29 Faces Day 26

Day  26--I'm  getting  there--this  wasn't  as  easy  as  I  thought--I'm  sure  a LOT  of  you  can  relate--it's  hard  to  stay  focused  on  one  subject  for  a  whole  month!   Well, for  today,  I  have  a  new  face--

 

 

 

graphite  drawing

 

I  used  a  photo  reference  for  this  one--I  found  the  face  on  Pinterest.  If  you  ever  need  ANY  type  of  inspiration--that's  the  place  to go  to.   As  a  matter  of  fact,  I  just  made  a  great  dinner  on  Sunday  from  a  recipe  that  I  found  on  Pinterest!   And  I'm  sure  I'm  not  telling  you  guys  something  that  you don't  know  already.

 

Okay,  back  to  the  faces,  you  also by now  should  know  where  to  go  to  see  more,  but  if  you  don't,  go  HERE.

 

P.S.  I  know  it's  annoying  with the  word  verification  thing  for  leaving  comments,  so  I  shut  it  off  yesterday,  and  now  I've  turned  it  back on--I  received  at  least  a  half  a  dozen  spam  comments  since  yesterday--so  I  just  had  to  turn  it  back  on.

29 Faces Day 18

This  will  be  part 1  of  my  face  for  day  18--

 

 

Right  now  it's  just  the  start  of  my  face  drawn  with graphite.....more  tomorrow.

 

And  see  more  faces  HERE.

 

Thank  you  Ayala  Art  for  having  this  challenge--I  never  would  have  kept  up  with  this,  if  I  didn't  commit  to  it--it's  a  little  tougher  than  I  thought--to  stay  focused  on  one  theme....and  to  blog  about  it  every  day!

 

 

29 Faces Day 11

Didn't  have much  time  yesterday,  so  I  limited  myself  to  a  half  an  hour  for  a  face.

 

 

 

she  was  done  with  graphite,  prisma  colored  pencils,  a  little  bit  of  pitt  pens,  and  a  smidgen  of  Golden  titan  buff  on  a  book  page,  and  some  crazy  and  fun  music  in  the  background--maybe  that  explains  her  wild  hair??

 

And  to  see  more  and  even  join  in  (you  can  at  any time--the  list  keeps  growing)  visit  HERE.

 

See  you  tomorrow!

 

 

29 Faces Day 6

I  didn't  have  a  lot  of  time  yesterday,  so  this  was  a  quick  one.   I  started  out  with  graphite,  but  I  wanted  to  add  a  little  color, so I  went  back  to  my  pastels  (these  things  are  growing  on  me).

 

 

 

She's  done  on  bristol  paper--I've  had  this  paper  forever,  but  I've  never  used  it.  It's  nice  and  durable,  but  I  think  I  like  the  tooth  of  the  coldpress  watercolor  paper  better.

 

And  if  you  want  to  see  more  faces  visit  HERE--there  are  96  participants  in  all!--where  there's  an  amazing  variety  of  talent  AND  faces  to  see.

My Etsy Shop is Open (and some other ramblings)

It's  not  like  I've  closed  my  Etsy  shop  or  anything,  but  it's  been  pretty  much  neglected  since  July.   But  now  that  my show  season  is  over  with,  I  can   take  time  to  do  other  things  like  actually  clean  my  house,  maybe  cook  a  meal,  and  list  items  in  my  Etsy  store. 

 

My  show  from  last  weekend  wasn't  the  most  profitable,  but  it  was  very  enjoyable,  and  I  love  being  a  part  of  it--a  very  good  quality  art  show---I'm  hoping  to  go  back  next  year.  But  in  the  end,  I  did  have  art  pieces  left,  and  if  you  want  to  take  a  look,  you  can  find  them  HERE.....and  here  they  are  all  together....

 

 

 

These  are  all  listed  in  my  Etsy  shop.

 

So  this  week  I'm  still  in  the  art-making  mode  for  customers---I  have  a  fairly  large order  from  2  lady  friends  that  ordered  some  pieces  from  me  a  couple  of  months  ago--and  that's  what  I've  been  doing  this  week--

 

 

.....need  to  be  shipped  by  next  Monday----I  met  these  2  ladies  this  year,  and  they  have  been  some  of  my  best  customers---and  I  appreciate  how  much  they  appreciate  my  art--I  make  them  smile,  and  they  make  me  smile.   This  is  one  of  the  reasons  that  I  like  getting  out  and  doing  these  shows--the  great  people  that  I  meet,  along  with  exceptional  fellow  artists!

 

But  I'm  also  taking  time  for  my  gift.   I  read  Pam  Carriker's  post  at  the  Sketchbook  Challenge  all  about  gift  giving  and  what  you  can  do  for  yourself  during  this  hectic  time  of  year---taking  time  to  do  whatever  you  enjoy  most--even  if  it's  just  for  10  minutes  a  day.   And  what  relaxes  me   is  sketching  faces--

 

 

I  love  sketching  just  for  the  sake  of  sketching.   You  can  read  Pam's  full  article  HERE. 

 

And  one  more  thing---I  have  lots  more  time  for  this  little  sweetie--

 

 

Zoie!!    She  turned  8  months  old  this  week,  and  every  time  I  see  her,  she  seems  to  have  grown  even  more.   It's  fun  being  a  Grandma!!

 

 

My Classes and Some Sunshine From Bobbi

Before I start,  I want to tell you about a new tutorial being offered by grittyjane.  If you're not familiar with her work, then you're in for a treat.  She is an amazing , and I mean amazing artist.  So just click on her  name for her explanation in her own words.--

Okay, I'm still working on my "quilts", but I thought I should spend some time on my classes, since I was so excited about them.  So in Suzi's new class, I'm feeling a little more confident with  the 3/4 view, and I think I'm ready to put some color in this Elizabeth--

I think she seems a little more regal than my other one  that I posted. I'm just tired of sketching and I want some color now.

 And I also signed up for Julie Prichard and Chris Cozen's Complex Collage class just last week, so I'm just getting started in that one. Right now they're going over the principals of collage, and they're covering everything  right down to the  different mediums that you can use. They're going to teach us how to make interesting collages with layers and color and also texture as opposed to just gluing an image to a surface. This is what I want to learn. I want to make a collage that will be interpreted differently from each person that views it---one with depth and meaning. I hope I can achieve this.

And I also want to thank Bobbi  for giving me this--

 I love her blog Bobbi's Art.  She is a multi-talented artist, and she  also likes to go thrift store shopping--my kind of girl.  And I love her humor too and check out the beautiful way she photographs what she's posting.  So--thank you Bobbi--it's so nice to get these awards--I will always appreciate them!!  And she really did send me some sunshine--it's actually sunny here today!  It's been raining since Tuesday, and hey, we even had a little snow yesterday : )