, that is really really gorgeous!

I think that it is beautiful! Great colors.

Aw wow that's amazing! I love all your drawings Sveta Always so beautiful and colourful

I want some prismacolor pencils because I have some but I have the scholar kind and I want the premier kind because I think it's probably better. I want to ask them for my birthday from my mom but I think she forgot about it because my birthday is in 2 weeks and she didn't even ask me what I wanted yet

here are my two quick sketches of the bell and the door.

i didn't use a ruler or anything for the door (clearly) - but it was fun

Thanks again for hosting!!

Sveta - i love your leaves - as usual, stunning work!!

I tried the beach scene. I used soft pastels for all the background and Derwent coloursoft pencil for the deck chairs

Everyone's drawings are so great!

no honey, mom didnt forget, i am sure of it....she may have something else in mind already..

What's moms address? We'll write and remind her.

Tania,
Great job on both the bell and the door. I like how you did all the details. rulers? we don't need no stinkin' rulers, LOL

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Here's my attempt at the beach scene.
Could be better, I'll keep working on it.

I just discovered this site last week
and like it very much.
Now I also have discovered the challenges I'll try to make one each week.
To improve my drawingskills

hi Jasper,
Welcome to Drawspace. I hope you enjoy it here. The people here are great, very supportive and also very talented. Be sure to drop in the Drawspace Cafe, lots of not necessarily art conversations there.
I really like what you have done for this drawing challenge. Your cross hatching is very well done.

I'm not sure what's my mom's address actually, I just know she lives about 6 hours away from me. She left my dad a few years ago and now lives with her boyfriend. I never went to visit her because I have no money to go visit. But she doesn't come very often either. Last time I saw her was over a year ago. She told me she would come in August then she changed her mind. My sisters and I aren't too happy with her since she left us. So i'm not sure she remembers actually.

yea... rulers are for kids! LOL you tell'em pmowen!

Here is my attempt at the bell.

There is some great work being posted well done everyone.

Cheers

Jon
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Nice work on the bell, Jon.

I drew the peony flower. Almost got lost in all those petals.
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6B pencil, about 5" square, 2 hours on sketchbook.

That is a gorgeous flower! I love all of your work!

Really beautiful flower Mindy

Thank you Chris and Roxanne.

But now I'm wondering, IS this flower a peony flower? Can someone tell me for sure what it is? Thanks.

Mindy, gorgeous job on this flower, I am not sure if it is a peony or not. Your shading is very nicely done.

Thanks Trish. I'll ask my mom, she knows the names for everything floral.

I also attempted the leaf in the water. These weekly challenges are nice motivation to try new things.

I agree with Mindy these challenges have made me draw things I would not normally attempt. This site and all its members is truely a fantastic learning and support tool.
So Thanks everyone!

Jon

love the flower and every one else is doing wonderful every time I go to draw the week is over!! I need a 2 or 3 week challenge! shadow2b

I have to say that I am really excited to see all these beautiful drawings !!! Thanks for participating

And also for Mindy , this is a gardenia ( a double one ) ! I don't know if you have it but here in Greece is a really preaty common flower especially in central Greece !

Hello Garyfallia,

thank you for these really nice fotos. Now i want to show my sketch of the islandscene...

Tosch, that's a beautiful sketch, I love the reflections and little houses.

Garyfallia, thank you for clearing that up for me. We have plenty of gardenias here in the U.S. as well. I'm just not good at identifying flowers.

hi, this is the first time i participate in a challenge
here is my drawing for the bell:
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i dont have a scanner so its kinda dark and blurry . and,its still not good enough

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Just a quicky.
Colour pencil on printer paper.

Great pictures Garyfallia!
Thank you for hosting.

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As I was walking away from this this morning, I couldn't help but feel that it needed some contrasting colour to give it depth.
So I went back in with a purple pencil for the yellow shaded areas and a green pencil for the red shaded areas.
Cool what a little contrasting colour will do.

It certainly gave it more depth, not so flat, great addition.