Friday, 4 May 2007

EDM Challenge # 1 - Draw a shoe

Shoe - © Serena Lewis

I have been wanting to improve on my drawing skills for some time now so, to find some motivation, I recently joined a Sketch/Drawing group online called Every Day Matters. I joined at Challenge Number 117 so I certainly have some catching up to do and, while I don't plan to do them in numerical order, I do plan to do them all eventually. Today, I started with challenge # 1.

20 comments:

Lin said...

Beautiful work! Delicate and fine lines -- beautiful!

Jana Bouc said...

This is charming Serena! Such a delicate shoe and beautifully drawn. Welcome to EDM! (and thanks for the encouraging comment on my blog!)

Anonymous said...

Serena,
Lovely shoe, wonderful shaded drawing. Please keep sharing all of them with us.

Anonymous said...

What nice artwork you make, Serena! I looked through your previous entries and really liked the strong contrasts in color of both your zebra and the zen-like clock!

Sandy said...

Great shoe, you are off to a good start, Welcome to EDM challenges!! I am not caught up but there is always something to sketch when I am at a loss on what to do.
Sandy

Serena Lewis said...

Thank you, everyone, for the great comments ~ :)

Margaret McCarthy Hunt said...

Very nice job...what a delicate shoe

Robyn said...

Way to go Serena. You are certainly showing them out there how skillful Aussie artists can be. Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff.

Serena Lewis said...

Thank you, Maggie and Robyn! I'm so glad I joined EDM. I just can't wait to catch up on the challenges though I'm sure that will take me a while. :)

Deborah said...

This quite a lovely shoe! Great drawing....very delicate just like the shoe.

Serena Lewis said...

Thanks, Deborah, your comment is very much appreciated ~ :)

mrana said...

Great shoe Serena! Nice clean lines and shading.

Serena Lewis said...

Thank you, mrana ~ :)

K said...

Hi Serena, I just thought I'd chime in to say welcome to the EDM group, too! I joined about four months ago and have had great fun ever since (however, I'm nowhere near caught up--but that's one of the beauties of the group--there's no pressure about that; basically you can go at your own pace and draw whatever you like--there's bound to be a challenge that's close!) . . .
Anyway, I love your shoe, looks just perfect!

Anonymous said...

Nicely done, Serena!
Glad you've joined us.

Serena Lewis said...

Thanks for the warm welcome and your kind comments, Kathleen and Karen. I've got a long way to go before I catch up with the rest of the group but I'm looking forward to the challenge. :)

stapeliad said...

That sounds like a group I should join.

*sighs*

Serena Lewis said...

I'm sure you would enjoy the challenges, stapeliad. It's quite a busy group with lots of mail but everyone seems really lovely and helpful. A few of the member make their own sketchbook journals which is something I wouldn't mind having a go at myself one day. :)

Africantapestry and Myfrenchkitchen said...

Lovely shoe you did here Serena! Nice linework and shading!
Ronell

Serena Lewis said...

Thanks, Ronell ~ :)