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....

September 2014, Face #4

I didn't want to map out this face, I just wanted to put my pencil (charcoal) to paper and create something.

I started with her eyes and after the initial sketch I moved on to her nose and mouth. I added more detail as I went along, shading and  blending. She turned out pretty cool.

Face #4....