PPF #8 v.2: 29 Faces

I will be joining Ayala Art at 29 FACES this month.

We have 31 days to make 29 faces. That means 2 extra days of room to wiggle, which I lost by starting too late! *sigh*

Guidelines:
* It's all about a face! Any medium, size, techniques and forms are welcome.
   --It is OK to post an unfinished work too! Don't stress if you can't finish the  whole thing the same day.
* Your posts have to include the label/tag 29 Faces (make sure you type it in every post for this challenge!)

** Write an introductory post in your blog, tell people what it is etc AND use the tag/label. THEN click on that label, (it will take you to another blog page) then you copy the URL from your browser and paste it here in the Linky

Example: http://yourNameHere.blogspot.com/search/label/29faces  

The link you post will take the readers to ALL your individual challenge's posts. This way we only post one link, and have all our 29 postings showing!. (^._.^)  

Face #1 (May 2nd): Just faffing around playing with eyes. Tatiana (12yo dd) is very much into manga stories like Naruto and is our resident expert in eyes. She taught me the worried look which might be quite effective if practised.

 

Face #2 (May 2nd): now this is more my style. 

Face #2 colouring (May 3rd): my working table. I looked for an ad in the same position to understand the light.

 I used oil pastels for a first version, which I didn´t like so I went over it with watercolour pencils.

Final touches with watercolour pink which I also used for the background.

More work on the background next week.
I will be posting that and more faces on Friday for Paint Party Friday. You can visit other artists working different mediums and styles there. :)

AEDM 2011: Day 13 Check In Mid Way Chapter 10

Sunday means it´s time for our Chapter from The Artist´s Way by Julia Cameron Check in. Today we are mid way through Chapter 10.

For this check in I´d like to introduce to you Serena Lewis, an awesome artist from Brisbane, Australia. She will play along completing Task #2: Touchstones, a list of things you love. Here´s her take on it:

If you go to my About Me tab on my blog, I have a list of I LOVE things.

I LOVE

my kids, granddaughter and family

my dogs, Cody and Jack
wolves...my totem animal
to dabble with various forms of art media
keeping sketch journals
knitting and crochet

my camera

reading books, especially dean koontz

animals....i support animal welfare causes when i'm able
a mixed genre of music
watching movies with my kids

nature walks

the awesomeness of the sea
walks on the beach
seashells
mountain views

long, country drives
my bedroom, my sanctuary
the combo of turquoise, greens and purples

hot chocolate

vindaloo prawn curry with basmati rice

As you see here in these examples, she has a very wide range of drawing and painting skills. Enjoy!

If you want to see more of Serena´s art & life, you can find her at the following cyberplaces:

Blog - http://artbyserena.blogspot.com

Website - http://serenalewis.com

ETSY shop - http://www.etsy.com/shop/SerenaLewis

Flickr albums - http://www.flickr.com/photos/searen_art

For Art Every Day Month I show each day what I created the day before. This is my working table on November 12th.

Time to play with Tati´s oil pastels and watercolours.

Circles in oil pastels to try out the amount of colour according to pressure on paper.

Watercolour wash into circles.

Things I learnt today:

* Funny how navy blue and red turn out paler than light blue and pink

* You need quite a lot of water to paint big areas or the brush will run dry before you are finished

* Oil pastels work as resist (I knew that but hadn´t actually tried it out myself) with watercolours

* If dry the previous colour will show through, if wet it will blend in something not always predictable

* Sometimes the brush may seem clean but it´s not. Remember the wash, dry, use clear water process from day 8.

Right hand side is structured and left hand side is not.

How to share with MrLinky: you type in your name in the first box (the way you´d introduce yourself) and then the url/link to your post (not your whole blog url) where you share your work with the current chapter. When you come back next week your name will likely automatically be entered but you need to redo or paste over the url/link with your new post's address.