EDM Challenges #122 (Shade) & #123 (Bell)
EDM Challenge #122: Drawing shade was really difficult for me because it required me to paint a landscape. I took a photo walking through Central Park last Friday, with my husband and grandson, because I wasn't able to stop to sketch it. Then I procrastinated and did 4 journal pages since then - including the next challenge. The area of the Park is so beautiful that I will also include my photo.
I simplified this scene and structure considerably from the photo (or I would never have done it). Here is the photo:
EDM Challenge #123: Draw a Bell
I have no bells in our apartment except for Christmas ornaments which are packed away. Then my husband remembered my bear - complete with his own bell. I was a frantic mother when my two sons went on a camping trip in Alaska and there were so many bear/bear bell stories that my boys brought me this really cute, plush bear. I sketched it for the first time on a journal page that I prepared with a brown wash - right after I developed my blog at the beginning of 2006. And I sketched and painted it again for this challenge. Here are both versions.
Comments
what a pretty arbor...and must be nice and cool in there. I love the bear bells! I have a bear bell on my backpack! Yes, it's there to really warn bears...here I come...
Posted by: mARTa | June 13, 2007 10:05 PM
For the landscape - i'm in the same boat :P I love the way you've drawn and shaded the piece. and for the bell you can see that the lines are much more confident now - both the drawing and the writing! I like both of them though.
Posted by: Ujwala | June 13, 2007 11:37 PM
Shirley, I love your interpretation of shade, it's so cooling. And the bear bell is adorable! Well done.
Posted by: Mariana | June 13, 2007 11:43 PM
What a cute story and great to include an old rendition - the first is full of personality but the second has so much depth and definition - Great work!!
Posted by: sandy | June 14, 2007 3:15 PM
Oops I forgot both challenges were attached to the same comment link - the park bridge/arbor is lovely, I think you captured just what should have been captured and the one character is perfectly balanced (but then you do figures so well) Great challenge and submission!
Posted by: sandy | June 14, 2007 3:18 PM
Fabulous job on your shade painting-jus beautiful!! And love the bear bells too.
Posted by: teric | June 14, 2007 4:49 PM
These are wonderful! I will be in NY in 2 weeks and will definitely sketch in Central Park.
Posted by: martha | June 14, 2007 7:07 PM
AWESOME Shirley! To get that perspective so beautiful ... wow!!!! SUPERIOR job! And I LOVE the BELL!!!!
Posted by: lin | June 15, 2007 7:00 AM
An adorable little bear bell!
Nice work on the park scne...you did a great job on simplifying the scene...it looks so nice and tranquil
ronell
Posted by: Ronell | June 16, 2007 3:17 AM
ShirleyIthink you've captured a cooling shade very well- (you know,I am still loath to include human figures in land or street 'scapes'. Yours leads the eye nicely through the arbor, I feel.
Jules
Posted by: jules | June 16, 2007 5:13 AM