Great starting sketch. Looks like you have everything in place. She is well recognisable already. Good luck proceeding. Can't wait to see the next stage.

Jacqui

Thanks Jacqui.

Thought I'd start with the trickiest part, the mouth. The teeth still aren't perfect, but I'll adjust it more in a later stage. This is about 2 hours work so far.

Very very nice Mindy .. !!!

Sue (bigs) told me about an artist named Claudia Nice.. she does watercolor and pen so life like .. I looked her up online and her Art is amazing !! Anyway she has several books out .. Sue recommended a few to me.. I ordered 3 of her books .. they should be coming in soon and I am so anxious to practice some of her techniques.. The pen part is what I am interested in .. coupled with watercolor I will be in heaven.. Look her up and I promise if you have never seen her work you will love it..
So brave of you to do pen without an outline .. There are few on Drawspace that do it that way as well... I will have to become addicted too.. Confidence in flowers would be nice .. Ha !

Yes Claudia Nice is great. I have seen her work. My local library has one of her books on doing animals in pen and watercolour. I have it on reserve just waiting to come back so I can work through it. Hopefully soon. There is a couple of others that I'd love to get when finances allow. Which ones have you ordered? I love watercolour too, so yes pen and watercolour together - heaven

Jacqui

FOR RENT
(reduced price for artists, contact: KIM 00 1 3691278)

Great feel to this, lovely. Had a chuckle over the For Rent message. I'd go for it.

Jacqui

I was working on another portrait but when I saw Bobby had posted a portrait I thought I would give it a try. I used the Derwant Drawing pencils for the sepia look but have overfiddled with it even taking up the paper in a few places. Anyways it is what it is a learning experience .

An ... do I have to sign a Lease ?

I bought Painting with Watercolor, Pen and Ink, Creating Textures in Pen and Ink With Watercolor, and PAinting Your Favorite Animals in Pen, Ink and Watercolor...
I bought all 3 on Ebay for less than 50 dollars , free shipping too,, Hopefully they will show up on my doorstep today .. I can hardly wait.

Nancy this is wicked Awesome !!! I have never tried a portrait in the Derwents.. The Sepia is wonderful.. !!

Hi everyone - this is the first time I have had the nerve to post a drawing. Hopefully they will get better with practice. I already see several places where I went wrong, but if I keep starting over, I will never get anything posted. This was done with charcoal, on newsprint.

Fantastic deal there. You'll have a ball with them I'm sure.

Jacqui

Nancy that is really good. Those pencils look great, good choice.

Jacqui

Well done. So glad you gave it a go and posted. Great to see other people's work. Keep at it.

Jacqui

Hello everyone, I'm new here.
I was browsing all your beautiful works and decided to give it a try.

Thanks a lot Carol and Jacqui, I do like using the pencils. I will welcome any constructive criticism as well.

Because I live the closest, I may need to check it out. We could have an Drawspace artist retreat. Ha!

Carol, Bobby: KIM has the key!
(you should organize there a workshop on portraiture in WC)

Hello Bobby,

Thank you for your photographs for the chalenge. Here is my drawing.
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I hope it showed up as a thumbnail becouse I coudn't find any instructions how to upload it that way.

My goal was colorpencil. I find it much harder than black pensil becouse the points are not so sharp as I would like them to be.
Then I didn't had mutch time this weak so that made it extra exciting iff I would make it or not.
Over here its 23.52 now so if I'm fast I did made it. Hooray.

Until the next time,
Kindest regards

Well, if it's a workshop in WC someone else would have to be the teacher. I did a self portrait in acrylic and I looked like a lobster. I'm sure I'd get the same results in WC.

I did some more work on the portrait, trying to take in the advice given. Hope it looks better now.

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I couldn't resist trying those daisies in pen. Took hours but was fun. I am really pleased with the result here.

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Thanks for looking

Jacqui

I really like your drawing. Great greens and foliage in the background. What a great little shack, has been a hit with everyone.

Jacqui

Wow !!!! I love it..the portrait looks much younger now .. nice job ,, I am blown out of the water with the daisies !!! You're my hero.. !!

Bobby you handsome devil you .. I really like your Avatar !!!

I'll sorta kinda help out on the Watercolors .. Maybe I'll just bring some tutorial videos instead .. Someone else can bring the Popcorn to snack on while we watch 'em..

Just wonderful to see new faces .. Bobby you are bringin' them in with the portrait..

'BluenoseBoy' Nice job .. These challenges are for us to get as much as we can from others and to offer a place for practice,, I am so glad you decided to jump in .. Good job .. !!

Welcome ,, Glad you browsed this way !!.. very nice drawing.. !!

Ahhhh shucks... thanks

Jacqui

Many thanks, Texaslady

Hi Jacqui,

It looks brighter on the computer screen than in real. I will draw it again but then from the bigger photographe I dicovered last night. Over there its a complete different shack, that really supprized me.
I also want to do the machine one day, it surprised me nobody choosed to draw that.

Creative regards and see you next time

I was waitin' for Bobby to draw it...

Very good, Jacqui. I, like them both. I should withdraw my so-called-daisies, hehe!!!

I too was waiting for Bobby drawing of the portrait !

Me too .. yeah what's up with that ..

WOW! I guess I'd better get busy. I will give it a try, even if it gets posted a little late, and then I will also tell you a little about this amazing, talented and beautiful young lady.

Take your time .. but just know we are all anxious.. !!! I'll stop yelling now..

Here is my attempt at Roseanna. Now I realize what a challenge the smile is. But, hey, this is called a challenge, right? She is the sister to my daughter-in-law. She is a very talented singer. If you are interested you can scearch (Rosanna Marcel myspace) and hear her sing.

Bobby you are the Portrait Master !!! How lovely.. or should I say Flawless.. When I grow up I want to be able to master the Pencils.. If she sings a beautifully as she looks then I can't blame you one little bit for being proud !! I will check out the website.. !!! Thanks Bobby for your Challenge week .. Great Fun !!

Wow is that how it is meant to be done. Wonderful.

Thanks for the challenge. Loved the photos.

Jacqui

Thank you so much!
That is wonderful, Bobby! (We merit this because we have suffered the whole week trying to draw her!) I'll go to her My space

Yes thank you Bobby. She is beautiful. I was very happy to see your post.

Bobby, last year you did a portrait for me of my two boys, and it inspired me to draw portraits more beautiful than I ever imagined I'd be able to. Thank you. This is my best efforts of present time, maybe a few hundred portraits down the road I'll be capable of what you do.

Keep in mind, no grid was used, so it's not perfect. I recognize the faults and always strive to do better next time.

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Mindy you've done a fantastic job on this. It is so great to see it finished. Lovely expression and great hair. Such subtle shading. You should be very proud of your efforts.

Thanks for posting.

Jacqui

Mindy.. that's an excellent portrait! Brilliant shading and you definitely got her expression. Great work

Mindy ,, you have such a soft touch .. very much like Bobby's portraits.. He should be very proud of you.. You paid close attention to the detail.. her teeth are are awesome and I think the eyes made the drawing so lifelike !!
You really should do more.. You have such an eye for Portraiture.. and no grid !!! excellent ..

As everyone else has said, you did an AWESOME JOB capturing her. And I am not sure you have far to go to be as good as I am. Her teeth, gums and smile was extremely challenging for me. I guess partly because I rushed the drawing.

Bobby

Thank you Jacqui, Monikam, Carol and Bobby. I plan to do many more portraits of my family & friends, although most of the photos I have are not ideal lighting. Still, maybe this next Christmas I'll actually have some framed portraits to give away. Thanks to everyone here for your support and kindness.

Mindy perhaps you could do one of Bobby..???

a masterpiece

wow, that is excellent