Hello all



Happy new year i hope u all enjoyed the Hoildays and that you all will have a good new year



My name is Nicole and i will be hosting the Drawing Challenge January 7 - 13 and i hope that u will enjoy it


please Use Colour would be nice to see them in colour



Use Ink, pencils, charcoal, pastels,



well can wait to see your drawings

and i got most of my photos from http://www.phototakeout.com

Thanks for posting Nicole, they're great images to choose from. Now just deciding....

Your welcome

These are very nice pictures nicole .. I love the range of choices ...I cant wait to get started.

Thank you Nicole... very varied and nice selection of pics.

I'm going to be a little busy this week but I'll do my best to attempt at least one of them.... now if only my colours arrived!!

Great Pics, Nicole. Tough to decide which one to pick first.


I decided on the penguins - but the picture is way too small to see when you click to enlarge. When it is enlarged it is not much bigger than the thumbnail.

Could you post again but a bigger picture?

Here's a sketch of Nicole. My angle is off but probably because I was sitting at the dining room table drawing instead of at my drafting table. The photo was a bit blurry so I had to 'wing it' a little.

Of course trying to get a decent scan seems impossible and a digital camera impossible in artificial light. Sigh. I'll get a better image tomorrow.

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very nice portrait Jeanette ... I think it looks like her alot .

great pics nicole. i love them all. great portrait jeanette. as always you do fantastic work.
Lori

I don't know about you guys and gals, but if I had 1/10th of the talent that Jeanette has in her little finger, and I could sketch out something that actually looked like the subject at hand, I would think I died and went to heaven.

i love the drawing IslanderNL Sorry that the photo is blurry i used an webcam to take that pic

i could put up an diffrent Picture of me if u need it just let me know

i had to delete the penguins as i couldnt get the photo bigger for you sorry but i put up a another pic of an bird for you hope thats ok



well guys im going to london today so i will not be around just for today hope all is ok take care X

Hi Nicole, YOu gave us great choices, I think I will tackle the fruit

Here;s my little contribution to this challenge... I wish I could have done the flower center better but I just couldn't figure out what to do.

I don't know whether I'll have time to do more. But then if my Prismas come I might very well tackle something else.

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I'd like to give the castle a shot, but that reference image is really tiny

Here is my ten minute sketch of Nicole. I used a brown ochre derwent drawing pencil. I also did this by trying to just shade it in, no lines. I still have to work on getting my drawing to look like my person. Practice, practice, practice. [attachmentid=1693]

Alright, here is my spent way-y more time drawing. I over worked the right (viewers) eye, so it's a little smudged where I tried to work it some more. Let me know what you think, does it look like our host?
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You've done a lovely job on the flower Rose. With an object like that you can either go totally into fine detail or just do a loose impression of it. The image doesn't have a high enough resolution to do really fine detail so you made the right choice here.

Paulette, I think you've got a likeness there. The wonderful thing is that you have recognized areas that needed adjusting and did so. That really is a good thing. Take your time, measure, measure, measure, practice, practice practice.

I love the sepia tones of derwent drawing pencils don't you? And they work especially well for this image. I was thinking of redoing mine one in this too.

wow rose great job. i love it. paulette you have done a great job with the portrait. i was thinking of doing that one too. the picture is blurry though but you did great with it.
Lori

Jeanette and Lori,
Thank you. This was my first time using the derwent pencil. It was very nice to work with. Yes, the picture seems to call for it on its own. I would love to see yours done in sepia. When your doing a picture free hand (no grids) how do you go about using your measurements on the paper? Do you use a ruler or just your fingers?
Paulette

Here is my drawing for your challenge. I used pastel pencils.

If I get time this week, I'll have another go in the derwents. I do love those pencils a lot. They're so smooth.

When I draw freehand I just eyeball my measurements and proportions. I do pencil measurements, making sure major points line up where they should in comparison to the reference or live model. It comes with time and practice (yeah I know you've heard that word before ) and I don't always get it right. The drawing I did of Nicole is off on an angle as I wasn't at my usual drawing place so had a distorted view plane.

Nellie, love the flower drawing. The paper choice is brilliant. Well done.

you all are doing very good drawings well done keep up the good work

sorry that i havent been around im exstreamly unwell but i aint forgot about u all take care for now and looking forward to seeing all of your drawings

Nellie, What a terrific drawing!

[quote]Thats the only paper I use for pastel. It works very well for me. Thanks for the comment.



[quote]Thanks for the comment. I think I have to do the fruty loop bird, but in another brand. I loved the flower.

Rose lovely job on the flower .. I want to try that one but flowers are hard to do for me ..
Paulette nice portrait od UK ...and going from a blurry photo at that .
Nellie ... outstanding on the flower .. love the colors and the bee looks very real .. nice job .

Nellie, that is absolutly gorgeous..... Everyone is doing great. I just haven't had time yet, this week. Grandkids and great grandma, don't ya know...

Well I keep saying I will take a break but I love this place too much and would miss you all .... and still waiting for my knee surgery so untill then..... I work all day and draw all night....

Nicole.... love your choice of Photo's I decided to try this and spent one and a half hours on it....I am a bit shy about posting it because I have never tried colour pencil on realizm only cartoon's ... and my pencils are not that great quality ....so here is my 90 minute flop.

I admire everyone's work , Brian.

Brian, that was really brave of you to post your first color. I'm not that brave.. You did a great job too... I love the toucan...

not a flop at all brian ....what will you do with all that extra time on your hands after surgery ? lol
here are some of what i have been working on .. we got a scanner from my brother so my drawing look a bit different .

Very good Kim i love the drawings that u have done



and brain love the colour drawing that u have done its very good for a 1st time

nellie-- fantastic job, i love pastels, that bee does look real.
kim-- wow as usual you do wonderful work. love it.
brian-- love it-- great job. cant wait to see more.
Lori

Wow Kim! That's fantastic! - you have such a way with colour!

Nellie - I love your flower too!.

Brian... we must have been attempting the toucan at the same time!

I'm still plodding away with my kids' colours and I guess using a medium grain paper was not such a great idea either!

Anyway.. here it is:

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[quote]Thanks Kimi. I like to draw with pastels and I love color. So this was good for a change.


[quote]Thanks Cyn for the comment. Goodluck with visitors.




[quote]Thanks Lori. I realy enjoyed that.




[quote]Thanks Frafallina.



Very good on the frootyloop bird. I love that name.

Thanks....Cyn....Kim...and Lori for your kind words....you are all an inspiration.... Kim your sketches are awsome! I kind of thought my bird is a flop I am really not used to color pencils...and have mostly been drawing cartoon's lately so time for me to learn realizm again ...

Farfallina...yours is a beauty! I love it.

Thanks Nicole....at last some one has called me Brain instead of Brian.... I mean other then my Brothers...lol...

Nellie....I think your sketch is a beauty! I love the color. You are very talented.

Have a great day everyone, Brian.

Your welcome Brian

Thank you Brain, that is very kind.

Wow!!!! Everyone is doing a fantastic job!!! I just today had a chance to finally catch up on everything. I am feeling a whole lot better now that I have been on antibiotics since monday. Strep throat really blows. So glad it is almost over!!!

Nicole...great choice of pictures!!! I can't wait to start on a few of them. Now that I am feeling well enough to get my sorry butt out of bed...

Rose I love the bird .. I think I will try that one .. the colors are awsome .
thank you everyone for your nice comments .
Venus I am glad you are feeling better .. I have not seen you online at night....lets chat soon .

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Here is my entry for the week. Jeanne

Everyone is doing such a nice job on this challenge!

Kim - That scanner makes your pics look much brighter than usual. Great job as usual with those colors.

Brian - that is better than I could do with colored pencils.

Nellie - I just love your flower in pastels. Awesome.

Rose - keep plodding away at those colors. hahahaha Good job though. Even with kids colors. hahaha

Jeanne - nice job on the toucan or frootyloop bird as Nellie calls it.


I haven't gotton one done yet. I'm working on it though.

Thanks Painter.

You did it again Nellie......Thanks Painter....but with your talent I am not sure if I believe that....lol I decided to try to go back and touch it up so here is my second try ....Oh and sorry to sneak this one in Nicole....I know not part of the challenge.... a revised sketch for Cyn.

Brian looking good .
my scanner does make it brighter and I dont think I like that so much i will have to play with the settings .

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Well, Hi everyone, I'm new and after watching so many challenges and everyone getting involved I decided to give it a try and I swear this is like my 5th drawing in my whole life and I think I did pretty good, he he, anyways just want to be part of the group and hopefully keep on learning with you guys!!!
Oh!! the drawing was done in pastels....

Thanks Painter48

Alyehs, you will always learn something new, and enjoy this bunch of people, they are great.

Alyehs...Welcome to Drawspace!! Its always nice to see new people. Everyone is great here and wonferful teachers to each other as well as Brenda's lessons, of course!! hahaha
Your tucan bird is wonderful. Great job for a 5th drawing. I have pastels that I have yet to play with. I am always trying something new but just not enough time in the day!!! Well hope to see you more often.

Tks. Nicole for the great pictures.
I picked the toucan, and did it my moleskin book.
It was done with ink and prismacolor pencil.5x8
Thanks for looking

Nice job on the frootyloop bird Alyeh and Chloe !

Very funny, BriGuy... I love the Bun Bag.. It's nice to have your own character.
I can hardly wait to see what I do next.
Nice Toucan. Very pretty. Everyone is doing great. I got the Toucan roughly sketched but haven't had a chance to finish it.. Maybe today or tomorrow. Sometimes when life happens, all you can do is hang on with both hands and try to enjoy the ride. Even when it's a bumpy ride.

Hello everyone! All of the drawings for this challenge are great! I have been working on mine for a couple of days and I see I selected the same as many other people did. The Toucan. I did mine in colored pencils. I probably could have done better with the background. I really enjoy these challenges and seeing the different interpretations of the reference images. Everyone does such a good job!

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