The Weekly Drawing ~ Themed prompts for Group Members

[snowbear]

Very nice, moominyak. Better late than never.

[Pira]

moominyak ~ 'Better late than never', as the saying goes.

You really challenged yourself with the perspective on all three subjects! Outstanding results

I am willing to assume none of us have looked at these objects as closely before ....but in doing so have a newfound respect for the complexities of seemingly simple items and have stretched our
skills a little in the process of sketching them

[snowbear]

I think the biggest challenge for me is the medium. I am not used to pen and ink, though I've gotten a little more comfortable with it.

[Pira]

Week #8 ~ your salt or pepper shaker


...in this case it's the small, very chipped, multifaceted, crystal salt shaker on the counter. Oh what EVER was I thinking when I chose this over the pepper mill?

FPG ~ Weekly Sketch #8 by Pira Urosevic, on Flickr

[Pira]

I think the biggest challenge for me is the medium. I am not used to pen and ink, though I've gotten a little more comfortable with it.

AAAAAND that my friend, is the point of the exercises. Getting more comfortable with the medium is a good thing


...I will be posting the list for June a bit early because once more I will be out of town the first Sunday of the month. This time I'll be in Pittsburgh cheering on The Pirates! Let's Go BUCS!

[Pira]

June 2016



June 5 - 11



#9 ~ a pair of eyeglasses or / sunglasses



June 12 - 18



#10 ~ your pet (present or past...or one you wish you had)



June 19 - 25



#11 ~ red fruit/vegetable



June 26 - July 2



#12 ~ Your national flag







**Posting this a few days early because I will be out of town**

[snowbear]

June 2016



June 5 - 11



#9 ~ a pair of eyeglasses or / sunglasses



June 12 - 18



#10 ~ your pet (present or past...or one you wish you had)



June 19 - 25



#11 ~ red fruit/vegetable



June 26 - July 2



#12 ~ Your national flag







**Posting this a few days early because I will be out of town**

#9 will be fun - if I don't have them on, I can't see!

Week #8 ~ your salt or pepper shaker


...in this case it's the small, very chipped, multifaceted, crystal salt shaker on the counter. Oh what EVER was I thinking when I chose this over the pepper mill?

FPG ~ Weekly Sketch #8 by Pira Urosevic, on Flickr

A wonderful job, as usual. Watercolor paper?
With a different top, that might make an interesting, though I suspect limited capacity, ink well.

[Pira]

#9 will be fun - if I don't have them on, I can't see!




A wonderful job, as usual. Watercolor paper?
With a different top, that might make an interesting, though I suspect limited capacity, ink well.

WELL....I didn't say they have go be yours Usually if a person wears prescription glasses they tend to hang on to the old pair when they need to update the said specs. None about? Do you have an ipad or tablet? I intend to a picture of my glasses and then sketch from that image...

As for my salt shaker...thank-you. I just said 'watercolour paper' because I have a heap of loose sheets from when I cleaned out my cupboard that I'm 'reusing' (the back). IF this is what I believe it to be, it's probably Canson Montval, 140lb cold press paper....

....and the shape of the salt shaker is lovely but totally impractical for an inkwell. It would knock over too easily and the neck makes the Herbin 1670 bottles look like they sport gaping holes

[snowbear]

I'm near sighted, so as long as the glasses are in the same room with me, I'll get by. And, I do have a couple of spares.

I don't think you said what paper when you posted - I just noticed the pattern. I have an acrylic (watercolor method) that I want to post in the other thread but I'll have to find the inspirational photo, first.

[snowbear]

Happy Sunday!
#9 - A Pair of Eyeglasses or Sunglasses.

scan0035.jpg by Charlie Wrenn, on Flickr

Simple construction:
HB pencil for rough-in;
Cross Black in the Sheaffer Imperial II Deluxe (touchdown) for the line work;
Washes of Noodler's Blue Eel and Cross Black;
Canson 98# (160gsm) Mix Media paper, 7"x10" (17,7cm x 25,4cm).

[moominyak]

Great job Snowbear . I am falling behind again..!

Thank you for the new list Pira that is a beautiful salt shaker (in art and in life).

[snowbear]

Great job Snowbear . I am falling behind again..!

Thank you for the new list Pira that is a beautiful salt shaker (in art and in life).

Thank you. No worries about getting behind; I usually try to get ahead (I drew this one last night and have already done the rough blocking-in for next week's drawing). I will probably run late for #11 as I'll be on the other side of the US for a few days.

[Pterodactylus]

Theme #9: "Glasses"

ACME Industries proudly presents their newest development.
The naked glasses "Nudomat 2001", with this new high tech glasses you can see everybody completely naked.
ACME Industries plan to start mass production in Q3 2016.


Glasses by Ptero Pterodactylus, auf Flickr

(Procreate, Apple Pencil, iPadPro)

[Pira]

I'm near sighted, so as long as the glasses are in the same room with me, I'll get by. And, I do have a couple of spares.

I don't think you said what paper when you posted - I just noticed the pattern. I have an acrylic (watercolor method) that I want to post in the other thread but I'll have to find the inspirational photo, first.

Oh...generally for ink drawings I use Stillman&Birn's Zeta paper ~ so if it's something different I mention it.

[Pira]

Happy Sunday!
#9 - A Pair of Eyeglasses or Sunglasses.


A Pair of Eyeglasses by Charlie Wrenn, on Flickr

Simple construction:
HB pencil for rough-in;
Cross Black in the Sheaffer Imperial II Deluxe (touchdown) for the line work;
Washes of Noodler's Blue Eel and Cross Black;
Canson 98# (160gsm) Mix Media paper, 7"x10" (17,7cm x 25,4cm).

REALLY like this one....including that you drew the spirals of a sketchbook Super colours too...I can tell that's a staedtler pencil without even looking at the fine print on it!

[Pira]

LOLOL! Not entirely certain I'd WANT to see everyone nekked! Great stuff!

[snowbear]

Thanks, Pira and I'll second that - there's a whole bunch of people I'm quite happy to see with their clothes on; and there's nobody in their right mind that want's to see me without mine.

My glasses are a little darker blue than that, with some black swirled in, but I was trying to keep it simple.

[snowbear]

India and acrylic inks, disluted Cross black FP ink. Hunt #512 EF dip pen, small paint brush.
Lettering with Conklin Duragraph, 1.1 stub & Diamine Blue Pearl.


Pets by Charlie Wrenn, on Flickr

Background:
All three cats are rescues. Jasper was found by a coworker, and was about four weeks old. We took him and nursed him to health. During his initial vet visit, we found out he had an extremely strong case of FLV (Feline Leukemia Virus - incurable) but we decided to try and make his life better for the time he had left. He was the sweetest cat, and lived about a year.

Bell is the oldest at about 12. She was found wandering on ice as a kitten and given to a vet clinic. I had another coworker that worked at the vet, part-time, and told me about her. When we went to see her, she shot up my arm and laid on my shoulder; we took her home a few days later.

Zoe (the kitten) was feral and living in a storm drain with her three siblings and mother, outside our office building. A nice lady in the building took her in and fostered her until she was old enough to be adopted. I didn't want another pet at the time, but when I saw her photo, my mind was changed. She is "daddy's girl."

[Pira]

Lovely stories Snowbear! Thank-you for sharing them and the super drawing =^..^=


I was out of town again over the weekend and hit the ground running when I returned. I will hopefully get my two drawings done this week.

[snowbear]

It's close enough to Sunday, local time.
I'll let you decide if they are fruit or vegetables.



Lamy Vista with Noodler's Greune Cactus Eel,
Speedball B-6 and B-5 with J. Herbin Rouger Hematite 1670,
Platinum Carbon Brush pen with Platinmm black,
Small paintbrush with water.
Canson 98 Lb. Mixed Media paper, 9x12