Playing with Pastels

Hello everyone!

Happy 2010! May this new year bring you joy, health and wealth!
I had some time this last weekend to play around with my oil pastels.
Hugs to all!
Sonia.

Eye

And, last but not the least, the eye!
I am truly excited with my next assignments on this amazing course!
Are you curious? Just wait and see... I will be bringing you fresh updates on my portraiture course!
Hugs to all!

Lips

It was the feature I most enjoyed drawing!

Nose

And here´s the nose...

Ear

I finally finished the individual features studied on the first week of my portraiture course with Cindy Wider. I struggled so much to find some "pyjama time" - as Cindy would say - for my art. But here it is. The ear!

A Window with History

This week I am hosting the drawing challenge at Drawspace.com, and this is my contribution. It was inspired by a photo I have taken, during my holidays, in Guimarães, North of Portugal.
It was the first time I tried my new set of watercolor pencils and it was indeed exciting!! I know the paper was not the most appropriate one (just a 150 gr. drawing paper) but was anyhow suited to give me some pleasurable moments...

I´m back!

Hello dear friends and followers!

After a great 3 week family vacation, and no time for drawing, here I am again promising you new drawings in the following days...

Regards to all!

Sonia.

Elderberry Tea

This is a quick sketch made with soft pastels (sticks) for a weekly challenge on Drawspace.com.
I just could not resist the bright colors of the reference picture!...

The Urn

Here is the last shading exercise submitted to Cindy wider for the art course I am taking. The goal was to shade this drawing according to the theory of light and shadow.

Drawing Day 2009

Done for Drawing Day.
A quick sketch in soft pastels on a colored paper.

Column Fold

Hello, my dear friends!
This is one more shading exercise for Cindy Wider´s online art course. We are studying drapery this week and, although I am using now an extra dark and extra soft brand of pencils that gave me some nice headakes (;p), I am finally happy with the result! I hope the teacher will feel the same way! :D

Silver Kettle

Do you want some tea? :)
I honestly thought I would not be able to complete this shading exercise for Cindy Wider´s online course! "No way!" I though... But, voilá! Here it is with my best effort! It´s incredible how, during the drawing and shading process, I always doubt myself. But then, I just go ahead with it putting aside all the negative thoughts and I just can´t believe my eyes when I look at the final result! It´s indeed a great feeling when you do create something... I am loving my art learning journey!

Oriental Girl

I am just thrilled with my latest drawing!! I know it is not a master piece but for me it has a special meaning since I have really struggled to be able to draw a more realistic portrait! I know I owe this result to my teacher, Cindy Wider, although this is not an exercise for the art course and I haven´t had yet portraiture, but I have used here some of the lessons taken so far!...
This was done with graphite pencils for this week´s drawing challenge in Drawspace.com, and the reference picture was provided by it´s host, An.

Old Hayshed II

A friend of mine just helped me to give a whiter look to the photo I have taken of my exercise! :)

There... doesn´t it look better?

Old Hayshed

My last project for Cindy Wider´s online Course.
This is just an exercise, not a creation of mine.
We were supposed to do the outline drawing with the help of a grid, transfer the drawing to quality paper and then apply all the 6 different pencil strokes we have just learned!
Its yellowish color is defect of the photo... The drawing (on a A3 paper) did not fit into the scanner! :p

Old House

One of the most detailed pencil drawing I have made until now.

Spanish Clogs

This pencil drawing is definitely one of my favorites!

I felt really inspired on that couple of hours... :D
It was done from a reference photo.

Bee...

... or not to be! ;)

A pencil drawing from a reference photo.

Guardian Angel

A graphite pencil creation inspired by a reference photo of a stone figurine.

Bright Day

This drawing is one of everybody´s favorite and was done in colored pencils from a reference photo.

Leonidas

A drawing made with soft pastels on colored paper from a reference picture of a metal figurine.

The Bride

This drawing was done with soft pastels on colored paper and had for reference a picture of a friend on her wedding day.

Samantha

This is also the result of one squirkling tutorial from Brenda, on Drawspace.com.
I am just in love with her...

Tulip

This tulip was done with soft pastel on pastel paper having in reference a shading tutorial from Brenda´s.
It was my first experience with soft pastels.

Horse´s Head

One of my first pencil drawings done with the help of Brenda´s tutorials on Drawspace.com.