29faces Face #5 Wayne Rogers

Face #5 is of Wayne Rogers, who passes away December, 31, 2015 from pneumonia at the age of 82.

He was probably best know for his role as Captain 'Trapper' John McIntyre in the TV show M*A*S*H. But if you check out his IMBD you'll see he acted in a lot of other things, mostly TV.

I saved his hair for last, and as usual I got frustrated and gave up. Why is hair always so difficult? Even in real life it wants to do it's own thing.

29faces Face #4 Mary Ellen Trainor

Face #4 is of Acttress Mary Ellen Trainor, who passed away May, 20th, 2015 at the age of 62 from complications of pancreatic cancer.

According to IMDB she acted in 47 different movies and TV shows and while I remember her in other things, she will away be the mom in  The Goonies for me.

Please Ignore the giant black spot in her hair... I don't know what I was thinking.

29faces face #3 Angus Scrimm

Hey guys!

Face #3  in the challenge is Angus Scrimm who passed away January 9th, 2016. He was an actor and author, best know for his roll as the Tall man in Phantasm. He passed away at the age of 89.

I did have him done yesterday but my phone (which is how I take the pictures) wouldn't send the pictures to my email. But thanks to the lovely Blogger app I was able to get him up today :)

February 2015 Challenge Face #23 - #29

These last faces don't have a lot of time put into them, but I needed to finish this challenge, I was too close!

And um, these faces well... they are shapes, I thought it would be fun, they look goofy...

     

I don't think I'll be participating in 29 faces in September, we set our wedding date for 9/12/15!

12 days of Doctor Who - #10 Doctor

    From June 18, 2005 to  January 1, 2010 David Tennant played The Doctor and fulfilled a childhood dream. From an early age to told his parents to wanted to grow up to be an actor and play the Doctor one day. 

He was my first doctor, having been introduced to the series with the episode 'Blink' and skipping to "Silence in the library' and  'Forest of the dead' (a two part episode). After that I was hooked.

12 days of Doctor Who - #9 Doctor

From March 26, 2005  to June 18 of the same year Christopher Eccleston portrayed The Doctor, making him number 9.  He was the first actor to play the role who was born after the series began and helped successfully relaunch the series, though he only stayed on for one season.

This drawing was done in 2013  (as well as doctors  #10 and #11), I was going to redo them but Christmas has caught up with me and I don't have the time. Both #9 and #10 have more of their torso showing that the rest of the Doctors, I think they look a little out of place on the Doctor wall now... I'll have to remedy that after the holidays.

12 days of Doctor Who - #8 Doctor

Paul McGann is the eighth Doctor. In yesterdays post I mentioned how the show was canceled in 1989, ending with the 7th Doctor. In 1996 they made a TV movie in an attempt to bring the series back and introduced the 8th Doctor. Alas it didn't take off and the 8th Doctor spent the least amount of time as the Doctor.

Only 4 more days till Christmas!

12 days of Doctor who - #7 Doctor

Sylvester McCoy played the seventh  Doctor from September 1987 to  December 1989 when the show was canceled.  This incarnation of the Doctor became one of the darkest and apparently convinced several of his enemies to commit suicide.
Not a very happy thought so close to Christmas... but it is what it is.

On a happy note, I have a Family Christmas Party to go to today :) I'm excited to see everyone and partake in the traditional white elephant gift exchange... I hope I don't end up with the cast of Aunt Jeanne's teeth this year.

12 days of Doctor Who - #6 Doctor

Today is the sixth Doctor, played by Colin Baker, who was the Doctor from March 1984 to December 1986. He was known for being volatile and brightly colored, and I have to say I find his outfit interesting.

 I've got my house all decorated (finally) and it's starting to really feel like Christmas.

12 days of Doctor Who - #4 Doctor

The forth Doctor was played by Tom Baker. This Doctor was the longest running Doctor in the series  (172 episodes) and was most identified by his extra long scarf. He was the Doctor from June 1974 to March 1981.

Only 8 more days until Christmas!

12 Days of Doctor Who - #3 Doctor

The third Doctor was played by Jon Pertwee who's catch phrase was "Now listen to me!"
He was the Doctor from Jan 1970 to June 1974.

I really need to work of drawing hair... I am never happy with it.

Do you have your Christmas shopping done yet? I still have a few things to pick up and wrap but most of mine is done. And I think we are getting our Christmas tree today!

29faces September Challenge faces #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24

Ok, I got my commission work done, which got me as far as face #24 (I actually forgot one and though I was only at #22, I was a little disappointed)

Face #16 Killian

Faces #17, #18, and #19 the whole family.

Faces #20, #21, #22 The whole family (I did this one first but I didn't like how her son turned out so I did the other family portrait as well)

Faces #23 and #24 Father and Son

Can I make it? 29faces September Challenge.

I have one day left to finish 9 faces ( I have faces #16, #17, #18 #19 & #20 done. I just need to upload the pictures to my computer). The last time I was on the wire to get faces done I  posted some pretty crummy sketches just to get all 29 done on time and you know what? I wasn't happy about finishing the challenge, I felt like I had cheated or that it wasn't really over with. 

So tomorrow I am going to try to do 9 faces, and I'm not going to rush it, I will complete them, and if I can't make it, at least I can look back on some quality faces.

Wish me luck!

September 2014 face #14 and #15

One of my friends on facebook wanted a picture of herself done, I snooped on her facebook page and found the cutest picture of her and her son and had to draw them.  She loved how it turned out and has requested a few more, which will probably be my next few faces.

Face #14 and #15...

September 2014 Face #12... I think...

Home improvements have taken over my free time but at least I don't have a gaping hole in my living room wall anymore :)  I was able to carve out sometime tonight  and got a face done. Tomorrow I'm taking a well deserved break and hopefully will be able to catch up on my faces.

Face #12 was a request...a very insistent request from my facebook page.

John Wayne.

September 2014 faces #10 and #11

This weekend was super busy, and I didn't think I would get any faces done, but while at the Renaissance fair  on Sunday I was able to sketch two faces. I found a shady spot at one of the small stages and for 10 minutes I listened to a harpist and sketched.

The first face was just charcoal to paper, I couldn't see the harpists face, otherwise I would of sketched her. I couldn't blend every well with the charcoal pencil that I brought so I didn't do  much shading or detail.

One lady sat down kitty-corner from me and I was able to get her basic sketch... she moved before I could finish her.

And a picture from Sunday. It was near 100 degrees in the kings valley (It's actually named that, it's not just for the festival) and all of us had a blast despite the heat. And my feather costume held up nicely (and kept me cool compared to last years outfit) though I have some tweaking I want to do to it before next time.

September 2014 faces #8 and #9

Woot! Two more faces done, another couple, this time in charcoal. 

I'm still behind, but I'm getting closer.

September 2014, Face #6 and #7

I found a little free time last night, and while I watched a movie, I also got faces #6 and #7 done.
These faces are personal, I had been trying to draw them for over three years. The guide photo is of my grandparents, just before my grandfather went into heart surgery, it turned out to be the last photo of them together.
I wanted to  draw it for his memorial, but couldn't bring myself to do it, his death was still too fresh.
So, almost four years later, here it is...

September 2014.....

Simply put, I am behind on faces. I am in the middle of installing flooring in the upstairs AND making 4 costumes for this weekends  Rennesance fairs. I'm a little swamped, but even though I'm behind, I have a plan, and I will finish these 29 faces within the time frame.

 I hope everyone else is doing well with the challenge, when I find more time I plan on blog hopping and checking out everyone's progress! 

September 2014, face #5

It's been a busy two days. I am remodeling the upstairs of my house and removing a fireplace in the downstairs (which will need a new wall put up before it rains), we also got an impromptu roommate last week when a friend lost his apartment, to say my house is a chaotic is an understatement. To top it all off , yesterday I found out I lost one of my jobs, the steady one that paid the rent, I have mixed feelings about it, I was talking with my business partner about  absolving that business at the end of the year, I just wasn't planning on it happening this soon....

My point in sharing isn't for sympathy, I know this is the flow of life, out with the old, in with the new. But I think it's the reason this next face turned out so well (he's my favorite so far this challenge). I've noticed that my best art comes out during times of heightened emotion, Happy, Sad, Stressed, Depressed. It doesn't matter what feeling it is, the excess emotions spills out into my art and makes something amazing (At least I notice a difference in quality).

See for yourself...

Face #5....

I could of done his hair better (hair seems to be my weakness, I just can't get any of it right), but I love his nose, eyes, and eyebrows.

The inspiration....