Hi all,
Here are instructions for this weekend Challenge:
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:

1.- This is a DRAWING challenge. Therefore please confine your artistic endeavours to some form of drawing: graphite, coloured pencil, pen and ink or charcoal.

2.- 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.

3.- If you would like assistance or advice, please ask for it and I will be more than willing to try to guide you.

4.- This challenge will last for one week. At that time, all challenge drawings should be submitted to this thread.

I have offered 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.
Here are photographs, enjoy

Beautiful Inspiration for a lot of nice drawings .. Can hardly wait to see the renditions.. I'll try and get a few started soon..
Happy Easter Ya'll..

Beautiful photos! Soon send my contribution.

Happy Easter!

I tried this cat, who is sunning himself, with soft pastels. I'm just trying them out and would love to improve with them. I find it very difficult to get small details with them. I think I'll have to invest in some pastel pencils.

Great draw Norma !!!! The eyes are especially mystifying ..

Hi all

Thank you for your comment about photos.

Mumwoond, I like as you depict attitude of the cat.

I am sorry, but I am confusing. today I saw this Topic and I saw a post about shelter and chinese pictures, now this post is missing, someone can say me what happened with this post.

Rafael

hi Rafael
I also saw the shelter as a Chinese type drawing. Funny it's gone now.

Here's another attempt at soft pastels. It's on Sennelier and measures about 6 x 9".

That's very good mumwond! I still can't get the hang of pastels! Here's my attempt at the heron! Sadly, I have not had too much time this week.

thank you for the pictures! this is my entry for the week..nice watercolor Steve,, cute kitty Norma..

Mumwond, I love your cat! Very nice!

Bravo! Very good watercolour!

Bravo! Very good watercolour! I like the way you've interpreted the background!

Hi all

mumwond, great color in this one.

steve, beautiful interpretation of the heron, excelent watercolor work

katdyd, nice drawing
Rafael

Thanks a lot to the host for the lovely photos.
I feel sorry that I don't have time enough and have to confine to very quick sketches. Here's one of the heron(is it a heron). Pen, ecoline and water.

Sveta, all your artwork are amazing! Your such an inspiration. I really wish I could be good like you.

Sveta17, beautiful ink work

Rafael

Sveta,
I really like this work - I think pen and ink with ink washes are great!
Would you mind if I download this picture to use with my drawing classes? I always try to keep good examples to show proper technique.
Barb

Hello everybody,

This is my version of the tree. 2 hours with HB and 3b pencils.

Greetings

Hi, great drawings and paintings everybody!!
I am very short of time lately, so I haven't participated much, but yesterday night I managed to draw a very quick sketch of the hut.
Best regards.
Claudio

2B pencil. 15 minutes. Sorry it's had to be rushed!

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Decided to do a very loose sketch using a Faber Castell "B" ink pen, no under-drawing, so the strokes had to be quick. Added a little watercolor but paper was lightweight, so it wrinkled 5 minutes, 9x12.

I absolutely love this sketch! So much information in so few lines! The touch of colour makes it! Wonderfull!

Fantastic quick sketch!

There is a long way from the photo to the rather abstract composition. Yes, yes, I agree! I love running in the week end!

Here's a small sketch with watercolor and watercolour pencils of the cat, had to wind up the tail a bit...

That's great! I love it.

Yes, I love this watercolor! The cat wanted to tell me something! What did he say ?

New paper, new technique!
I tried the heron in charcoal, using a paper that I have just bought: Canson charcoal. Very different from the cheap manila paper I used to use. In the new one, the charcoal "runs" better and it is very different to smudge.
I also tried to make the heron come out of the blue by erasing the smudged charcoal. It lacks volume, but I am happy for being my first try
Claudio

I guess this cat quotes Mark Twain: “If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.”

Hi, great drawings everybody!

turrialba, I like your very detailed work.

claudio pousa, great work in your quick sketch of hut. and your amazing charcoal drawing of heron.

steve, your drawing captured the texture of tree.

marisa, beautiful quick sketch.

NVA, interesting interpretation of tree.

sveta17, the cat is full of life.

thank you

Rafael