Hello fellow Drawspace members! Our host for this week isn't feeling well, so I'll throw up some more pictures to work from. Hope you like my selection of photos.

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.


1. Puppy (I think a doberman?)
2. Profile view of father & son
3. Hudson River in New York (good for practicing values)
4. Montauk Point Lighthouse on Long Island, New York. Comissioned by President George Washington in 1792.
5. A mandrill at the Bronx Zoo.

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Thanks for the pictures, Mindy. Surprise, surprise - I'll be trying the puppy.

Mindy,
You are so special to host the challenge again this week. I know you have your hands full especially at this time of the year but I wanted you to know how much I appreciated it. I am going to have to make some time to do at least one of these. Thank you so much for hosting.
Trish

Thanks Mumwond and Trish, I don't mind hosting and it helps take my mind off the stress of everything else. However, after this week I think my supply of interesting photos is pretty much exhausted.

pfeh.. looks very difficult, But maybe i will try it ones...

Hi all

awesome pictures Mindy

here my qick attempt in coal on printer paper

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Nice one Raidor

what do you mean by coal a lump out of the coal shed ? or is this another method to use ?

Hi Slaine:)

I was just too lazy to write that it is drawn with different charcoal

got me then

Very nice pup, Raidor!

Lovely pics Mindy. I'm gonna try and get one done as well. Haven't been too productive lately!

Great set of pictures Mindy!
Thank you so much for stepping up for a second week of hosting.

Just a reminder that we need hosts to put up pictures every week.
If you are interested in hosting please sign up in this thread.
Everyone is welcome to try hosting, there are some guidelines on the thread for what is necessary.

Love the new look Santa Steve !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paulette, I don't mind at all, thanks for having me! I've been around here over a year now and never hosted a weekly challenge, so it's about time I pulled my own weight.

Steve, it's so nice to see you, hope your holiday season is going well. I love your avatar! Jolly ol' Steve.

I had a go at the pup. Various graphites on cartridge paper, measures about 8 x 8 ins.

amazing , great job you did

Aww so sweet! Nice job!

Very nice

Wow really cute

The puppy seems to be the popular one this week. This is a drawing I did a few months ago of the little guy.

I'm not very good at landcape drawings.

Hi, everybody!
This is my autoportrait,
Charcoal. Very quick.
NVA

That's a great sketch, An. You must have had a bad hair day..

There's something about this photo that I've always loved, father and son looking off into the distance...

wow ,,, Mindy.. please don't tell me you were extremely nervous and you did that on an itty bitty card.. The detail is amazing !!

Bad Hair Day ... Good-un

I love the looseness .. good draw An !

One more Day of work and I will be off for almost a week.. I really want to draw the Pup.. so when I get in a more relaxed mood I'll get a few of your References drawn.. I can hardly wait !!! Everyone is doing so well .. Wish I had some different papers to try out.. I will have to get some ordered soon.. The Gray paper with the white pencil sounds interesting..

Only if you consider 4x5" itty bitty (which it is). I'm not completely satisfied with the faces, but the reference picture doesn't show a lot of contrast, more of a silouette.

Can't wait to see your take on the puppy, Carol!

great drawings by all

i had to have a go at the dog

i well rushed it an its quite poop but here it is anyway

Awww nice quick sketch, Slain, you gave him such big sad eyes. Are you all ready for your turn to host tomorrow? Can't wait to see your choice of pictures, I have a whole 3 weeks off of school, tons of time to draw!

thanks Mindy:)

i did think i got him looking really sad lol

and <gulp> i have my pictures ready i hope you all like them there is a choice of six

why??? because im so nervous to keep you all happy

Thanks to Mindy for the beautiful photos and to all the participants for their lovely drawings. Here's my mandrille - I guess with that severe cold, ice and snow around, I was tempted by the green leaves around him. It is a drawing with ink pencils, not a watercolour.
Didn't have the patience to finish it, though.

wowzers beautiful job sveta17

Sveta, looks finished to me. Its amazing

Thank you so much!

I agree, it looks like it's finished, and absolutely beautiful! So many colors, so vivid. I know I've said this before Sveta, but you really have a special gift, a uniqueness you put into everything. Thank you for brightening up the day with your drawing.

My thanks to everyone who participated this past week. Here's a summary of all the drawings, and as you can see the puppy won best popularity.