Hi, my name is Paul and I am your host for this week !
I hope I have choosen at least one photo that you will be interested in and willing to attempt.
Above all I hope you have fun and enjoy working from them.

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.


Bronze figure of ' Leonidas '

Street musicians.

Necklace's.

Urban fox.

Boats on the river Hamble.

A tulip.

Paul, I really liked your pics but my attempts were very quick and clumsy so i will post them the way they are.

a pentalic graphite fox

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and a sepia, charcoal leonidas

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15 minutes each on Strathmore sketch pad 9x12 in.

Thank you for the challenge.

Hi Elena, that was fast. Two great drawings. Love the fox.

Thank you for the interesting pictures.

Another 'instant' fox for a start. With markers.

Lovely fox Sveta17 you have used some great colours and the subtle bit of shading on the floor really grounds him.
Well done.

well, I liked the Leonidas, but my imagination kept "roman", haha (i know, i know, he was greek,
but that's just not punny...heh heh)

Please forgive me, I took the artistic license, and i know, his anatomy is
grossly disproportionate. I am still and forever practicing....
If this is too far a stretch, let me know and I'll unpost..

with humble apologies

- HG

No problem, It inspired you to do this drawing so it did what it was supposed to do.
Great drawing.

Thanks Paul444!

-HG

Here is my contribution to this week's challenge. This was a very very quick drawing of the musicians. I just colored in with water colors and then erased the pencil marks. It gave it a different effect. I wanted to share.

Very artistic rendition. I have given this one a shot as well..i had to squish them a bit to get them all on the paper but here they are..

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Following the steps of Peribocegi and OliverandJAZZ
Pen, no eraser!

Wow An!..that is awesome and you know what..i started doing mine in ink too..lol..but i got it alll screwed up..switched to the safe lil pencil..and you got yours in all together as they should be..i had to squish mine in there.. great job

Hi Peribocegi,

A great interpritation of the musicians. You have used some bright and cheerful colours. Well done.

Oliverandjazz

A great drawing well done.
They don't look squashed at all, just cosy.

NVA

A lovely pen drawing, and a good challenge, every mark you make stays in the picture, no erasing.

Well done.

Thanks to Paul444! The tulipe is a good subject for pastel. Quick draw. I should give more care to the lines, using pastel pencils !

An your floral pastels are always the most beautiful..unbelievable how good you are with those..and this tulip is simple stunning

I can't do as well as An, but I chose the tulip too - in black and white though. I couldn't resist all those flowing lines and gorgeous shadows. I haven't had time to do it justice - want to really get the shading right - so this is more a work in progress. More to come!
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Thank you Paul, the original picture inspired me.

I started out using the Inktense pencils on the Musicians and didn't like the way it was going so I finished up with Watercolor.. The Same with the Boats ..

Wow!! those are great...fantastic work!

Thanks .. Was a lot of fun.. Have a Good Night !! Carol

An,

A fantastic pastel painting. The tulips look superb. I like the background colours you have used too.

NC Girl,

Looks like you have made a great start to the tulip. Looking forward to seeing it progress.

Carol,

Two excellent water colours and so fast. As well as your Indian series.
I'm in awe of your creative output.
I particularly like your street musicians, you have caught them very well.

I decided to have a go at leonidas.
I used soft pastels and added a few colours of my own.

paul that is really very very good..when i seen it in the gallery i thought it was the actual photo

I agree... I love the black background. Just makes a painting POP.. Great draw Paul !!! I love to go through everyone's drawings .. So many many wonderful renditions .. Each one with there own style and personalities .. Inspiration to us all.. I look forward to each Challenge ..One day I will have to give it a try and Host a challenge..

Kay, thank you , just a quick one, about a hour. As Carol said the black background really brings it out.

Carol, thanks, you are so right, its great to see everyones style of tackling each image. I'm sure you would enjoy hosting for the week.

Another bunch of musicians - not as good as all the beautiful ones above.
Still, thank you all for taking out my pen again.

Sveta, that is lovely, I just love the ink style you have used and it is every bit as nice as the others, I just love looking at the variations of the same picture..nice work

Sveta,
I think this is an excellent pen drawing and just as beautiful as the others in its own right.
You have a real tallent drawing with a pen.
Well done.

Some good pictures to choose from this week and some really nice works. I decided to try the fox but I added a bit more fur to him and I think a bit more size...

Paul i hope you dont mind..i just wanted to group em up..Elena has done that with her challenges and i like being able to see the artwork together

here are some foxes

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here is Leonidas, I am sorry it wouldnt let me add the large one...must be something to do with the format.

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here are some wonderful street musicians..such great renditions

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Nancy,
A lovely fox.
He looks much better with the extra fur...

Kay,

I don't mind at all, they all look brilliant together.

Thank you.

Finally finished the tulip. I'm not very happy with the completed piece, but goofing around more with it won't help either. Paul, thanks for the interesting pictures this week, they have generated a lot of participation!
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sveta, this is a really great drawing... i like your style very much..

I just HAD to draw those musicians

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Wow! Siks..that is just totally awesome..i just love the way you did that..such great style

That is truly amazing Siks! I agree with Kay, you have great style!

Hello! I was afraid I could not make it and finish my drawing on time, but here it is... after running a little!
Congratulations to all! The drawings in this challenge are all very beautiful!!

Cheers!

just wanted to see what i could do in a hour , i had a amazon in mind when i saw it Click to view attachment

So many people doing so nice works!
What an exciting week!
Thanks to Paul for the photos.
Thanks especially to Kay for the gallery-page.
I'm happy. Aren't you ?
An

VERY HAPPY An,,,,
Thanks also from me to you Paul.. Was a great week .. Loved all of the drawings/paintings, ideas and information and.... well... the all round " fellowship ".. ..

really nice work here..

A bit late my version of the musician.

Done on A4 paper with HB pencil.

Cheers,
Joel.

very nice rendition joel..i especially love the extras..very creative..I am adding it to the rest now..

NCGirl,

I don't know why your not happy with it, I think its a beautiful tulip.

Well done.

Siks,

Fantastic musicians , I really like your style of drawing.