QUOTE (Sveta17 @ Mar 23 2009, 05:55 AM)

That is gorgeous! Bravo!

I agree How exciting to get up and see all the latest drawings.. !!

Raidor.. How beautiful ..One hour is very impressive..Hands have always been my downfall..I should take some lessons from you !!

Garyfallia..So glad to see the lantern done.. It has been through a lot of use over the years .. I keep it around on stormy days like this.. Electricity easily goes out.. Thanks for sharing your draw.

Stationary cloud ... How fun .. I am thinking that the Lantern is a birdhouse ? I am a bit confused as to what the other drawing on the page is .. Please, please,tell us.. Maybe I am just missing it all together ? Imagination is wonderful !!

Elena.. I see you finally got that Vooddoo Hat done.. That's it!! you did it !! I think your Challenge went over and above the Call of Duty .. If you are like me ..I hate letting something try and push me down.. I haven't looked at your First Challenge Host yet .. I bet from a while back it was hard to get this off the ground .. I think the Challenges are all exceptional and great learning tools.. !
Thanks Elena for all you do for us..

you guys are all doing so great..nice work from all of you..i have been soo feverish, i am so hot, my head is so stuffed up..but carol, i want to show you i am trying hun, i tried the hat, but the holes were making me crosseyed, i havent been able to shade this yet, but just want to show you that i am still trying to participate.i may try to give it some shade today, but right now, i only want to go back to bed. my husband stayed home from work today to take care of me..wasnt that sweet?

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Kay ... My goodness you are one dedicated soul !! I just want to hug you.. but I'll wait til the fever is gone ..
The lantern can wait on the shading .. You are exceptional even when you are burning up with fever..should have put a bottle of Tylenol in the mix for you to draw..
You need to get some rest and all the TLC from Hubby he has to give..after all didn't you say he was the culprit ,,right ?
When your eyes get uncrossed and you are feeling better you can come back and toss in that hat..
Meantime take advantage of the pampering !!
Take Care my Friend..

Elena I was thinking that you were sending me a bomb for your first Challenge .. OMG.. That was just as amazing .. Great subject matter makes all the difference or you are just one Sweet Gal and we all love your Talent and never ending Ideas !!!
You are Amazing !!

Duke in ink

sketched with pencil, draw in ink , ca. 2,5 hours

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uups, Carol , many thanks, but, if someone need a lesson .. than I from you in drawing in aquarell





Kay, that`s bad news , wish you all the best ...I'm sick since a week = flu with fever, will hope that I can go to work on wednesday

Ole Duke never looked so good.. Great Pencil and pen !!!!! Black animal fur is so hard to do.. You caught the shading just right !! Love it !!

many thanks, Carol . vielen Dank

stationary... o sorry about that, my name's Ed. and yes, that oil lantern is a birdhouse, though only roast chicken live there, anyway let me tell you about the drawing,you know i was really drunk so that's probably why it's hard to tell what's there, also my hands were kind of wobbly, so the picture didn't came out that fine. Anyway...

"I was feeling really depressed
'cause a cloud kept following
me everywhere I went, day & night,
so i started drinking 'till my body
was filled to the brim with whiskey,
and my head was as light as hay,
and i felt like smoking but
couldn't reach for the lighter,
cause my hands weren't responding
wasn't even sure if i had hands,
and for some reason a raven
kept calling me stupid!"

... and everything was dark except for the space illuminated by the oil lantern, and um... well that's all i can remember.

Thanks Ed for clearing this up for us.. A tad deep for me ,but I think I see where it all began ?..
thanks for sharing ..

sketched with pencil, draw with colored Pencil and ink, A4, ca 2 hours

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Wow Raidor... I love this one !! even got the rusty spots !! I need to try my hand at doing this one too.. Looked a bit difficult and I was the one who posted it.. Ha !

Thank you Carol
.. difficult was the engraving on glass and the stamp right next to the filler = not clearly visible on the photo

Kay, whatever did you mean when you posted this? You don't do either. I will not allow you to put yourself down for any reason. I consider us friends, and I don't usually pick people who suck or blow as friends. I seriously hope you were kidding.
Trish

Hi Raidor,
Great job on the stirrup. Would you consider giving us some step by step instructions on a pen and Ink project? That is a technique I am trying to learn. Please give it some thought and let us know.
Thanks,
Trish

very well done

Thanks for the compliment Trish
a step by step instructions I can try , the main problem is the language (my English is very bad, so I use the GoogleTranslator)
I have many pictures of "Simplicissimus" viewed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplicissimus and http://erbe.fluchttraum.de/galleries/pendrawings/ ) and copied - I have "draw in pen and ink" not really learned, I initially tried to the essentials to express and be seen, the little nuances that only unimportant appear necessarily to include the entire = this is the main
Of course one needs a steady hand and lots of patience = draw with ink is a lengthy procedure

We should go for a drink sometime...

WOW! It took me a minute to get it, but I finally did! HAHA! You are so bad!

sketched in pencil, draw in ink on A4, ca. 1,5 hours

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this is my sketch for the lovely dog !!!

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I like your hat !! I didn't even try it because of the holes...

cute

Thank you , Danke sehr

sketch with pencil, colored with black, sepia, bistre and yellow ink on A4, ca. 2 hours

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Another good morning to see all the new drawings..
Raidor and Garyfallia.. Ol Duke is looking Good !!
Raidor and Elena.. Great hats .. Garyfallia .. perhaps if you gave it a try you would see that the holes are nothing more than holes filled with graphite on the light part of the hat.. look at maybe Elena's closer and you will see how she filled the space with the pattern on the hat with dark.. agree.. the placements would be time consuming but the effects are perfect..
Now whenever I wear that hat I will be thinking of my Drawspace Artists..
Raidor ..I love that you are trying different mediums with your renditions.. The wheel and the background .. yet another way to make it your own.
Hope I didn't leave anyone out !!

I'll try and gather them all up like Elena does with hers in a group when the Week is over..

I Wonder now too Trish .. why did you say that Kay ? I just sort of thought you were giving some Humor to an inside joke or something .. You know we all love you !! as for the Drink I'll buy you one too.. Hope you are feeling tons better with the Hubby 's TLC..

Thanks! He's a little warped cuz I did not spend a lot of time on him,
but I love drawing dogs....

I must also say, your work is very nice, that lamp is spot on!

- HG

many thanks Carol for the compliments , vielen Dank


really good and funny challenge !!!

I knew I'd mess up and leave someone out ..some Host I am huh ...
Warped is not what I'd say .. you captured my friends personality perfectly .. He's such a Happy dog and here you see he is smiling .. Big dogs like Duke always get the reputation for being a bit aggressive.. Ol Duke is a mixed breed and the Lab part of him is what comes out the most.. Now don't get me wrong he does have a protective side and wouldn't hesitate to protect what he feels is in danger..
Great draw Hunter Green..

Thanks!

-HG

Raidor, here are the links to Colored pencils class and Animals in colored pencils workshop both with our DS teacher Jeanette(IslanderNL)

Colored pencils is considered to be a difficult medium, but reading the information in these two threads you find esier to deal with CP.I myself participated in the animal workshop and found it very useful.

I sent this info by PM to Sarah, as i didn't want to bug Carol's challenge but it is better to be seen by many who may come to this page and are new to the site and to Colored pencils.

Thanks Elena .. you can visit here and bug all you want to.. The info in any of these threads are so helpful and is the whole idea form these Challenges .. We all need to learn .. Thanks Big Bunches !! Carol

Carol, this is a follow up of the gallery dialogue on the lamp in Cp by Raidor;
I reccomended more layers of Cp as to add depth and volume. And he was interested in more learning tips with this medium.

That`s great, many thanks Elena

my sketch of the lamp.
2b on 9x12 in. sketchbook.30 min.

Carol, am I missing something here? Who is Jeanne and where is her hat?

I am totally embarrassed now.. Elena the hat was your draw .. I don't know why I said Jeanne.. What a dork I am .. !! Sorry I will go back and change the name .. oops ..They told me this would happen with age.. I'm a believer now..

let's see if I can get this right ..Elena .. not Jeanne..
I love the lantern draw.. 30 minutes and you nailed it.. Would take me that long to just figure out all the ins and outs of the lines ..

Her's my version of your hat and your lovely Duke. I really love him - he's a real dog - I know lots of folk go for little toy dogs, but I don't feel I'm a small toy dog kind of person. Sometimes I've to take out one of my neighbour's Bichon and I feel daft with this small fur ball on the end of a lead.
I used coloured pencils on a Sennelier pad.

wow norma, those are very lovely and well done..
so much talent in the challenges, you have all done some really great drawings.

Here is my attempt at the lamp..

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Norma ,, thanks so much for your drawings.. Duke was a stray dog that showed up in my yard one Very Hot August day .. He had ticks all over him and was in such poor health .. I was even scared of him and shooed him away ,, he kept coming back to me .. finally I threw my hands up and said to that sweet face .. You're Mine.. Got him cleaned up de-ticked and to a vet .. He was given a clean bill of health and has been my constant companion ever since .. Now Norma I do have a small dog living in my home as well ....another rescue dog....he was abused and so skinny, My Taco Bell /Boston terrier.. Smart as a whip and the boss of Duke .. Duke loves that little rug rat and I am fortunate they both get along so well. I'll take a rescue dog over any Froo froo high dollar dog any day.. not to say they are any less loved or loyal..
Thanks for participating Norma.. I'm so thrilled I had some activity on my first rattle out of the box..
Hugs ..

Wow Kay .. is this the same one you started yesterday ? You really did a super fantastic finish.. ! I am especially thrilled you are finally feeling better.. That stuff is to be respected .. no fun at all.. One lucky lady to have such an attentive Hubby..Glad to see you up and runnin' again ~~

very very good

that`s very good

I gave myself a challenge with this lamp as I usually draw with a pencil in one hand and an eraser in the other. This was done in INK and took me about an hour, but, as you'll see, I ran out of paper!

I hate when that happens !! And with Ink .. there's no turning back.. Very nice challenge for you .. I still haven't got the Lantern done .. Golly never enough hours in a day and Days in a week..

My drawing for Challenge..

you guys are all doing excellent work, norma that was brave to do in ink..well done, and it is good to see you here in challenge thorald with your excellent drawing as well.

thorald .. so glad you posted it to this thread.. Extra nice to have you here on the Challenges !! hope to see more of your drawings here and the ones to precede..you certainly add some inspiration to us all.. .. So much talent ( gifts) to be seen..
Thanks again thorald !!