Hi, everybody! My name is An, Nguyen Van An, I am happy to be your host for this week (Oct 18-24). I'm asked to post the photos today, Saturday, 17.

Here is the general information, recalled for your convenience :
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 artwork, that’s great too. The references used are from my personal 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 can prefer any form of drawing: graphite, pencil, charcoal, coloured pencil, pen and ink. Watercolour, pastel, oil painting or other techniques (but not computer drawing) are welcome.
If you would like assistance or advice, please ask for it and many participants to this Drawing Space and myself will be more than willing to try to be helpful.
This challenge is programmed for one week, October 18-24th. However, after October 24, you can continue to post to this place, there is no problem.
If you have an interest in hosting a challenge, please see the list in the pinned area of general discussions.

For this week, I have offered 6 reference photos, both in colours and grey scales, mostly taken during my last holidays in Annecy, France.

Fig1 is a young seagull (mouette). May be in pencil or charcoal ?
Fig2 shows a set of sabots, on a wagon (chariot), with a wheel. The gracious lines and composition are rather challenging for your drawing skill. You can, if you prefer, complete the masking parts of the sabots, moving out the table of the wagon. The wheel is rather difficult to draw!
Fig3 is a swan in the lake of Annecy. I love this photo, and signed it for my own pleasure! Watercolour or pastel ?
Fig4 is a small boat, with a composition of various objects and colours. Rich colours, complex lines and proportion indeed!
Fig5 is a very classical still life. Good exercise in pastel or watercolour !
Fig6 is a guitarist singing at the Seine riverside. It’s a real game to reinforce the tension in his face, front, cheek, neck, and in his fingers. I’m sorry for the B&W version, too dark, because the face of the singer is burnt by the sun. Even if you draw in charcoal, you should refer to the colour version.

I hope that the pictures, with various degree of difficulty, will deserve your attention.
Above all, have fun !
Thank you,
An

Hi An,
Lovely photos this challenge, thank you for hosting. If I get two minutes to rub together this week I will participate.
Regards,
Trish

Thank, Trish!
Now, let me start with the young mouette! Quick sketch, ink pen. Photo under a lampe light.

I hope you like

My God! Very very good! All that I wish to do, you did ! The expression of the face, the front, the neck, the fingers, all are excellent. The general composition, the lighting, all the details, ou are a sensitive and gifted artist!

I agree on all counts! Excellent piece of work.

WOW! That's amazing!

This is really really good. Nice!!!

wonderful piece of work wish I could work that fast WOW..about the time I get the out line done every one is off on some thing else. I need to work on speed

great sketch! I have trouble with birds getting them to look like birds.

Hi An , what awesome photos !

here my first attempt

http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp337/R...3/gitarrman.jpg

amazing

Thank thank thank
you are kind
do you know that, is it the first time that a background does to the sketch?

Grazie grazie grazie
siete gentilissimi
sapete che, è la prima volta che faccio uno sfondo al disegno?

excellent masterpiece

I like it

what technique have you used?

Thanks Raidor

many thanks , I dit it with ink

Thanks

very very good work

Raidor, that is fantastic! Well done.

Another great artwork! Not easy to draw such a model with ink, and you succeed very well. I like in particular the rendering of the hairs and the expression of the face. The background also is very well rendered. You really master the description of the subject.

Thank to all of you for participation and visit,

An
(I must try this photo myself, but may be later in the week)

"I have trouble with birds getting them to look like birds."

Hehe, I know you are an excellent artist !!!!

In fact, I've drawn from the real model and took the photo the same day.

That is gorgeous An, love the rich colors. You guys are really doing good with the portrait of the singer, Wow.

one word..beautiful

very beautiful

NANCY B, CHRISMH, RAIDOR:

Thank you, thank you,
I've commenced the guitarist, not easy, not easy, ...
An

quick attempt in pastel , 35 min

Excellent, Raidor! You got the expression of "surprise" of the bird! The mouette was about 1.5 meter from me when I took the photo! He was rather surprised and curious than frightened!

Yesterday I started to draw the sabots with ink, but was nos satisfied. Then I continued with pencil. Later on, I did another in pencil, before going to bed!

mh, both are very good; at the first drawing I would also use brush and ink to dilute the shades

thank you for the nice comment

Wow tat was some lovely piece of photography from An and not not to mention the sketches and painting..and Lory the rendering was insane...Raidor ..man i liked the style of the work...the long lines and the directional lines gives it a sense of nice rhythm...
plz chk out mine..the guitarist...hopes to improve by time...hmm

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many thanks for your words

your work is wonderful, full with spiritual rhythmus

Oh, another powerful interpretation of the guitarist! Very sensitive, and deep. You three have each a different way to draw, but all the three portraits are admirable.
Definitely the guitarist has your favour!
Thank you, Jaisan!

That's great! I have been working on this one too... we'll see how it turns out.

Great, Chris! Can't wait to see your sabots!
I'm trying to improve mines!

Thanx Raider and An..
Jst tried a quick one of the birdie...dont remem whn i drew a bird b4..heeh...think i missed out on the shape and shading as always...softness plz giv som crits and tips..
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Very good sketch, Jaisan!
Happy birdie, yes ?
Have you some time for the sabots ?
Thank,
An

awesome, great job

Thnx An and Raidor..
Did fast sketches of the remaining photos...the impatience and bad understanding of light and shade is evident i guess..hmm..i need to observe more..
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WOW - all images are so awesome, the sabots are excellent , congratulation

Oh la, Jaisan! Thank you! All the drawings are lovely! Even in the miniature forms, they are enchanting! You are a master of drawing.

Here is the boat! Very scholar drawing. May be I should add some colour!

Thn An and Raidor..
Nice one An..nice strokes...

They are all great! I just love the swan because it is what it is... a swan, that's it! It is beautiful!

less was definitely more on that one

Well...... there's not much I have to say about this one. I love the photo subject but as for my rendition of it, I have another word. LOL

I wanted to try this one so bad but this week with two sick kids, one strep throat and horrible asthma and the other with a fever for 3 days and a nasty cough. I was able to get a little time at night well.. it's now almost 1:00am in NJ. I threw in the towel.


I think that about covers my feelings on it. Sorry NVA this was a fun one though, I love all of your photos.

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I hate the basket and the cobble stones or whatever I made them look like.

Good night all!

Dear CHRISMH,
What to say ? First, all my wishes to your kids. That they will quickly recover their health. I imagine you are very tired now. And I admire your work! What a beautiful artwork! How many hours have you spent on it ? I'm happy because you must really like the photo to draw it so lovely! Look at the volume of the sabots. Anh the absolute beauty of the wheel! I can't never do that. The form, the lines, the lighting, all are perfect!
Thank you, Chris ! Give us news about your kids.

amazing , great job

wow - awesome, amazing job of the wheel, great

wish all the best to your kids

Thnx Chrismh...

Tat was a pretty heavy pic(3.2mb)...but i must say it was worth waiting for that to load coz that is a nice piece of work...it had that 3dimentional feel in it..and u got that design in the wheel correct..mayb the tile culd have been little more bigger as in the image..but good piece of work..

Should I show this one after having seen CHRIS's work ?
Well, I post the photo anyway. Quite different, lazy, emphasis on the" sabots only. Not so well done as Chris's. But, to participate to the challenge...
An