Eggplant

I think I'll have to reveal the source for this painting :-)

I participate in a challenge on: http://paintanddrawtogether.blogspot.de

The painting we were asked to paint is from Henri-Horace Ronald Delaporte (1724/1725 - 1793) and it is called "Egg Basket". When I get a "task" I often get a lot of ideas for how to do it. So I was at once thinking of a painting in large dimensions, 1x1,5m or something like that in a completely different colour-scheme than the original - a modern interpretation, or something using pastels. As I don't have time for doing big things at the moment, I said to myself: think small. And then the photo of this plant came to my mind. The colours in the photo harmonized very well with the "Egg Basket" - this way the idea for my painting was born.

Le Panier D'oeufs

Some detail sketches to warm up for a challenge: "Challenge - 35 - "Egg Basket by Henri-Horace-Ronald Delaporte"

This is the last photo of the drawing I post here.

I add this to the challenge 35 on Paint And Draw Together

The Lacemaker

Jan Vermeer has painted this girl working on a board making lace of fine threads.
The blog "Paint And Draw Together" has put up a challenge: to paint this picture in any technique one may prefer to chose.

Having little time left, today is the final day to send in the picture, I chose to make a sketch in my sketchbook. I added a layer of acrylic, which makes the paper more sturdy and much more important the acrylic gives a pencil drawing a lot of expression. It supports the pencil very well.

It is certainly not a perfect sketch, I could use hours and hours on the picture, but time is running and

today is hopefully the first day for me to participate in the PADT.

Some more details were added to the drawing tonight:

More photos will follow :-)

The composition went out of hand, I certainly should have made an overall sketch, 

before going into detail.