29 faces September Challenge, faces #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 and a bonus #30!

Holy crap I did it!

I really didn't think I was going to make it this challenge.

I'm pretty happy with these next few faces, all were free hand with charcoal. They don't look as nice as my pencil work or something I map out first but I can tell that I'm improving.

Faces #25 and #26 the wolf-man and his girl

Faces #27, #28, #29 and bonus #30! They should he familiar faces :)

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!