DRAWING CHALLENGE Day TWENTY FOUR (24)

Draw a piece of fruit.

DRAWING CHALLENGE Day TWENTY THREE (23) Camphor Ball

I went to my drawer, looked through all the things I have stashed along with my unmentionables, and I found this little wooden car ej gave me.
I thought, hey yeah!! I will draw that. Yeah right.. no I wont, I am not good enough, yet.. I did try, I had it half drawn, but it looked awful, so I erased it, and went back to the drawer for another search. I came up with this. I thought - famous last thoughts- How hard can this be? Well it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be, but here it is. A little Camphor-wood ball. They have the most delicious smell. (you can buy them here in the supermarket)

DRAWING CHALLENGE Day TWENTY THREE (23)

Go into your bedroom. Open your dressing table drawer on the left. Choose one thing and draw it.

DRAWING CHALLENGE Day TWENTY TWO (22) My Foot

Sketchbook. Graphite.

DRAWING CHALLENGE Day TWENTY TWO (22)

Draw your foot.. (shoes off) (socks off too) (naked foot)

DRAWING CHALLENGE Day TWENTY ONE (21) Apple

Sketchbook/Graphite.

I am done with this. I drew it twice hate both versions. Time I was in bed it is 1.31am..

DRAWING CHALLENGE Day TWENTY ONE (21)

Back to the kitchen.....

This time I will make it harder.

Walk into your kitchen. Turn around three times, (for luck) with your eyes shut. The first thing you see when you open your eyes, you draw it.

No cheating!!!!!!

DRAWING CHALLENGE Day TWENTY (20) Panda

Elise gave me this, I think. She gives me a lot of little stuffed toys, she is so sweet. She knows Nana loves stuffed toys. Sketchbook Graphite.

This weeks challenge is easy .....

This weeks challenge is easy ..... get yourself outside and do a Plein Air painting.
It can be as simple as sitting out in your garden painting .....or sitting in the street painting ...YIKES! ..... or sitting at the beach painting ......YIKES!
POST YOUR ENTRY ONE WEEK FROM TODAY WED 8th JULY

The challenge painting .....

What a coincidence that JJ painted a waterfall and so did I ......
My painting is from a photograph that I took at the Glenariffe waterfalls ......I love that place ..... it is absolutely magical ....It's a pity I can't seem to catch some of that magic in my painting as that was what I wanted to do ....but it's not finished yet ....maybe the magic will come yet!! .....
This one is big 30" X 40" acrylic on canvas .....

The Challenge: The River City

Watercolour. My first attempt. It has many faults but I feel encouraged to try again.

My words.

"Brisbane - The River City

Power and energy of the city centre contained by the peace and tranquility of the gardens and the river.

Viewing this scene in the middle of the day *flat light), the looming storm clouds invoked a feeling of aggression and menace towards an unsuspecting city - the people engrossed in thier highrise world and oblivious to the approaching storm until it is upon them and the oigjtning pierces their senses, the thunder roars and the water sheets down."

DRAWING CHALLENGE Day TWENTY (20)

Go into your bedroom, pick one thing and draw it..

DRAWING CHALLENGE Day NINETEEN (19) Guess what it is? I dare you...

6"x8" sketchbook Graphite.

Colleen's Impresssionism Challenge..

This painting, is a portion of the three waterfalls at Laragh Lodge.
Size is 4" x 6" on board. Acrylic.






I really enjoyed painting this, I was so amazed at how it came together.. It is impressionism as I understand it; "built up forms out of discrete flecks and dabs of colour" That is exactly what I did, I just built up the shapes using dabs of colour. I used burnt sienna, ultra blue, gold oxide, raw sienna, and white.

I bought these cute little frames with easels the other day, and it was the frame which depicted the size of this painting. I have it sitting on my desk, and it is ok, close up, I don't mind it, but when I step back I really like it.. I want to paint another bigger version.

Here are the words I wrote when I saw the waterfall picture and decided to paint it.

"WATERFALL - CALMING - PRETTY - FOLIAGE MYSTICAL.... Now watch me stuff it up."

Thank you Colleen for this challenge, it really was fun..

DRAWING CHALLENGE Day NINETEEN (19)

Go to your bathroom..

Choose one thing..

Draw it.

:-))

DRAWING CHALLENGE Day EIGHTEEN (18) PEAR

6*x8" sketchbook - graphite

Where I live .....

Trying to send, any of you on Facebook, this link to some beautiful photographs of Ballycastle. Copy and paste this link:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=93077409404

DRAWING CHALLENGE Day EIGHTEEN (18)

I am peckish, been raiding the dried apricot jar, had to walk past the fruit bowl.


That is what we will draw tomorrow.



A PEAR!!!


Have fun.

Anne you can do this woman, can't you?? :-)

If you don't have a pear go buy one, if they are not in season in Ireland then draw some other fruit that is .:-)))) x

DRAWING CHALLENGE DAY SEVENTEEN (17) JAR

Was a coffee jar, now my marshmallow jar. I should have left the marshmallows in it, and drawn a straight-sided jar lol. Man this was a *itch to draw.
A4 sketchbook Graphite..

After getting up at 4.00am, at the market and setting up at 6.00am, working hard all day selling paintings and art supplies, I come home at 4.00pm and after a quick cuppa - reheated dinner - I settle down to drawing my jar. It is now 12.30am Monday and I heading for bed Yawn!!!

Oh where's Anne btw :D

DRAWING CHALLENGE DAY SEVENTEEN (17)

So today............... let me think, ummmmmmm............ Oh I know!!!!!!!!


Go get an empty glass jar and draw it... Lid off.

DRAWING CHALLENGE Day SIXTEEN (16) Guess what??

Of course if you have show all images activated, you will already know I drew an egg. Years ago I went back to high school as an adult student. Art was one of the subjects I took.
For 12 months all we did was draw eggs. We drew dot eggs, cross hatched eggs, plain eggs white eggs, brown eggs, you name it it was an egg.. I had a portfolio full of eggs. I hated eggs and never drew another one for many many years. I have drawn very few eggs since then actually, so tonight I looked in the fridge, and the eggs jumped out at me. :D

I drew this in the first page of my brand new 50 page sketch book.. A4 - Graphite..

For your amusement ....and my stress ....

Here is my brave and "likes to live dangerously" hubby up the ladder yesterday. That bottom ladder actually would be long enough to reach the top as it is in 3 layers but with the shape of the house and the steps at the front door then it is no use ....that is why he needs to do it this way..... and worse still.... at one point I had to go out and put my foot on the right foot of the bottom ladder as the left ladder foot had nowhere to sit ....it was in mid air!!! ..... unfortunately he is not finished yet and will be climbing later on today ....and he has meniere's syndrome but thankfully has not had an attack since last July thanks probably to the medicine he takes .......stress stress stress .....

DRAWING CHALLENGE Day SIXTEEN (16)

Go to your refrigerator.

Take a look inside.

Pick one thing.

Draw it.

:)

If this fork looks stressed out ......

If my fork looks stressed out ...... then it is ...... because I was stressed out while I was drawing it! That husband of mine was up on a ladder at the top of the house trying to fix a cracked slate or something ..... sounds simple enough but with the shape of our house he needed 2 ladders ..... He had one tied to the other and the top one hooked over the top of the roof. As "extra security" he had a rope tied to the top ladder, then coming down over the other side of the house and tied to a tree ..... why do some men like to live dangerously ....I thought I was going to have a heart attack ....
.....so that's the explanation for the stressed looking fork!! LOL

DRAWING CHALLENGE Day FIFTEEN (15) FORK

I set my dessert fork up on a piece of white printer paper, directed my lamp onto it, to get nice long shadows and drew it.

6X8 inches. Last page of my sketchbook..