EDM Challenge #136 Draw a living thing

This is a Mongolian horse. They have short legs and are kind
of stocky. They sometimes have fancy embroidered saddles.
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The lyrics are from the song "Isis".

EDM Challenge # 176 Draw Something Summer

Ten months. TEN months since I've been here. But I'm working on a couple of things. I am a bit rusty. But here is my first go after all this time.
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The lyrics are from the song "Sara". They're a little hard to read.
They are:
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I can still see them playing with their pails in the sand.
They run to the water, their buckets to fill.
I can still see the shells falling out of their hands,
As they follow each other in back of the hill.

EDM Challenge #76 Draw some flowers

Okay, yes, I'm addicted to dark backgrounds. Next drawing I'm going

to try to not use one. This one is actually dark brown, not black. And

the flowers are small. The text is scanning kind of bad, kind of hard to

read. It says, "Suddenly I turned around and she was standing there,

with silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair."

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It's from the song "Shelter from the Storm"

EDM Challenge #260 Draw a filled suitcase

I had wanted to do a vintage suitcase for a long time and

just hoped someone would put it on the list of challenges.

I wanted to put a dog on top of the suitcase. But since it said a

"filled suitcase" I just put him inside of it.

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The lyrics are from "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You"

EDM Challenge #7 Draw a bottle

Okay well, kind of simple. Not a lot to say, just a few simple bottles. Oh and the moleskine started to split. That's why the big black line is in the center. I'll fix it.
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The lyrics are from "Restless Farewell"

EDM Challenge #8~~ Draw jewelry

Painting silver might be easier. I've never tried
it before. This was colored pencils and some paint.
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The lyrics are from "Isis". I had hoped to get these
lines in, but it was too much: "I was thinking about
turquoise, I was thinking about gold. I was thinking
about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace."
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I will probably work on the lettering later. Maybe.

EDM Challenge #43 Draw something china or ceramic

Okay, here's the story. This was the first song I ever heard

that made me realize that songs could actually be about

real things. Even tragic things. This is in some ways my

favorite song for that reason. My best friend in high school

had been given several Bob Dylan albums because she was

such a fan of "Like a Rolling Stone". She didn't like any of

the albums because they weren't the rock style he was playing then...

they were older albums. She gave them to me. I can still remember

sitting on my bed listening to this song and being dumbfounded

by the story it told. The innocence of youth.

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The song is "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" which is the

true story of a Haitian woman's murder. If you'd like to read the

lyrics they are here: http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-Lonesome-Death-of-Hattie-Carroll-lyrics-Bob-Dylan/DA27DBAD96636E8B482569690027CDA8

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And speaking of Haitians, you can donate easily to the Haitians now

by texting the word HAITI to 20222 and $10.00 will be billed to

your phone bill and sent to the relief fund. This is the Clinton

Foundation. He is special envoy to Haiti. Please excuse me if you

already knew this.

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As to the drawing...can't get it to scan right but I'm posting it anyway.

It's showing things that aren't there.

C'est la vie!

EDM Challenge #140 Draw an envelope

I'm in an artistic funk. This one has been hanging around

for a while. I decided something is better than nothing,

even if I'm not totally happy with it. So here it is.

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The lyrics are from "Boots of Spanish Leather".

EDM Challenge #163 Draw a deck of cards

I just am squeaking by on this one.

Not whole deck of cards, but just a drawing of two cards.

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The lyrics are from "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts".

EDM Challenge #93 Draw an egg carton, with or without eggs

Real Ukrainian egg dyers may poo poo this, and probably

rightfully so. They are absolute geniuses. But this was

fun. Not as meticulous as their work, but fun. The egg

carton lacks a lot in personality too, but hey! What can I say?

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The lyrics are from the song "Highlands"

EDM Challenge #118 Draw some hair

This actually needs some touching up, so I may replace the image

after I've done that. But I want to post it today because I might

wind up putting it off way too long and I'm trying to stay active.

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Also, I used a line from a song I have already used, which I hadn't

planned on doing. But I thought of another image I want to use for

the song I first thought of, and so I chose to use this one. I'll do the

other one later.

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The lyrics are from "Tangled up in Blue"

EDM Challenge #38 Draw something related to Halloween

This one was done really quickly, just for the heck of it.

No great work, maybe not even good, but just in time for Halloween.

The lyrics are from "Changing of the Guards"

EDM Challenge #125 Draw a bird

My son thought this one should say "When your rooster crows

at the BEAK of dawn" which I thought was pretty funny, but decided

against. I may one day do a series of drawings with plays on words

like that but not this time.

The lyrics are from "Don't Think Twice, it's All Right".

EDM Challenge #235 Draw a butterfly

Well it started out good, I think. I thought it would fun to
do a play on words and draw Madame Butterfly instead of a
real butterfly. It came out too cutesy. And then...and this is
the big one...I forgot to allow for the handle of the umbrella.
What's it doing, coming out of her head? Sheesh! I should
have done it more like the Japanese woodcuts. In any case,
here she is.
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The lyric is from "Tight Connection to my Heart"

EDM Challenge #4 Draw a cup

Honest to Pete this looks better in person. Anyway,

the cat was supposed to be black, but I kind of liked

the sketchy look he had as I was working on him so

I stopped.

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The lyrics are from "One More Cup of Coffee"

Challenge #58 Draw a hat

Thought about doing a fancy hat with flowers and such.

Might still do it another time. But this time it's simpler.

The lyric is from "Black Diamond Bay".

Challenge #184 Draw a bench

Again with the lettering. I seem to do fine when I'm practicing,

but then I tighten up and blow it on the page. Ah well, back to the practice pads.

The lyric for this drawing is from the song "North Country Blues"

Challenge #10 Draw a hand

Not a great drawing of hands, but this is my favorite Dylan lyric
so I'm posting it anyway. It's from the song "What Good Am I?"

Challenge #33 Draw an eye

I'm not so happy with this one. I think I like

the drawing okay, but the lettering is ba-ad!

Ah well...I'll do better next time.

The lyrics are from "Dark Eyes"

Challenge #1 Draw a shoe

This lyric is from the song "Tangled Up in Blue"

Okay, it's a little different than the others.
I am trying to use a variety of styles...can't learn if I stay in a rut!

Challenge #35 Draw a bicycle

Song lyric is from "Buckets of Rain"

Challenge #142 Draw something hot