September 2014, Face #3

Face #3 frustrated me. I loved the photo I used as a guide, but early on I had skewed the face somehow, (proportions, angles, something was wrong in the beginning), but I just kept going with it, I was trying to make whatever I did work (which usually works out fine). There is a lot about this face that I like, but as a whole I am not happy with it, and decided to stop messing with it, because I was taking hours just touching up little areas. I started on face #4 instead and left this one as is.

Face #3....

September 2014 Face #2

This challenge you will see a lot of elderly people, I love drawing wrinkles for some reason, and absolutely love the character that they give a face.

The face....

Off to get more faces done, I hoping to get a few done a head of time so I have back up for a busy day.

September 2014 Face Challenge, Face #1

Welcome back, it's time for more faces!

I've been looking forward to this challenge all summer, a new job kept me busy in April/May and I wasn't able to participate in the hands challenge like I wanted to( I also stopped checking by the facebook page, and lost touch with what everyone was doing, yikes!). Things have calmed down a little on the home front and I decided I could take the plunge and work this challenge into my busy schedule.

Here we go. Face #1...

Happy Labor Day, I'm off to binge on classic horror movies and get more faces done :) (It's how I do things, movies and drawings go hand in hand for me).

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....