Time Waits For No One!

Oh, gosh! Time seems to be going by SO quickly lately, and there's never enough time to do everything I wanted to.  Bet I'm not the only one who feels that way.  

Anyhow, it's almost the end of March and I realized I never came back to the blog  to post the rest of my 29 faces for February.  So, here's a little collage of them all together. 

I really enjoyed the challenge, doing some experimenting, and especially seeing all the fantastic faces created by the other participating artists.  LOTS of talented people out there!  Keep smiling, one of them might decide to draw a portrait of YOU!  :)

6, 7, 8 (plus) and 9 of 29 faces - and snow!

Hello, and Happy Sunday night!  I have been drawing all week, but got behind on my pictures and postings.  Maybe I was distracted by the beautiful snow.  Almost a foot of snow arrived in the valley this weekend.  Guess the groundhog was right about winter sticking around a little longer.  Anyway, let's catch up now.

For face number 6, we have a Valentine Princess.  This one is colored pencils on drawing/sketch paper and is approx 8x10 inches.  With her big bright eyes and HEARTy outfit, she's sweet enough to give you cavities.  ;)

Face number 7 is a mixed media piece.  Soluble crayons, acrylic, ballpoint and graphite pencil on a manilla file folder.  I've added some fun duct tape on the folding edge and "grabby" area on the side. I'll go back and finish decorating or maybe just taping the rest of the folder to make it really sturdy, add a spray sealer over the painting, and have a fun little functional item to add color to my desk.

Yesterday morning, I decided to have a little spontaneous playtime with the water soluble markers.  (They happen to be Tombow.)  I created four ATCs (playing card size art) using the markers, a brush with clear water, and a tiny bit of black liner pen.  Love the results that come from never being exactly sure how the ink will react. The happy pop of color from the markers always makes me happy. I'm going to call this grouping my 8th(plus) entry for the 29 faces challenge since they are small, quick pieces completed at the same time.

 

Rounding out the group and bringing us up to date, a little pencil sketch I call "Weekend's Over."

5th of 29 faces

Finally starting to feel like I'm on the mend from this fight with bronchitis. Yay!  I'm ready for that to be in the past.  Now it's time to catch up on my posts.

Here is face drawing number 5 for the 29 faces challenge.  Another digital painting on the iPad, using the procreate app, but in a different style with limited palette. It was a fun experiment.  I'm still learning to use the digital painting app.  No where near to fully utilizing it's capabilities.  I am in awe of artists who use it to create either realistic or wildly detailed fantasy images.