29 Faces Day 15 - Masculine Face

I quickly brushed in the background.  This face started female but ended up more masculine.  I might change the lips before I paint...

Hello to all my new followers! Thank you so much for your positive feedback on my last few faces.  I plan to continue with my drawings after September is over.

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29 Faces Day 3 - Sept 2014

A new day...a new face.  She looks a bit younger than what I had planned but I'm happy with the outcome.

I have a few layers painted on face #1.  Sketching is a breeze compared to painting.  Skin tones and shading is something I've avoided for a long time.  Anyway...I'm hanging in there.  I love seeing everyone else's faces!  Thank you for your lovely comments on my previous post.  Until next time....

P.S. I'm using a gate fold chipboard album and that's why there is binding on both sides.  I hope to do a flip through at the end of the month.

29 Faces Day 1 - Sept 2014

So, here we are.  September is here and I am participating in the 29 Faces challenge this month.  I'm really going to dedicate September to sketching and pushing my characters.  My first sketch is not done...I want to add earrings and shadows before I start painting.  I plan to take it step by step so I don't get overwhelmed and quit early.  Some of my posts maybe small updates or changes to each face so I get my practice in everyday.  My faces will be drawn in this chipboard album.  I have 20 pages left so I hope to have it finished by the end of the month.

I would love to have you along for this journey.  Please follow my blog for daily (fingers-crossed) updates.  Click here is to see my art journal entries!

Moleskine Monday - A Birds Eye View

This is the first MM post for 2014!  I'm about halfway through my Moleskine and I can't wait to share more in the upcoming year.  I feel like I'm definitely going in a new direction.  Last year I was doing a lot more card making.  And since I started this journal I have painted and sketched more than I have in years.

This is one my favorite pages so far.  

My journal is a narrow rectangle so it's not that

 easy to work with but the challenge is well worth it.  

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Flower Girl

Here is the latest from my watercolor journal.  I don't normally work like this but I like where it's going. My next step is to start painting so I will 

definitely be posting my progress. 

I just want to thank everyone for the awesome comments on my last painting!  Here is the house painting completed.  You can't really see the house anymore but that's okay because the color and the textures are still doing a great job.  I can't wait to do more paintings like this one.

The original....

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Face #7 of 29

Face #2 of 29

I think I have been avoiding my drawing lately....I'm not sure why.  I really want to learn how to draw the face in different angles.  I think it's such a challenge to get everything in the right spot so my goal is to draw as many faces as I can and take a break from the frontal view.  It did take me a lot longer to sketch this last night but I'm happy with what came out.  I almost gave up...it was getting late and I erased a bunch of times.  I would like to get to the point where I'm comfortable with setting down the lines and drawing any face I see.  So, here is my second face.

Thank you all for your great comments on my face #1.  I'm on my way to visit blogs tonight and I'm looking forward to seeing everyones work!

Before I go I want to recommend a book I got from the book store which 

helped me so much last night.  It's Giovanni Civardi's Complete Guide to Drawing.

I plan on buying the other books he has out.  He has great step by step lessons.

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