Hello everyone My name is Markita, some of you know me and some of you dont , I have been so busy with work I have had no spare time so please forgive me for being absent .
I am so excited to be host this week , I have looked through the other challenges and the other Host have done such a great job selecting images , I do hope the ones I have picked out will give you a wide range of choices .

Have fun, enjoy and I can not wait to see what you great artist come up with

Ohhh..I'm excited. I hope to finish this one on time. I really like how you posted the pics in color as well as black and white. Hmmmmm, which one shall I choose?

Fabulous images Markita! Thank you, you've given everyone lots to choose from. I don't know if I'll have time to join in this week, but I'll sure try.

A very nice selection Markita. I think you have included somethng for all levels of skill and taste.

I too am spoiled for choice. Thank you.

Yeyyy. This will be the first drawing challenge I will join. Wish me luck.

Nice pics anyway. I guess this week will be a very busy week.

Here's my first attempt.

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Great pics, Markita. We have missed you.

Rose, excellent. You sure didn't waste any thime did you? Great glass...

I'm still at my cousins so I had better head home so I can start drawing.

Hiyas, good luck. This is so much fun. Glad your joining in.

I really love the choices Markia .....the man with the beard looks so .. I am not sure what it is but he has a face i think I may give a try .. chanellenging glasses .. they are hard to do .
Rose your glass spilled over is awsome .. I think that would be so very hard to do .

Great pictures Markita! Nice variation of things to choose from. It will be hard to pick but I'm sure I'll do at least one of them!!! Thanks.

Hey Markita...Long time no see!!! Great pictures. I decided I wanted to try and do the Anime figurine. It was a great pic for practicing the figure and faces. I did it on 8 by 11.5 canson drawing paper and colored pencils. I have been working on the picture since I got home from the waterpark/hotel today. Anyways heres my crack at the Draw Challenge!!!

Ok I am back from our weekend getaway. We took the kids to a hotel/waterpark here in Michigan and it really wasn't the best trip. (Too many rude people and too crowded for my taste.) Anyways I saw the pictures Markita posted (great pics by the way) and did the figurine of the girl anime doll. I didn't do it exactly the same way it was I did it my own way. Well my own colors anyways. It is done on canson sketch paper and in colored pencils.

Awsome job venus ... I love the pose of that girl .

I love the girl sucking her thumb .. or at least it looks like she is sucking her thumb .. very cute .

Here is mine .

Great anime Venus.. And Kim, that child is beautiful...
Well, here's my first ever anime..

Came out very good. Beautiful





Very good Venus. ? Like the colors.




I like your anime. No need to blush.

You guys are doing a great job , I love the glasses Rose and Nellie
Venus and Cyn the anime is beautiful
Kim job well done on the child .
I was scared my range would not be good but I think you are all doing a great job .

I love the posts so far.

Please forgive another post of digital work, but it's one of my main media, and the image lended itself so well that I had to do the anime in the computer.

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Good job on the glass Rose! You've captured it well.

Great anime figure Venus. Don't be afraid to bump up those colour values. Animes are usually quite vivid.

Fantastic drawing Kim. Its beautiful.

Wow Cyn, excellent drawing. Looks like you've been drawing anime for ages!

Very professional job Jezz, It looks wonderful. She has quite the...errr...chest...lol Anime must have been invented by a man

wow awesome everyone, great job and so quickly. i hope i can join in this one too. i forgot it was one week now. so i hope to join in. great job.
Lori

My attempt. I liked the Fly? It can sting?

Ha Ha Ha You are soo funny, Jeanette. But I am sure you are right...

Lovely work everyone!

I really enjoyed doing the horse despite my poor tools. I think the paper was a little too smooth for coloured pencils.. and we know all about my pencils that keep losing their points~ Still, this was really great fun and that's the whole point.

My granddaughter loved it though I'm afraid it does lose a bit in the scan. It looks really 3D in real life.


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Cyn ....I love the anime chick ... you did a great job .
Nellie the glass and the BEE is very nice ..
Jazz..your anime is so bright with color what did you use .. ? very nice .
Rose ....I thought of doing that one its a very cool horse .. you did such a good job I thought it was the picture lol

Sorry all I did'nt do the glass, I commented Rose where the quote area is, so Rose's picture is in my space.

Hi everyone ....I sure admire all your drawings...And like your pictures Markita....I thought I would try this one I started at work on my lunch break.

I tried the little girl in Conte crayon. It's the first time I tried a portrait with them. It's not an exact likeness by any means, but practice makes perfect.

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That is amazing! You truly are phenomenal and I love all your work I have seen here.

Tismyself...I think it is almost an exact likeness to the little girl in the photo and you did an outstanding job!!! Great work.

great job everyone. i like what everyone has done. here is mine so far. comments and critiques welcomed.
Lori

Tismyself, you are very good, this is a very good portrait of the little girl.

Lori excellent job. Excellent

Finally this week i had time to participate.
I love portrait.
So here it is the little girl's one.

thanks nellie-
wow i love all the portraits this week. great job
brian awesome on the bee.
Lori

Lori...your bee is fantastic...so real and life like...unlike mine I think looks like he is on his last leg... I also like the one Nellie did.

Tismyself.... I wish I had a fraction of your talent, I think your work is remarkable.

Nair...love your portrait.

Thanks Brian

Rose your glass and horse are great. All of the Anime drawings by Cyn, Venus and Jazzmanian (I wish I knew how to do digital art) are wonderful. Kim your girl is awesome! Brian, Nellie and Racedolls your bees are great. I think I will try the bee next if I have time. Tismyself your portrait is wonderful and Nair yours is great too!

I also did the portrait of the girl. I don't feel like it was completely freehand since I used a grid and transfer method. So here it is.

Lori

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Does anyone know how to control felt tip pens? Or if there's a lesson on the site regarding them? Correcting mistakes by adding more ink doesn't work very well.

Thanks for the wonderful image choice, Markita.

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I need to get busy .. I am working on the man ....but I should try the little girl ..looks like a school picture ..how cute, you have all done a nice job...now I cant wait to get started on it .

Twincedar....I think your portrait is adorable....I really admire your work. I am not that brave...my portraits still come out looking like a cartoon character.

Wintermind....like your sketch.....I have worked a little with ink and I am still greatly in the learning stages.... but I find a big difference on control with the type of tip I use and how hard I press...Hmmmm wonder if I can find some ink erasers I would be a big customer.

Thanks Brian! I appreciate it!

Everyone has been doing so great! I am really outside my comfort zone this time - with both colored pencils and an anime, but here it is anyway.

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Cheers....Maire

Maire...WOW!!! For going outside of your comfort zone you did an excellent job!!! I thought it was the original picture Markita posted for the challenge and it looks just like the figurine not just like an anime cartoon like mine does!!! Wonderful work, you are a great artist and never fail to amaze me.

my first try: the little girl. Please comment and tell me what's wrong with this. I would really appreciate that. thanks.

I guess I made her nose a little too small.

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Very good Brain

Oh my! my! Everyone's work is awesome!! I am most impressed!

Thanks Nellie.......from Brain.

Rose talk about awesome....I think your drawings have been superb...what a display of talent.

Hiyas, I think your portrait of the little girl is very good. Keep up the great work.

Hi,
Last night wile watching American Idol I decided to try another of the challenge pictures. I chose the hornet or the bee. In all the years I have been drawing I don't believe I have ever tried an insect so this is definitely out of my comfort zone. But I guess that is what these challenges are about, getting out of our comfort zones and testing our drawing skills. Drawn freehand with #2 pencil. Must say it is not the best work I have ever done but was interesting.

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Marie your drawing of the anime girls was perfect .
Hiyas the little girl is very cute you captured her look well . Twincedars .. I love the bee .. I was going to attempt it but decided on the man and used him for my portrait class also . after asking that it was ok of course .

Thanks Kim! Your portrait is great! I still have a lot of trouble with portraits completely freehand and need to use a grid to get them right. Oh well, maybe with practice I'll be able to do as well.

kim again wow. love it
hiyas--you did great with that portrait
twincedear-you did wonderful with the bee.
kim i think i might try that portrait too. i dont think i could do what you have done though. awesome
Lori

Mixed media. Color Pencils, Graphite, and Markers on Stonehenge paper.
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Graphite on cheap sketchpaper.

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