Face #27, #28, and #29!!! I made it!

It is day 28, we are at the finish line. Another month of faces has gone by and I can hardly believe it. There where a few times this month that I thought I wouldn't make it, but here I am :)

Face #27 in pencil... I found a collection of Victorian hair styles and some of the women in the photos are just begging to be draw or painted... She is one of them (I liked her face more than her hair lol!).

Face #28 in pencil, was done in the car (parked). Her shadowing turned out amazing

Finally face #29!!!!! I love shadows and this photo was screaming out to me with all it's darkness...

Another challenge down! WHOOHOO pat yourself on the back, we made it!

I plan on doing 'Hands in April' next, I'm not sure if it's planned this year or not but I greatly enjoyed doing it last year. I'll see all of you in April!

Face #23, #24, #25, and #26

Again a day of trying to catch up. Two of the faces are from Christmas and were in my reserve stash to make sure I had enough to reach all 29! 

Face #23, Lily in pencil...was going to be a Christmas present but looks nothing like her, I just couldn't get the shadowing right and it didn't do her justice (other than not looking like the intended child I love this drawing)

Face #24 Lily in Pencil, I was able to recover with this picture of lily (Note; it is not finished in this picture, I added a lot more detail work and shadowing, but I don't have a picture of the finished piece as I finished it the night before the Christmas party).

Face #25 in pencil, Freehand with only glancing at my guide as I drew... His mouth needs work, not enough shadowing now that I look at it on here.... but I love his eyes.

Face #26  in pencil... A different angle than usual, it would of worked better if I wasn't so buzzed on coffee and rushed through it.

Only one more day to go! I got to get back to drawing if I want to make it to the end!

Face #18 #19 #20 #21 and #22

I was going to try and get ahead on my faces so that over the weekend (when I work) I wouldn't have to worry about staying caught up... It was a nice thought, but it never happened and I found myself doodling at work while it was slow.

Face #18 in pencil

Face #19 in pencil, I was stopped partway through him and didn't feel like finishing...

Face #20  in pencil, looks nothing like the guide photo but I really like her.

Face #21 in charcoal, she was a quick sketch, took me less than ten minutes.... That's also probably why her nose is crooked...

Face #22 in pencil. I was trying for a new angle, of a down cast face.... Something about her chin doesn't work for me though....

Faces #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, and #17 I'm ahead!

After my last post I got stuck on a face, well two faces actually, my Valentines couple. I found a challenging guide picture and started mapping it out, trying to get all the proportions right.

When I started  actually drawing it and putting in details, something just wasn't working, I became obsessed and as a result fell behind on my faces.

I still do not like it, their faces at least have not turned out, but I decided I couldn't work on it anymore, nothing I did made it better and I'm sick of looking at it now lol.

Faces #11 and #12, unfinished in pencil..... I will not post the guide photo because it's that off and I'm unhappy with it, but they were faces made in February so they count...

I was a bit discouraged after  I decided to stop mucking with  faces #11 and #12, not only because I was not satisfied with how they turned out, but also because I was now behind on faces. I decided I wasn't going to map out as detailed of faces, like I had before, and focus on letting my hand and eye create things.

Face #13, in Charcoal, she was lightly mapped out, I at least drew a 'T' to figure out the center line and where her eyes were going.

Face #14 in Charcoal. No mapping, just glancing at the guide photo and letting my hand to the rest.

I really like him, he's even cooler looking in person.

Face #15 was done without a guide photo, I just started drawing, its a lot better than my previous work without a guide, I guess that means I'm improving...

Face #16, I started him and decided I didn't like where he was going and to start again, but he's still a full face, so he counts in my book.

Face #17, in Charcoal, He turned out a lot better than face #16 and I really liked this angle. I will do this one again in the future, except I will map it out a bit so it actually looks like the guide photo (it's Willem Dafoe) 

This weekend isn't super busy for me, so I should be able to take advantage of the free time and get some more faces done... next week is going to be busy....

Face #10

Today is my birthday, the house is quiet, it's just me, my dog and two cats. My boyfriend is working till this evening so I get the day to myself. After getting some things out of the way I plan on doing a few faces (including my Valentines couple). I did today's face over the weekend, we were snowed in and had movie marathons all weekend, This face came from one of those marathons.

Face # 10 The old woman with the head scarf.

Face #6, #7,#8 and #9

Snow has descended in the North West and has left me home bound with guests. I've had enough time to start some sketches but nothing  is finished, so the following faces are ones that I did during Christmas time as gifts.

 Faces #6 and #7.My Cousins little boys, Calder and Cohen, done in pencil.

Face #8, my other cousins little girl Savannah, done in pencil.

Face #9, My boyfriends Cousins little girl Anika, done in pencil.

I added an extra face so that I'm ahead and don't feel as much pressure to get something done...

Hopefully I'll get back on track the next few days...

Face #5 There's no place like home...Dorthy from the Wizard of Oz.

With this face I actually took pictures as a did it,  to show my process I guess, it's pretty cool to look back at some of the stages.

The sketch with a 4H pencil.

Next is the dark spots with my charcoal, I love starting with the shadows first, then growing lighter. 

And my finished face #5. I was having trouble with her hair and just gave up, maybe I should put in the shadowy background, I bet it would help.

I love being able to compare my guide photo with my finished piece, it helps greatly in figuring out how I can improve, like my mouth and nose should of been a little bigger, I wasn't able to capture as much of her emotion as I would have liked because I kept them so small.

Please check out some of the other artists  participating in this months 29 Faces challenge, There's currently 140 of us!

Face # 4 Jack Nicholson

Just a quick post today....

Face #4 Jack Nicholson 

Face #3 in honor of Phillip Seymour Hoffman

I was saddened yesterday to hear of the passing of Phillip Seymour Hoffman. He was a wonderful and talented actor and I will miss seeing him in films.

In honor of him I dedicate my third Face to him and I hope I did it justice.

Face #2 Don Cheadle

First off Congratulation Sea Hawks! I am not a big football fan BUT I do love watching the Superbowl (and live games) and I was so excited that my home state got to go to Superbowl let alone win!

Okay, back to art. Face #2 is Don Cheadle and was done in Charcoal.

29 Faces 2014! Face #1

Welcome to a new year! So far 2014 had been busy and exciting for me, hopefully it will continue to do so.

29 Faces helped me out so much last year, I had always doodled on note books and dabbled in watercolors but I had never really taken my art seriously or pursued  it. Last year, thanks to 29 faces, I completed an entire sketch book for the first time in my life. Looking back I can see the progress I've made and it is incredible.  I am pumped for this month of 29 faces and I hope you are too!

Face #1

The old woman

I confess I did her in the beginning of January, but I found her fitting to be face #1 as she was the first piece of art I did in 2014. It took me three days, I was sick with that nasty H1N1 bug and worked on her when the fever died down during the day between naps. At first I though her eyes were off and looking back at the picture I used as a guide I can tell I missed a few details but all in all her eyes are not that off...

I fell in love with her hand the moment I saw this picture, and there is just something about her face that captures me.

This month I'm going to  work on different angles of the face  and details (like eyes). Most of the photos I've saved for a guide are black and white with lots of shadows for me to play with but if I get board or adventurous I'll break out the paints :)

Let the flurry of faces begin!