Hello all

I'm your challenge host for the week. I hope you like the photos

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 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.


Rafael

Beautiful Photo's. Difficult to decide which one i want to draw

Hi, me again... Gave a try at the rooster. I battled with the challenge this week. I really have issues when it comes to drawing something other than faces. sigh

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Hi 13thElement, beautiful drawing, you represent the expression of rooster very well,

Rafael

I think you did a great job, especially on the feathers. I think you are too harsh on yourself, as we all tend to be.
Trish

Nice photos Rafael

13thElement nice job on the rooster.


I also gave a quick try at the rooster and the leaf with water drops, water drops are my stone in the shoe I find them very hard to do.

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Kaly, nice drawings. in drawing the rooster I like your work in feathers, for drawing water drops, the secret is the high contrast. dark zone beside the light zone. with this combination you obtain the shiny texture.

Rafael

The rooster is really popular this time so I tried it too. All of the pictures are wonderful. So are the roosters. You girls did a wonderful job. And Clara, I love the water drops. I'm not brave enough for that.

I just grabbed the darkest pencils I could find and a makeup sponge to smear the background and here is my 10 minute rooster.

great drawing, I am glad to see you around here Cyn

Cyn, you make me feel like a piker! 10 minutes is all it took you? (sigh) I guess it is back to the drawing board for me, LOL.

Clara,
Since it is a drawing challenge you really rose to it! I admire the fact that you picked a picture that was hard for you. I also like the job you did on the rooster.

Thank you Rafael. It's good to be trying again. I love all your photos..

pmowen, your not a piker I have just discovered that sometimes if I don't get lost in the detail and I just "get it on paper fast", it works. On the other hand, sometimes it's a complete disaster. Anyway the face of the rooster needs a lot of work. In fact when I look at it close, it's like a hiary alien.

Cyn,
rofl ALF, comes to mind. I have to learn to get loose and do a quick sketch. Who would think getting loose would require training?
Trish/pmowen

Trish, you are right. ALF.. Ha Ha Ha There is a new lesson on Speed Drawing by Wayne and I am going to try it. I love his work and I like faster drawing sometimes, so maybe all my stuff wont look like ALF.

thank you everyone for your nice comments.

Rafael thanks for the tip, I tried water drops again, its in my gallery if you want to see it.

ALF I usualy draw too fast as well, like Cyn sometimes they come out ok and sometimes...well you know!!

Hi,

This is my attempt for the rooster. I'm not happy at all with the background but I'm satisfied with feathers and rooster face. It was more than 10 minutes (about 3 hours) using HB, 2B, 4B and 6B pencils. I also used a mechanical pencil for face details (with 2B graphite leads).

BTW, great pictures Rafael!

Fantastic Rooster Turrialba

turrialba, outstanding work in the rooster

Thank you 13th element and Rafael. You are very kind!

Very cool! I don't know what fault you find in the background? Stop being so hard on yourself!
Trish

I agree with trish, Turrialba your rooster rocks and the backgroung is fantastic!!!

Wow Turrialba, the rooster is beautiful.. Excellent work.

Thank you Trish, Kaly and Cyn for your message , and I'll try to follow your advise.

I made another drawing of the flower but this time using soft pastels. About 30 min on Fabriano paper.

Great photos Rafael.

Excellent roosters everyone, I think they are cockadoodleriffic.

I too have trouble with water so the leaf was a good challenge for me.

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Hate to turn down a chance to draw poultry, so I did this quickie.
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Well I guess that leaves me to draw the chicken, the way I remember it on the farm I grew up on is there were a lot more chickens than roosters. Shows how the world has changed .....I tried to make my chick just as proud as that rooster.

hi everyone
heres my rendition of the flower

WOw, look at all those different textures!

Lovely chicken....I know what you mean, my mother still has lots of chickens and only one or two roosters at the most!!

very nice, I like the diferent textures you acheived too

well done Tam, that is why its called a challenge, if it was easy for us it wouldn't be a challenge

hello to all, here are my attempts at these images.

Wonder if the flower is too dark?

o my gosh thos are stunning 1_8 they are all great

Oh my! You have been a busy little bee! All of the images beautifully rendered too.
Trish

Wow! These are all wonderful!

Nice drawings this week!

Sorry I couldn't participate Rafael, I was busy on a project. You posted some great pictures. I especially liked the rooster.

you did wonderful work here..all of them are very very well done

thanks to all of you, you all are so good & encouraging.

thank you for enjoy.
I am sorry but for electric failure in my city I had trouble with my internet conection.

all drawing are amazing.

Rafael

wow you all are fantastic artists

good stuff everyone