Welcome, fellow drawer and/or painter

the idea for this thread is simple:

- One of us posts a sketch subject

- The rest of us get at least 24 hours to draw/paint the subject (in any media - traditional or digital)

- When those 24 hours have passed anyone may post a new subject, for everybody to sketch for the coming 24 hours. The last posted subject will remain active until a new one is posted.

- One important thing: If you feel like picking, drawing and posting an earlier subject, by all means do so. Main goal is to get us inspired to draw and hopefully learn something from every drawing. Will try to make a list of different subjects in different categories that have been covered.

Well, I guess that's it. I suggest that the new sketch subject should be announced in a separate post, in bold letters

Purpose of this is:

- To get new ideas for things to draw, leaving that all-too-familiar comfort zone behind from time to time. (That's the main point, not having to wonder what to draw for that important daily practice - or even the daily collaborative sketchtread, this could actually complement that one nicely).

- To have as little or as much (at least 24 hours) time that one wants/needs for a sketch/drawing/painting

- Through critting each other (much encouraged but not necessary - we are all busy people...) improving our skills

- Getting into the habit of and improving from daily sketching of a suggested subject (that we probably wouldn't have considered drawing otherwise)

- To have a jolly good time (why even bother if you don't enjoy what you're doing? :-D)

Remember: If it's a subject you find boooring you can make this thread a better place by passing by the next day and tell us that it's a "super-cool-assassin-robot-with-ten-plasma-drooling-heads" we should be sketching! No limits - apart from what's considered appropriate at the site of course. 

Hope many will want to join in this, so the subjects will become varied, fun and challenging.

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Subjects covered so far

From life: Windowview, Flower, Apple, Glass object, Instrument

Characters: Queen, Athlete, Musician, Witch, Warrior

Buildings: Barn, Castle, Monastery, Wall, Hall

Environments: Mountain, Desert, Canyon, Market, Waterfall

Master studies: Michelangelo, Rubens, Waterhouse, Raphael, Dürer

Anatomy: Eyes, mouth, nose, head

Animals: Ape, Eagle, Leopard, Elephant

Vehicles: Airplane, Bicycle, Car, Wagon

Trees: Oak, Pine, Whitebeam, Fir

Celebrities: C Zeta-Jones, J Depp, G Paltrow, T Cruise

Sculptures: Totem, Chinese lion, Three Graces, Laocoon

Animal anatomy: Forelegs, Feet, Neck/Head, Face

Art Movements: Art Nouveau, Baroque, Cubism

Album Covers: Dream Theater, Miles Davis, U2, Beatles

Misc: Storm, Magic, The Night, Rain, Hair (Upcoming: Time, Plead, Game over, Prayer, Drained, Elation, Top dog, Death, Players, Wheel, Karma, Flame, Squeeze, Target, Hood, Infamous, Destruction, Ordinary, Volomptuosity, Rock, Fallen, Power, Force, Care, Curves, Tool)

Monthly challenge themes: Out of The Mist (Nov09),

Sketchstorm #1: Draw what you see outside your window (from real life or an imaginary place)

Better start drawing, the countdown has begun...

Ok then, this is what I see through my bedroom window. Hope I won't be drawing on my own for long. By the way - Comments & Crits are always welcome, also from non-sketching visitors.

Here is my queen sketch - maybe will continue this char in the WiP section.

Eaglecaste:

Hey Mindbender, this thread just appeared out of nowhere!  Lot's of people wont have noticed it yet so interest may pick up. Are we on day two now?

Hi there Eagle,

do spread the word if you want to. Yep, subject #2 ("A queen") is the current one. One subject may last for more than one day in case noone suggests a new one. All depends on how active this thread and/or I will be. Hope you (and many others - feels a bit strange suggesting sketching topics for myself to draw ) feel like joining. Might end up with a split personality otherwise

(22 hours left until subject may be changed...)

Sketchstorm #3: The old barn

Next subject is a building - an old barn. It can be unreffed or you can use this image for reference:

Believe I'll go digital for this one...

OK, after letting loose in ArtRage here's what I ended up with:

damn, looks like i missed the 2nd subject before it changed to no 3.

Ah well, here is my quick little doodle anyway :)

Goblin queen, actually she looks kind of cranky. probably annoyed about the little goblins eyebrows in front of her!

Welcome, doesn't matter which subject you draw - as long as it gets you drawing!

Really like the way you've turned the sterotypes upside down in this one.

Sketchstorm #4: Athletics (or Athlete) - reffed or not

Here is my athlete - a female martial artist (pencil, HB):

Sketchstorm #5: The Mountain

Time for an environment.

Remember anyone can suggest a subject once the 24 hour "drawing time" has passed. Have fun.

Here is my mountainsketch (ballpoint pen):