Hi all,
Here are instructions for this weekend 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:

1.- This is a DRAWING challenge. Therefore please confine your artistic endeavours to some form of drawing: graphite, coloured pencil, pen and ink or charcoal.

2.- 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.

3.- If you would like assistance or advice, please ask for it and I will be more than willing to try to guide you.

4.- This challenge will last for one week. At that time, all challenge drawings should be submitted to this thread.

I have offered 4 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.
Here are photographs, enjoy

Rafael

Great photos to choose from, thank you!

I love drawing or attempting to draw reflections ..it is very challenging for me but very rewarding when I do it .. so here is the first wine glass .. the size and shape are off ...but I tried using a ruler for certin areas and well as you can see it did not work well ..its too long .

Very tempting the parrot, Rafael.

Great reflections, Kim.

Great job Kim. But where's the wine? I would be tempted to add the wine to this one.

Fine drawing, Kim
!
(Bobby: champagne or white wine is not easy to draw, especially when one has just emptied the glass)

Like Elena. I wanted to try the parrot I used Prismacolours on cartridge paper.

Okay maybe I have now replied to the right thread .. I swear I must be having another Blond day .. Stop laughing .. !!
Hope someone can delete my sad attempt to post in the right place.. ??

I'm sure a moderator could take care of the misplaced post for you. If any of us laugh it's only because we've done the same thing before.
Your drawing is amazing, another winner. Did you use some sort of swirly manuever with a kneaded eraser on the stone ground & wall to add to the texture? Your technique to produce these impressive drawings still eludes me. You're truly a talented lady.

Beautiful parrot, Norma!

Thank you !!You have managed to help me shake the geeky post I made .. Whew .. glad someone has been there too..

I don't know sometimes how I do a lot of what I do when I draw., Mindy. I did do a lot of swirling with my pencils in the beginning .. as it kept building I used some kneaded eraser .. but also have an eraser called Magic Rub .. you know the kind .. on a white pencil and as you wear it down you pull this string and it unwraps more of the eraser .. At any rate I sort of went in there and dug it into some spots that needed to be lighter and the effect was what you see. some very unintentional and even some surprised me..

I like these dark drawings very much .. I will master a few light ones one day like Kim's glass.. I am all thumbs for now since I have never used colored pencils.. So that will be another Challenge ..
Thanks for you comments!

About deleting a post, it's very easy; after you enter a comment, image, etc. you have at the foot of your post four boxes with a plus sign: delete, edit, quote, reply. Just click on delete and there you are. No post showing.THis is possible for old posts too if you are logged in.

Great drawings so far, everyone.

Nope... I checked it out and it will let me delete my last post on it but it won't let me delete the original "New Topic" ..even if I was the one who started it.. I'm doomed !!
Tam said it would self destruct in thirty seconds .. Nope .. That didn't work either ..

If it has other members posts you can't delete it, but delete only what is yours, see what happens.

Nope the original New Post is still there..but my reply post is gone.. Oh well I tried..

How about removing image and text from that post?!

Thank, Rafael, for the beautiful photos.
Of course, I've chosen the simplest one, but I'm too busy these days. So sorry,
Best wishes to everybody,
An

Well I was going to do that very thing Elena.. But when I got there and saw how much fun Tam was having .. well I just didn't have the heart .. It's becoming a another Cafe!!

An ....you're braver than I am .. I don't do Flowers..( or postings) Nice Draw !!

I still want to do that glass like Kim did.. she'll get a good laugh too..
These are Tough .. !!

Este es el loro que come granos de oro.Just kidding, Rafael.



Oil pastels on Canson mi teints dark blue pad 8.5x11in; one hour, some fun; not too much as I am not satisfied with the head area, too small for the thick pastels when it comes to subtle definition.

Thank you for the challenge, Rafael.

outstanding work everyone,
kim, I like the reflection in your wine glass.
mumwond,great job in parrot
Texaslady-59, I like your work in texture is amazing
NVA, nice draw of flower
ElenaM, I like your colorfull drawing of parrot
thanks everyone for your kind comment about photos
Rafael

Hello everybody!

Thank you Rafael for your fotos and this new challenge.

I quite don't dare to show my drawing when I see how you all very good draw... Hem... But I still put it, in case of too heavy critics I'll simply delete it !

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Hello again!
Here the second drawing. But as I scanned it I noticed that a lot of details are wrong... and the foto is not the best: my paper is white!

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Well, I'll try to work on my foto technique too. Please C&C, to help a poor beginner!

meltingpot, I like your interpretation of flower, and cannon.
this challenge is for practice and this is not a place too heavy critics.
in your second drawing, I only say that you need pay more attention to perspective.

Rafael

I thought this flower looked quite easy, but once I started, it was more complicated than I thought. I used coloured pencils on cartridge paper.

Thank you Rafael for encouraging me! I'm afraid perspective is one of the keys to realize good drawings. I had drawn help lines, but I suppose they were simply wrong... And I worked so long on it (when I read how long the people here need to draw, I'm always speechless)...
I have to try it again.

hello everyone

Nice challenge Rafael, very nice photos.

Lovely drawings everyone

I haven't beem much of a drawing person these last few weeks, but I gave a quick try at the glass. I know it could have more darks, but as I said it was a quick one

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I tried the cannon with graphites (hb, 3B and 6B) on an odd piece of watercolour paper.

I love this one !! the watercolor paper certainly gave it a lot of definitions !! nice choice!
This challenge was just that .. I tried the wine glasses and made such a mess..I really need to practice on shape !!..

Super glass!!

Hi All,

seasons greetings,

I admire the drawings very much this week from the participants,

Just a quick drawing I tried this morning, thanks for the challenge Rafael, great to see you hosting again.

Brian.

a very inspired parrot, Brian.Great!

Not much time but had to do part of the macaw and her sunflower seeds.

mumwond, nice flower and cannon, I like your drawing of cannon.

Kaly, good sketch.

Brian, great work in parrot.

Nancy B, great work in your drawing of macaw

Rafael