NOVEMBER, 2021 ANIMAL & WILDLIFE CHALLENGE

[Schuee]

Well done. the deepred eye is very good.

Another excellent frog. I love the colours.

 

[Hawkmoth]

Morning all. Hope everyone is having a good week. More nice work here.

Eyepaint - sweet looking lamb.
Lazarus - I think you're being too hard on yourself, that's a very decent sketch. I like the head/face best.
Cindy - fab froggy. Great colours, and the eye is really effective focal point.

 

[CMorPaint]

Thanks everyone for your kind comments on my frog.
Thanks to Schuee for hosting and supplying these sweet images.

 

[Vivien]

I looked at the calendar today and remembered to post this:
Ink on 5x8" toned paper.

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Sweet lamb EP!

 

[JessieNebulous]

As much as I loved the pic of the swimming pig, I knew I'd do a much better job with the frog. It's digital, made in Krita. Overall I'm pleased with it, but those feet were a royal pain in the ass and I'm not satisfied with them. I had to give up on them though, to maintain what's left of my sanity XD

 

[JessieNebulous]

Wow, these are all so terrific!!
Vivien - your dog is adorable! So charming and you've handled the bright colours really well. You make it look effortless.
Joy - I'm very self-critical too and prone to feeling disappointed and frustrated (and I struggle with backgrounds too!) so I know how you feel, but these are actually great! I like the one with the background best. To me it looks like it could be moss.
Penny - these are all great, the ink and watercolour technique seems to really suit you! Of course (me being an insect lover) I love the caterpillar best. The zingy yellow background is so unexpected but so brilliant! Love it.
Kay M - I really like your version of the caterpillar too - it's so different from Penny's. It's so stylish and has a wonderful vintage feel. Lovely work. Nice to see your set-up too, and read your comments.
ams - I know nothing about digital art but these look good to me! I especially like the bird, he/she has real substance. I can really feel the weight and fluff of it.
Christel - lovely dramatic swan - very striking. The light on the water is great, it really looks like it's glowing.

I chose the starfish. Size is A5 and I used watercolours + watercolour pencils on NOT paper, plus a wax resist crayon for the water and the texture on the starfish. I'm really pleased at how the wax resist worked.

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Beautiful work!

 

[pcj]

JessieNebulous

Your frog has a lovely expression !
Cheers,
Patricia

 

[Hawkmoth]

Nice work JessieNebulous, your frog is very striking. The face is great, I agree with Patricia, it does have a wonderful expression! I don't think you need to worry about the feet. They look totally fine to me, but also the more neutral colour means they aren't pulling the eye.

 

[Triduana]

Great work on the frog Jessie! The feet look fine to me, they tone well with the background and make him look grounded. I like the background too.

 

[Schuee]

Love your splendid frog, Jessie.

Thank you. I am an insect fan, too.

 

[Schuee]

Schuee,
thanks for the beautiful references, difficult to choose, for now, I tried them, they are very beautiful animals.

in the photo they were 3, I drew 2 because I used a5 sheet, so I thought of making 2. I used 2 colored pencils, and finally the mischievous white pen.

the sheet, it bent, bruised, so for the photo, I put the pen on it, as a weight

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You are welcome, joe1lt. I really like your possums. Excellent sketches.

 

[Schuee]

I looked at the calendar today and remembered to post this:
Ink on 5x8" toned paper.

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Ah! What a sweet lamb, EP. Well drawn.

 

[Schuee]

Should have done better. I'm sure I'm going through something. proportions are slightly bad.
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Your swan has character, Lazarus. It looks like a young one.

 

[ams]

Jessie, what a nice colorful frog. His feet aren't as bad as you think. They look pretty good to me. Nice digital work.

 

[joe1It]

Jessie, wonderful job

 

[Schuee]

It’s nearly the end of this challenge and I’m looking forward to the new one. Thank you all for joining in, it’s been great seeing all your individual art work.

Penny

 

[JessieNebulous]

Thank you everyone for your kind words about my frog!

 

[pcj]

Here's my drawing- sorry ,it's unfinished.
It started to go downhill from here ! Oh well ! - Onwards - to the next drawing !
Cheers,
Patricia

and here's some of the WIPs

 

[Lazarus]

Here's my drawing- sorry ,it's unfinished.
It started to go downhill from here ! Oh well !
Cheers,
Patricia

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and here's some of the WIPs


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Astonishing.

 

[Triduana]

It's beautiful Patricia. That fur, wow!