Art Challenges

With each new drawing, I now like to set myself a challenge. This time it is to try and get the shading to look more realistic- and that is quite a challenge. It is tempting to rush and shade the whole drawing at once but if that was to happen, then ones picture would be a complete mess (it happened to me before)!

This picture is for a friend on the fantastic Devient Art website. This is my account. I am drawing a picture of both Morgana and Merlin from the BBC's TV series Merlin.

Let the tournament begin...

Finally, I have finished it! I am pleased with this picture but there was a stage where I thought that I had ruined it and I nearly threw it away. The armour was a challenge as it was hard to get the shading without it looking smudged... but there we go.

Uther Pendragon

Here is the picture that I previously mentioned. Although this was quite challenging, I managed to finish it a few moments ago. I have to admit that I am rather proud of this picture of Uther Pendragon (Anthony Head).

The only problem now is that I have no idea what I want to draw next.....hmm.....well I shall have to think about that.

My lastest drawing- Prince Arthur (again)....

This picture took me about 2 days (I finished it last night). I really wanted to use the same picture as my watercolour, in order to see which I preferred. Thinking about it, I love being able to brighten things up but (at the moment) I am unable to achieve any detail. Therefore I think that I really like drawing in pencil.

The hardest part would have to the chain mail but with practice, I'm sure that I could fix that.

I have to admit that I am incredibly pleased with this compared to my previous drawings as it looks a bit more realistic.

My next picture is coming along and should be finished over the weekend. Once again it is on the same type of watercolour paper as this one but a lot smaller (and a lot more challenging)!

Merlin portrait

I know everyone says that they feel older and that time flies but I want to look back on this year and feel that I have achieved something. So, I am trying to get into the habit of doing something creative on a weekend. This was from 2 weeks ago. I'm a little behind with my third painting, so I have to finish it by Thursday in order to keep up!

Prince Arthur- portrait

I spent the whole weekend working on this one but I think that is about time I move on from portraits. Having said that, I am very pleased with this.