DRAWING CHALLENGE DAY 44 (25-07-09)

Draw something from your garage, by popular request from Janine. :-)

A Few Earlier Efforts

Just to catch up with you all a bit, here are a few of my pre-blog efforts. You may have seen them already on Wet Canvas, so sorry for the rerun.

The Kitchen Item - a Durkee Pepper Tin in water soluble graphite:


The Closet Item - a wooden hanger in water soluble graphite:


A Pot Scrubber in Derwent Inktense (Can't remember if I used "Brown Madder" or "Red Oxide," both yummy colors):

Living Room/Lounge - An Ikea Lamp

Hi! JJ invited me to join your Daily Drawing/Painting group, so here I am. Thanks so much for having me along.

My name is Janine (aka "Daily Object Draw-er") and I live in Northern California, near San Francisco. In January of this year, I started drawing again after a 20 year hiatus. I also love to play with watercolors, Daniel Smiths being my favorite.

This is my effort in progress for today, an Ikea lamp from my living room. It's done with Derwent Inktense pencil, dark brown called "Bark," on Strathmore Windpower watercolor paper, size 6x9. I have not added the water yet, so this is the "before" shot. I will post the "after" shot... after! Apologies in advance. I am the world's worst photographer.



A few hours later, after adding the wash:

DRAWING CHALLENGE DAY 43 (24-07-09) Wip..

I started this too late tonight. My excuse is I was painting this afternoon.. I worked on it for two hours, but need another two hours at least to finish it.. Sketchbook.

Todays paintings x 3

All painted on 4"x12" double wrap canvas Acrylic

DRAWING CHALLENGE DAY 43 (24-07-09)

Today draw something from your lounge room.

A little something from my kitchen ...... it's that dreaded tomato again!!

A llttle one .....just to keep the "boss" happy ....hahahahaha
3" X 2" pastel pencils
...sideways again!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dammit!!!!!!! ....not my fault!!!!!!

I fixed it for you, Anne, only problem the text is in the wrong place!!! LOL

DRAWING CHALLENGE DAY 42 (23-07-09) Cork

This is an old one, the bottle last night was a screw cap.. :p A4 sketch book H and B's graphite

Todays Paintings 23/07/09

I am sorry the quality of the pictures is poor.. All paintings are 5"x7" I forgot to take a photo of the framed one before framing. I don't know why the pictures look distorted?? They look perfectly alright in person. They will all be matted and framed the same, in these delightful wooden frames I picked up yesterday while I was out shopping..

I need to tend to the giraffes teeth, they are a little dirty :D

PS

That giraffe, looks cartoonish in this photo, he doesn't in person. Go figure.. Must be the colour change in uploading, and bad photo.

DRAWING CHALLENGE DAY 42 (23-07-09)

Draw something from your kitchen

Happy Piggy

Just so as you know that I have been doing something even if it wasn't drawing.
I needed to do another piggy and this is where I am with this one...
9" X 12" acrylic on block canvas

DRAWING CHALLENGE DAY 41(22-07-09) No I am not a closet drinker.....

Tania has 3 bottles of wine stashed on the top shelf of my wardrobe. She said they are special, to her, good year or something, and she doesn't want them touched. The stuff in the boxes down in the garage is fair game, but I keep forgetting it is there. Sheesh. Oh well, I don't drink alone anyway, so I will have to invite her around for a roast chook dinner, and wine.. :p

A4 sketchbook B's and H's graphite

Day 41-My pretty dress shoe

I go to my closet, and on my floor, I literally FALL across this shoe..so I figured I'd draw it. Spent way too long on it, and the shadow on the toe part isn't right, but Smirnoff could be a contributing factor on that one. hahaha Anywho...here's my shoe..hey..that rhymed. :D

My Day 40.

Hope you guys don't mind, but I'm trying to catch myself up in classes, so I'd like to put this in as my day 40 drawing. Also, this is my first blending try.

DRAWING CHALLENGE DAY 41(22-07-09)

Go to your wardrobe, have a look on the shelf, or the floor, and choose one thing to draw..

DRAWING CHALLENGE DAY 40(21-07-09) Apple revisited

A4 sketchbook H and B graphite

Giraffe II

I painted another giraffe. He is so cute, looking in the opposite direction as the first one. I will hang them together, and call them The Sentinels. 4"x 12" double wrap canvas acrylic.

WEEKLY PAINTING CHALLENGE 21/07/07 - 29/07/09

Our weekly painting challenge, is, to go find one of our drawings, and paint it. Too easy..

Post paintings on Wednesday the 29th please.

Have fun..

Colleen, it is your turn next week, to pick the Challenge. I am turning over a new leaf, and letting you guys know a week in advance, so you can plan something really delicious for us.

Seriously, I am getting more organised.

First Revisit

Ok, so I really need to learn to work my photoshop thing. I'm horrible at it. This looks MUCH better on paper than it does here. Well, anyhow..I've drawn this 3 times now, and while this is the best of them, the letters are still off and I'm not sure how to fix them. I may have to draw this YET again. ugh..anyhow, this is from a class on Wet Canvas.

GAH!! The top is WAY off.. ~sigh~ One day I'll get better..promise. lol

DRAWING CHALLENGE DAY 40(21-07-09)

Same again. Revisit a drawing you were not happy with.

Have fun!! Seriously.

For those of you who are busy and unwell, don't sweat it. No, not you Anne, get you pencils out woman.. hahahahahaha..

DRAWING CHALLENGE DAY 39 (20-07-09) Cake Fork revisited.

I was not happy with my cake fork drawing on day 31, 12/7/09 , so I took all the advisement I got from the Drawing and Sketching Forum folks, and I redrew it.

JJ painted today..

4 inches by 12 inches on canvas. There is a highlight in his eye, it just isn't showing in the low resolution of the photo.

DRAWING CHALLENGE DAY 39 (20-07-09)

Revisit time..

Go back over your past drawings and pick one that you were not happy with, and redraw it..

From my kitchen

Sorry I'm late on this. I haven't been feeling well. It's really hard to draw a straight line when your head is spinning. lol So, feeling a bit better today, so I figured I'd try a bit to catch up.

Something from outside my home ....

Weird that I kinda had the same idea as JJ ....I drew this at a carboot sale .....