Hello! my name is Kat and I am inviting you to this weeks 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 3-5 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.

I do hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoy seeing the results of different interpretations

Happy Drawing!
Kat


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this is absolutly terrible but at least i tried. should have worked on it longer but didnt like it so gave up. charcoal on marker paper.

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Man and child. quick. maybe 10 minutes. The first try had crazy fingerprints in the charcoal. so I did a quick overlay with a nice clean sheet and put somethin under my hand.
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Conte I can't see anything terrible about your drawing Put it away for a while and then pick it up again if you feel like completing it. It is a wonderful rough sketch as it is. Charcoal comes hard to me and I do not know why but you handle it well. Thank you for the contribution

A very nice drawing Thank you Conte,they will be thrilled to see your take on the picture. Keep going!

Great photos, Katdyd !
Here is my first contribution.
Quick charcoal.
Best,
An

Thank you An for your charcoal drawing . The picture was an entertaing moment in time while I waited for the boat to come in. The mothers and fathers had the hardest time keeping the little ones from being swept away while learning to swim. Excellent for just a quick charcoal, you caught the moment perfectly
Kat

Really great photos Kat!
Thank you for hosting this week.

Hi Kat, I like your challenge photos and hope to do more than just this one. But for starters here is my take on the flower. I spent about 45 minutes with some watercolor pencils for this one. Thanks for looking.

Krysta

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I cant wait to see more if you do Krysta, that is lovely, and very striking, thank you for your contribution to the challenge. Your use of watercolors is awesome, the detail and depth is brought out excellently
Kat

wonderful pictures Katyd !

beautiful draws here , very good
.. here is my first attempt

regards

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Very good contributions, everybody! Beautiful colors, Krysta!
Here is my second sketch :

that`s great An

here the duck family

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Just starting again .... took a couple hors ... pencil light house

Just starting again .... took a couple hors ... pencil light house

horrible :[ i did it quick though so maybe thats why

I was excited to see your drawing Raidor I have had that picture for over a year and couldnt make it work for me in a drawing. It looks fantastic! thank you.
Kat

Thank you An. Fantastic ink drawing, I love it and they will too. I am glad you are enjoying the pictures I chose.
Kat

excellent pencil drawing of the lighthouse buff thank you for contributing to this weeks challenge and I hope to see more of your work soon
Kat

Thank you Sarah for your version of the lighthouse I enjoy seeing everyones interpretations of the pictures and yours is wonderful. It is good to see you joining in the challenge. Sometimes we are our worst critic,please dont be discouraged if you are not pleased with your drawing. remember..practice practice! and have fun
Kat

I love it! You have captured the moment fantastically . What medium did you use? I am not experienced enough to see what is used just by looking at the drawing. Im glad you have entered the challenge this week as I am seeing so many interesting and well done art from my fellow members. Thank you
Kat

That`s a wonderful draw len barnes


here is my attempt "Poppy"

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fantastic Raidor It was a special moment in my grandsons life, his first trip on the ice with his poppa. Thank you. You gave me a smile today
Kat

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what a beautiful hibiscus mmgalitz

here is my attempt quick in 10 min of them only in pencil

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lovely exercise and drawing.. thank you for sharing your talent and contribution. I wasnt sure what flower it was until now. Thank you. It was taken on a visit to a zoo.
Kat

I am always amazed when it is said a drawing like the one you completed took only 10 min Raidor. It is so well done, thank you for sharing it with us. Maybe someday I can draw as fast as you
Kat

your welcome len and thank you for taking the time to explain what you used and how
Kat

my lighthouse in pencil HB

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thank you for your lighthouse Raidor, it is so quiet and peaceful there and you brought that back to me. very nice!

wishing you luck on your auction len thank you for drawing for the challenge this week.

Hi, Kat. Beautiful photos! There are some that I'd like to try. For the moment, I sketched very quickly the light house in ink. I tried stippling (drawing by dots) to achieve the stuco texture in the house walls, but I'm not satisfied with this technique yet I don't like the results.
I have few time, so I didn't comment on everyone's drawing, but I saw many beautiful pieces. Congratulations everyone!
Claudio

wow, I love it Claudio, thank you, im glad you enjoy the pictures. I do not see anything at all wrong with it in the least. again, thank you for drawing for us
Kat

em... here's mine...
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it's not good...
i'm not good at hatching so, it turn out really horrible...
em... is there any tips? and advices from the senior for an improvement?
by the way, nice photo...

great job

wow - excellent

nice one

try it with the grid method
so you get an eye for detail
such as for different shadows, veins in leaves, trees and so on

.... and look to the Drawing Lessons here in DS = there are many many good advices

than you will see with more practice and practice and more practice you will step by step better and better I swear

thanks for the advice i will try it and keep practicing

very very nice !

Claudio.. Wow !!!

hi everyone; a drawing done this week; tree trunk with magpieClick to view attachment

As Raidor says there are lessons on the site that instruct in hatching that are very helpful thank you for contributing yummi and we hope to see more of your work..practice..practice
Kat

very nice thank you for sharing with us your drawing of the tree and magpie.

I do apologize for not contributing to the challenge I hosted. Another family emergency popped up this weekand I am about tapped out. I will have to take the liberty of drawing after the fact as I have been waiting for the challenge to draw the pictures. Again..thank you all!
Kat

Kat

a big Thanks for this fine Challenge
it was great fun
I hope the family is everything okay again


.. and Len : good luck for your auction

best regards

Raidor

thanks I'll keep practising

Hi, sorry for this last minute posting, but I wanted to try the racoon in a special technique called criss-cross hair (it is new for me). I woke up early today and draw the hair for more than one hour. Now I realize why people hate this little bastards

Thanks for hosting Kat, and congratulations to all postings, they are all very good.
Claudio

Quicky sketch of the boy on ice. GREAT pictures this week but not enough time to do anything. Would love to do the geese one. Anyways it is what it is as they say.

Wonderful drawings!
Don't forget we always love to see more drawings come in after the time is up.
The time limit is just so fresh pictures can go up, so there is always something inspiring to find and draw, no matter what your tastes are.

a wonderful end to a great week hosting the challenge Claudio and Nancy. wonderful drawings for you both.. Thank you for contributing your work and talent. It is always welcome
Kat