The Diva Challenge #136 - Color!

I took this challenge very literally, and used colored pens and colored pencils in my drawing.  It actually started out a few weeks ago when the challenge was to use Tipple, but I never finished it.  I'm not thrilled with the background pattern, but there you have it.  The colors don't translate well from the tile to the scan, so I have to figure out a better way of getting them on my computer.

I'm taking a college level intro art class, since the only thing I seem to be able to draw are different tangle patterns, and I don't even do those very well.  My professor saw some of my doodles and loved them.  Too bad I can't figure out how to draw faces or body parts for the life of me.  The portrait I was doing of my 5 year old son looks like my 5 year old actually did it.  I'll just stick to my doodles, thanks!

Challenge 132

This one was really difficult for me.  The challenge this week was to use the pattern Bales in a monotangle, but use your non-dominant hand.  Yikes!  I'm a righty, and totally useless with my left hand.  It was a challenge for sure, but some of the lines came out ok.  I shaded with a grey and an orchid colored pencil, but it didn't come out well in the scan at all.

Diva Challenge 131

This is my second attempt at the Diva's challenge.  The challenge was to create a zentangle using the pattern DEX, and only Dex.  I had a hard time with this one, but I think it turned out ok.  I definitely need to work on adding more shading and work on my perspective, but I'm getting there!