Challenge Time!  

Posted by Spinneretta in , ,

Since the Virtual Sketch Date has closed it's doors, a new virtual sketchblog has started up, thanks to Jennifer Rose :) I caught it just in time and now have my first sketchblog entry for September!I chose the peacock because I like them lol and because Glamis (pronounced Glahms) castle made me want to be too fussy ;)
After that, I was feeling pretty good and so did this week's EDM Challenge while I was at it!

First time I did that on time in a while! This is my favourite Faber-Castel graphite pencil- sitting on the tablecloth (which you can also see in the old aubergine painting further down). Drawn with another pencil and my prismacolours lol.

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 at Thursday, September 10, 2009 and is filed under , , . You can follow any responses to this entry through the comments feed .

13 comments

Alan  

The pencil was well done, and I really loved the bird

10 September 2009 16:45
Spinneretta  

Thanks Alan!

10 September 2009 17:19
Alex  

Beautifully done! Very soft tones and nice watery and fresh feel of the peacock, strong and embossing on the pencil. This is like killing 2 birds with 1 stone post I guess :) by nailing a peacock and a pencil

11 September 2009 05:08
raena  

You did a superb job on both!

11 September 2009 10:43
Ann  

You did a fantastic job with these challenges! The peacock is beautifully painted! Now I was just a little intimidated by that bird and thought the castle was easier LOL! Love your pencil drawing too :-)

11 September 2009 11:46
Spinneretta  

Thank you Alex :) That is the true beauty of my handmade book- the different paper forces me to try different media- which makes life more fun ;)
Raena- thank you :)
Ann- thanks! I thought the peacock was easier lol- the stonework of the dovecote was intimidating ;)

11 September 2009 13:54
marancat  

These are lovely sketches - I hope you don't mind me saying, but I think your work is coming on in leaps and bounds! A bit cheekly of me, I know, but these are really good.

11 September 2009 14:24
Spinneretta  

Thanks marancat! I don't mind at all- in fact I like the idea that someone else sees it too :) I loved looking at some of last year's work and realising just how much I have imrpoved :)

11 September 2009 14:41
Florence's Art  

Very nice, I like how you captured the light on the bird.

11 September 2009 16:11
Leslie Hawes  

I'll say it again! Love the light in the peacock, and that's the cutest pencil ever!
Your peacock inspired me to go ahead and draw him, too. Thnx!

12 September 2009 15:18
ffyrebird  

Rachel, the peacock is AWESOME! The styles you chose for the bird and pencil are so different and you handle them so wonderfully, cheers to you!

13 September 2009 01:00
Spinneretta  

Thanks Leslie and Ffyrebird :)

14 September 2009 22:51
Jennifer Rose  

ooh very nice :) really like how the neck feathers look

19 September 2009 07:37

Post a Comment

<< Newer Post
Older Post >>