Monthly Sketch Project April 2010

The Monthly Sketch Project for April is a photo I took at the zoo of a Japanese lantern and submitted to the group.  I wasn't so thrilled with my first attempt,

So I grabbed my brush pen and tried to go for a bit looser look,

Comments

[Carolina]

Hi!
I love the photo, and your two paintings from it. My favorite is the second :) I'm amazed at your drawing skills, it took me a while to render a more or less acceptable shape. At the end I just left the bottom part out!
Best regards,
Carolina

[Cathy]

They are both good, the second one is the best though. (I had a couple of attempts too)

[Timaree (freebird)]

I like both but the bottom version stands out because of the contrast of values.