Snoopy 101 Tom Sawyer challenge 3rd to 17th September

Welcome to the Snoopy 101 Tom Sawyer challenge. Brian has kindly invited me to host once more, thank you Brian for trusting me. So here I am, my name is Clara and I will be your host for the next couple of weeks. I hope you enjoy my choice.



The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, is a popular 1876 novel about a young boy growing up in the antebellum South on the Mississippi River in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri.

Tom Sawyer, a mischievous orphan taken in by his Aunt Polly, goes through a series of adventures involving his friends, Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn.
Tom Sawyer is a mischievous mastermind, and a professional trickster. He escapes punishment many times by his tricks and charms. Though he is often foolish and unpredictable, he also is somewhat smart and has a good sense of humor. When not trying to win his sweetheart, Becky Thatcher, Tom is either getting into mischief or going on an adventure.
Many times, Tom suddenly changes from his grinning self into a fearsome pirate or anything else he can think of. His laugh changes into a bloodcurdling yell or a barking captain's voice. Tom Sawyer's main doings are racing bugs, impressing girls with fights and stunts in the schoolyard, getting lost in a cave, and playing pirates on the Mississippi River. The best known passage in the book describes how Sawyer persuades his friends to whitewash, or paint, a long fence for him.


Here is one of the illustrations done by True Williams for Mark Twain's first edition.





The story of Tom Sawyer has been filmed or animated multiple times since its initial publication, and adapted to many countries.
Who doesn't remember this lovely character??

My challenge: simply draw one of the references I have provided, or use one of your own references. You can use paint shop, or photo shop to colour your drawing but don't forget to post your original drawing as well.
Feel free to make up your own character if you want to, give him a name and present him to us.


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Everyone is welcome to participate, no matter your age or your skills, just hop in and have fun
Now sharpen your pencils and.. let's Draw

Dear Clara, thanks so much for hosting again!!! another fantastic challenge!!! I love it, and your drawing put a big smile on my face I can't wait to pick up my pencils, the references are beautiful!!! and what a great idea!

I moved this to the top.

Happy drawings, Brian.

Thank you Brian, you also have such nice words for me glad you liked my drawing, I sure enjoyed doing it and thanks for pinning this up!

looking forward to see what you will do but please take your time, I know how busy you are at work these days

Tom Sawyer jumping the fence
I thought I'd practice my dark and light values

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really clara u have nice idea and nice job i will try to draw and show u...

wow Mr.Fibble you did three drawings they are all awsome, thank you.

Thank you for your kind words, I'll be waiting for your drawing, and I bet it will be great

Great drawings, Mr.Flibble and Clara!

I don't have ANY time at all... [You know... School started this week...] But how could I let myself to miss Snoopy 101 Challenge? So, here's my little drawing...

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Hello Audrius, yep I know what you mean, going back to school after a nice hot summer thank you for finding a little hole in your tight schedule great sketch of Tom!!

Thanks, Clara!

Hi all,

Clara I love your drawing of Tom jumping the fence, and I am really enjoying your challenge,

Mr Flibble some really excellent sketches you did, it is great to see you join in again with your talents.

It is always such a pleasure to see you Siksno..., may be a little drawing but you have a big heart, another great one.

I finally had a little time to draw after working 60 hours this week, this is what I came up with, thanks for the challenge Clara.

thank you Brian, wow...that is a very lovely drawing, and very creative too, you made my day.
Its rainning here today, after so many sunny days...so I've been drawing some roses for my sister, who's name is Rosa (rose) its her birthday today, and listening to the rain falling outside, and now seeing this drawing of yours...really feels great!! thank you so much Brian for taking time to do this after so many hours work
big hug

Thanks Clara, feeling extremely exhausted after this week, your kind words sure gave me a lift.

Best wishes to your sister, hope you will send this to her.

hugs, Brian.

Oh Brian you are so sweet, thank you so much, I will give it to her this weekend, I'm sure she will love your gift

Great choice for a challenge Clara. Your fence jumping Tom is so good.

Mr Flibble those are really nice sketches.
Nice drawing as well Audrius.

My attempt at Tom Sawyer.


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wow Tammy that is a very beautifull drawing of Tom, I love the detailed hat and clothes, very nice indeed, thank you for joining us, and thanks for your nice words too.

Tammy that is amazing!!!

Thank you Brian and Clara - your challenges inspire me.

i have drawn this tribute to mark twain very quickly in charcoal..i know he is not a cartoon, but i hope he still counts

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Kay that is so well done.
I really like your charcoal work.

tyvm tam..it was so very quickly done, but i havent had a chance to draw and was having a lil withdrawal..and i wanted to participate as mark twain was of course one of my fav as a child ...

Hi Kay nice to have you here, it sure is no cartoon but indeed it counts, lovely charcoal drawing!!thanks alot

Wow, I am facinated by your drawing Kay!!! really fantastic!!!



I decided to try to shade my original drawing in graphite, I quickly forget how much practise I need at shading and how time consuming it can be, and I now need a new shipment of erasers....but I sure have been enjoying this challenge Clara.

i love the character mix brian..and this is a very nice pencil drawing indeed...

thanks for the nice words guys...


i just let calgon take me away for an hour..

now to take the nite OFF...no phones, lites out so no visitors (i hope i can fool anyone ) lol and i want to watch a movie..dont know what yet..have to surf..ahhhhh...the silence (for now)

Enjoy your night off Kay, I know how rare they can be.

Brian I really like your pencil version.

Clara I drew this - this morning at the rink. (first hockey practice of the year-ugh)
Very fun to do.

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that is a great drawing tam...
hockey..wow..you go girl, you coaching or playing?..my son played hockey in high school (ice hockey i assume you are talking about) man what a rough sport..the only one that interested him..

LOL - me play hockey...extremely unlikely.
My son plays and it was tryouts/evaluations for ice hockey, and yes it can be very rough, but not like when we were kids.
I'm just a hockey mom who drives everywhere and washes 32 jersey's every week.

Thank you for the compliment.

lol.. hey that can be as rough as actually being on the ice..that is alot of work to be mother of a child in sports.especially if there is more than one..my younger sister bless her heart..just turned 30 with 3 young children..and the boys are soccer and the girl is dance..i honestly dont know how they do that..that is some really busy people right there..

Thanks Kay, and Tammy, another wonderful drawing ,

funny I know all about ice , and early morning practices at the rink,

I am a former Zamboni driver, it got too cold though after 14 years of it, so now I work at a indoor soccer facility.

zamboni driver..cool (literally) those look like fun to operate

what happend to these forums???? not sure I like it this way , weel I guess I'll get used to it.

wonderfull shading Brian, I really like this drawing

Tammy that is a wonderfull drawing, nice perspective too, down the river we go....hey watch out for the rapids....

Click to view attachment knock knock...KAY...oh Kay.....oh sorry did I disturb you, I just wanted to wish you a peacefull night ok I'm gone......

what happend to these forums, its much more dificult to read them now, we have to open one by one

lol...hehehe...


i dont notice anything different on my end with the forums hon..so i dont know..

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sorry guys, nothing wrong with the forums, I must have clicked by mistake on the options and changed the way to view...I just got home... went for a drink with my hubby, but I only had coffee I promise can coffee get you drunk ???????

Maybe that the head may get caffeine and you get little dizzy sometimes. I getting little tired after a cup of coffee but then im active again

I love your drawings, and oliverandjazz did a wonderful of Mark Tawin, I really like that picture

And since I love cartoons, I went and did Tom too
It's made of pen called promarkers, I took them when I was in England not so long ago

he is wonderful freja, and i love this medium you used..

lol..you are funny my sweet girl.." i think i will have some of that coffee please" i dont drink coffee..perhaps i should start??
i tease you my friend

I too agree with this. this medium sure looks good and I like the effects that you have got with it, and Mr. fibble, Audrius & all others your drawings are so good, now here are mine....

very nice linear drawings.i like the second one best..lots of character there..

if you save your files as jpg or jpeg they will show like the rest of them..and we wont have to download, allow, yes allow (my pc is locked up like fort knox) i have to ALLOW everything....

Clara
Wot can i say, i think i am the last one to jump on board here, so i'm sorry it has taken so long. Just been really busy with work and the family and i have only just managed to finish a sketch of one of your pictures. I will colour this in and post when complete but i just didn't want you thinking i wasn't joining in with this one. Hope you enjoy!!!
By the way well done to all other members for their drawings so far, absolutely fab all of you - too many to mention (as i say last one on board again)!!!
Anyway talk to you soon

Martin

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Freja, that is one beautiful drawing on Tom, I love the media you used too, its absolutely lovely colored, thank you

1_8, lovely line drawings, very well done, thanks

Martin, thank you for joining this challenge, and what a beutifull drawing you have made, that house must have taken some time to do, with all those very well done lines, thank you and your family for this, looking forward to see it colored but please take your time, there is no rush, you still have plenty of time and even if you didn't finish till the 17th you could still post it after

this is beeing such a wonderful challenge, I want to thank you all

thanks for your suggestions, I was just trying if the .bmp extensions will upload or not. I also tried to link from photobucket but it diid not work, any idea why?

Well here are two more of them, and thanks Clara for this Tom Sawyer challenge, I was reminded of Huckleberry novel that I had studied in my Graduation days.

and yes Martin your drawing is really good, I too was thinking of drawing the house but then changed my mind. It sure must have taken some time, well done.

well you have been busy my dear....very nice drawings..

nope i dont know why the linky thingy isnt working..sorry bout that..but thanks for sharing your work with us..these challenges are great fun

Clara
Thank you for your praises, always warm and welcome. Yes, The house was a complete nightmare!!!! There are so many angles and directions of the lines and trying to get the 3D aspect of it was very frustrating. In all it has taken three days, on and off to get the sketch to this stage and I am still not too happy with the little porch section of the house. The angles are all wrong, but i thought it would destroy the upper parts of the house if i started changing it so i gave up. I should have it coloured within the next few days, so i will pop it on when it's done. Great challenge Clara and you are hosting very well, keep it up.

1_8
Thank you for your comments and i think your drawings are great, well done. Bet you're glad you never drew the house now, what a nightmare!!!

Martin

1_8, OMG, you have sure been busy my dear, those drawings are really delicious, very well done, yes Tom Sawyer and Huck can breeng so many good memories cant they

I also don't know about loading from photobucket..sorry!

You are welcome Martin, I don't think the angles are that bad, I bet with the coloring they will look diferent to you, and then again this challenge is also about having fun, so its quite ok if things are not all in the right place but in my opinion I think you did a dam good job!!!!!

Thank you very much and yes, although frustrating, i have enjoyed doing it very much, i better sharpen the colour pencils!!!
See you soon.