Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Challenge #89. A button. Three versions.






Button #1 is done in ball point pen. I got the shading backwards - it was lighter down the center.

Button #2 is using a Faber Castell Art Pen.

Button #3 is pencil sketched then watercolors - trying out a nifty little travel set.

10 comments:

Shelly McC said...

These are all great but i esp. like the watercolour one.excellent work!

jill said...

LOVE the red button! it just seems to real and so vibrant as to jump off of the page at me. great job!

mrana said...

I like the red button too! They are all good but that one truly leaps out.

caseytoussaint said...

I vote for the red one too. Nice work.

Lin said...

Red one !!! Buttons are CHALLENGING -- they're tiny with such subtle differentiations of color and shading -- even if you think you're reversed the shade on the red -- it's still beautifully done1!!

Anonymous said...

You do well with all of them! But I think I like the watercolor best....I sketch with pen, but it just doesn't look right to me until I add color!--Carol C.

Linda said...

Yep -- the red button gets my vote, too! Good for you for trying the challenge in three different mediums, too!

Sue said...

Thanks for the comments everyone. I was feeling a little discouraged.

The button is from my long ago disintegrated favorite hawaiian shirt.

Alison said...

what a luscious button - beautiful

andrea joseph's sketchblog said...

I am sure I commented on this? I adore that red button. I can almost pick it up and feel the texture of it. Great picture.