
Hair, Nadine’s wonderful challenge
You know, I’m one of those persons who knows her art limitations. Really I do. I do but, as you probably suspect, I tend to ignore them.
Last week my friend Nadine invited me to take part in a weekend drawing challenge. Just like last time, the challenge was to take a word and depict it in an image. This word was “hair”.
Now I feel that I can draw almost anything, but believe I’m absolutely naff at portraiture. It’s true! But the more I thought about it, the more I really wanted to draw some beautiful hair on a beautiful girl. Growing up, I did the requisite copies of my favourite album covers and people’s images, (there’s a whole portfolio dedicated to Bowie somewhere at mom’s house I think), and I also remembered drawing mermaids.
I used to draw a lot of beautiful mermaids. Some coming out of the water with long flowing hair floating on the waves, pearls and seashells dripping from their bodies, well, anyway, that’s what I decided to draw.
So I started this morning and have my mermaid finished by lunch time. (Only one day late…lol)
Well, finished is a relative term. I believe I could be shading and refining and lifting and tweaking for another four hours. But that’s not going to happen today, because I hear the mountains calling my name. 😀
Thanks for this opportunity Nadine. And thank you for inspiring me to bring back a skill from my childhood and give it another try.
If you guys have a chance to, please pop by and visit the other extremely talented and fun artists:
Barbara, Tammie, Ariane, Carole, Demie?, Emily, Joanne, Patrice, Leena, Celine, Renilde, Kristen, Roberto, Kim, Mano, Stefanie, Nadine.
Joanne
I love those shells woven into braids Veronica!
And a beautiful model indeed 🙂
xx
Veronica
Thank you so much Joanne. 🙂
Christie
She’s gorgeous! And, what a wonderful job you did with the hair!
Veronica
Thank you so much Christie. I rarely do faces. They always become illustrations rather than portraiture, but this one was fun. 🙂
roberto
Hi, Veronica! Thanks for your comment!
I think you should not have your self-esteem so low, You want to draw, and in fact you do it, and I do not think you do it wrong. you say you know your artistic limitations, Ok. that is the starting point!
I liked when you said: “I hear the mountains calling my name”
very poetic! 🙂
Veronica
Thank you so much Roberto. Here in the Pacific Northwest, where it can rain 300 days of the year, when the rain stops, you have to go for it. 😀
Carole
Hi Veronica. Nice to meet you. I had to laugh when you said you could do more of this and more of that. We artists are so hard on ourselves. Your mermaid girl with sea shells in her hair is beautiful! Have a good week.
Veronica
Hi Carole, thank you very much. 🙂 Isn’t that the way…always? Who is it who said, “easy to start, hard to know when to stop.”…Monet? Picasso? I always forget, but it’s so true.
mano
hi veronica, niceto meet you – your blog is great and your drawing is so beautiful. I love the shells in the hair, it looks a little romantical and I think to the sea, to the beach, to holidays…
I haven’t photoshop, I need ACDsee for editing my pictures. I have much fun with it!
🙂 mano
Veronica
Hi Mano. I’ve never heard of ACDsee. That’s nice for me though because I like to explore new things. 🙂
Patrice A.
Veronica, she is a beauty
that beautiful hair, full of movement
and braids ad shells….
i think i am to old to have my hair like that ;^))
Veronica
Hi Patrice, thank you so much, 🙂 I’d like to say: Nonsense, I’m a million years old myself and sometimes have my hair like this…or worse. 😀
daryledelstein
these are wonderful .. i tend to doodle eyes … but i dont draw much, i hate that what i draw isnt as good as i can photograph
Veronica
Ha, I feel the same way sometimes! So much easier to pick up the camera, isn’t it? But let’s persevere. 😀
demie
beautifull mermaid hair!
Veronica
Thank you so much Demie. 🙂
Bev
Very pretty! Love the shells in her hair!
Veronica
Thank you so much Bev. I love the seashells too and the pearls. 🙂 They were super fun to draw.
Tammie
love that you drew her face from a unique and challenging angle, at least I think it is.
Lovely she is and sea shells in her hair are a sweet touch.
I always enjoy seeing braids as well.
I hope you had a time in the mountains that felt good to you.
Veronica
Hi Tammie, thank you so much. I did find the face challenging too. Oh the mountain hike was fantastic to the max. So few sunny days right now that I want to be out there as much as I can. 😀
Betty Manousos
wow, these are incredibly awesome! well done:)
she’s gorgeous!!
have a nice remainder of your day.
Veronica
Thank you so much Betty. Must pop over and see what’s new with you. 😀
Life Images by Jill
beautiful drawings. I used to draw a LOT as a child, but photography has taken over my life. I hope that one day I will get back to drawing again.
Have a wonderful week, and thank you for stopping by my blog this week.
Veronica
Did you Jill? Did you stop? I never stopped drawing or painting, just the mermaids and Bowies…lol. I hope you do get back to it; I’d love to see some. 🙂
Sara v
Nice! I drew a lot from comic books–Archie Veronica, Betty? Brought back memories–though yours is much more artistic 🙂
Veronica
Thank you Sara. I used to draw those guys too. As a matter of fact, almost all my daughters’s paper dolls ended up looking a little Betty or Veronica like. 😀