30 faces no.21

Another pencil drawing, this one done with General's ALL pencil (inpired by Onionboy's Stabilo All drawing) on moleskine.
The drawing doesn't have this sepia quality, but all the pictures of the moleskine seem to have this tone with my camera. I like the original as well as this "version".
What is so nice about pencil is the ability to get all the shading and shadows you want.
I found the ALL pencil to be more waxy than I'd expected, but I guess that's what makes it able to write in all surfaces.
My friend looks great, especially with this new look...

30 faces no. 20

Another drawing done at church, during the sermon. I enjoy drawing people in the congregation. And I can jot a quick note, here and there, to help me remember a good point.
this woman was far away from me, but luckily, I had a good clear view of her.
There's not much of her face in this drawing, but that is what I like about it. The angle and the "less than profile" look I captured.
Unfortunately, I didn't have any colors at the time, and colorful she was. I may put some color in later on.
Done with pitt fine and medium black markers on sketchbook paper.

30 faces no.19

This one was fun and quick...
A couple weeks ago, my oldest son, who's in Kindergarten, told me about a technique they'd used in art class, with oil pastels and watercolor, and it was magic, because the watercolor didn't go where the pastels were. I told him we could do that at home too, cause I had the supplies. Finally, today we found our chance.
So, I made a face, of course. Just any face. Nobody's face. I like how it turned out, but I wish I had used a darker color for the oil pastels.
This was done on canson watercolor paper with crayola watercolor and generic oil pastels.
Try it!











Willik is really into racecars...











Phoenix is still just making shapes and colors, and I do love his colors...

30 faces no. 18

This was my faces endeavor for yesterday. I am just obssessed with doing sculpture right now.
This was done with plastilina.
It will never harden, so I can work on him more later, if I feel like it. I think he might need a hat, or a hairdress or something, and I need to make him "stand up" on his own.
It'd been about 14 years since I worked with this material, and I can't believe I still had some around. It's fun.
He's about 2-3" tall. If I want to add more details to him, I will definetely need some smaller tools.

30 faces no. 17

Little girls are a whole different breed than my 2 little boys.
Here's my niece. In a world of pink swirls.
This was done in canson watercolor paper with brush pen and a watercolor wash.

30 faces no.16

At the risk of sounding like I think myself the greatest, here's another one of me.
If anything, it's actually the opposite, because as you will note, I wouldn't say it's a particularly flattering view, but rather a distorted look, from a weird angle. I love the picture, taken by my husband, and thought that it would work out well for this medium.
Please forgive the flash-like aspects of reflection. This is done in a clay coated scratchboard, where I've used a fine dipping/scratching pen, to reveal the silver/white lines. The surface is semi shiny, and when light was on it, for the picture, it reflected it back.
I plan on doing some more work on it, but I like it enough at this point to post it.
Happy scratching!

30 faces no.15

Doing this drawing brought back great memories.
This is an Indonesian woman who was at a medical clinic which I helped with in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, just about a year ago.
I love how well defined her features are, and her very distinguished look.
This was done with a brown watercolor colored pencil, on sketchbook paper. No erasing.

30 faces no.14

This is my nephew, Seth. Isn't he adorable? Don't wake sleeping babies, no matter where they are at!!
This was done with soft pastels on gray thick cardstock speckly paper.
It was fun to blend colors and get my fingers dirty!

Today, I'm catching up on my faces, finally. It feels good to be back in the groove!

30 faces no.13

I'm playing catch up, and was inspired by an internet ad, of all things. This drawing was done on cardstock, with my fave brush pen, without lifting the pen off the paper. I added the lines on the left for texture, contrast and effect after the drawing and border were done.
It's a fun exercise, and it makes you look more carefully. Try it!

30 faces no.12

Okay, so about 2 years ago, a friend gave me some wood, and got me started on wood sculpture.
Every once in a while, I pick it up, and work a bit more on it. I don't have many tools, and there are lots of things I still need to learn, but it is so fun doing it!
So , tonight, instead of drawing, I sculpted some more. It's a long way from done, and it might be another year till it is, but it's super fun, and one day, there will be a completed face.
For now, enjoy the process, and if you have any experience with wood sculpture/carving, let me know, cause I have much to learn!

30 faces no.11

I drew this man in church today. I'm still a drawing behind, and hopefully I will be able to catch up with it tonight, but we'll see.
I don't know this man's name, but he was intently listening to the sermon, and checking his bible.
Done in my moleskine with a fine pitt black pen.

30 faces no.10

Yesterday I did want to draw or paint or something, but I was out all day, and then I was with the kids and then I had the rare opportunity of watching a dvd with my love, so I took it. by the time the movie was over, I was definetely was too tired to do anything.
There was full intention of doing something first thing in the morning, but saturdays tend to be very long days, while my husband is at work and the boys drive me a little nuts. Today was no different. I finally got them to do some play-doh, while I worked on this collage. It's different, but was somewhat therapeutic to my tired mommy brain.
Hopefully I will be able to make more art tonight, in order to stay caught up.

30 faces no. 9

This is yesterday's image. Which I did do yesterday, but by the time I was done with it, I was too tired to post it.
This morning was a hurried frenzy, and this is the first time I've been back home and ble to post it.
This is a bit of a departure from the photo, in that I think it looks more like what this little girl will look like in 10 years. I think the "smile lines" ages her.
I approached it from a cartoon/comic book sorta style, simple black lines with my pitt brush pen on my moleskine sketchbook.

30 faces no.8

I took a different approach with this one, inspired by Owen's use of colored paper.
This is a burgundy paper and the drawing was made with a white colored pencil. And I did highlights with the pencil and left the dark stuff behind.
I'm not completely happy with the drawing, as it's got some lines that aren't so perfect, but I am very happy with the approach and the general result of these mediums combine.

30 faces no.7

Here's my 7th day drawing, and posted before the end of the day, for a change. I drew this during the day, with the peanut gallery family giving their comments as I drew.
This is my sister. My son insisted that it did not look like her 'til the end. My husband decided to give it his own try, by drawing the same picture with his left hand. My son even drew his aunt, in order to show dad he could do a better job. All in all, it turned out to be an artsy day for the family.
This is done with a variety of gray pitt brush pen, on moleskine sketchbook.

30 faces no.6

Yesterday, I decided to do a self-portrait. An unflattering one at that since I was looking down into a the mirror on a table.
This was done straight with a Pitt Brush Marker, so it also was a one shot deal, with no erasing. I like that challenge. It makes you look more carefully!
I got into a discussion with my husband. He thought a self-portrait with the mirror was the hardest, but I think a self-portrait, in general, is the easiest and best, because you don't have anyone to please but yourself!
I still need photos, so if you'd like me to draw someone you love, or yourself, send me a photo ASAP.
Also, I've finally used my sister's scanner (thanks Rock) and scanned all the past drawings, so now they are much better to look at.

30 faces no.5

This one is for yesterday. I finished it at midnight, so that's why I'm posting it early this morning.
This picture, which is at least 6 months old, is of our youngest, when he was playing around with some adult goggles. His faces just looked hilarious to me then, and I 'm glad I captured it.
I thought it was a good one to show here as well.
Now he's 3 and a half, and I think part of what makes this picture special is how it captures his old baby fat cheeks!

Done with a regular #2 pencil and a red uni-ball vision elite.

30 faces no.4

update: Here's the photo of my drawing. Church was so busy, with a meal and all, that I didn't get a chance to scan my drawings. I didn't even think about it. Hopefully tonite I can decide on a scanner and order one, unless someone has one they'd like to give away...

this is a picture of Willik. This was from a picture taken on the day after he broke his wrist. A day of silly faces.
Done with colored pencils on moleskine sketchbook.
I am most shocked about capturing his likeness.

I'm hoping I'll be able to scan my drawing from yesterday, later on today, so please hold for upcoming drawing!

30 faces no.3

A couple weeks ago, my husband decided that before completely shaving his head, he wanted to do a "reverse mohawk".
It actually looked more like Bozo the clown, but it made him happy, it gave most of our church quite a laugh, and it gave me a chance to do this drawing.
I like the drawing better than actual event.

30 faces no.2

Here's my 2nd drawing. I did it yesterday, very late, and I only took a photo today. It's drawn with non print purple. I like the texture of the pencil.

By the way, I managed to scan yesterday's drawing, so you can look at it again if you'd like.

30 faces no.1

update: this is a scanned version of hte drawing, You can see it much better.
Here's my first post for the 30 faces project.
This is a photo of the drawing, as I don't yet have a scanner.
This was done with a mechanical graphite pencil on moleskine sketchbook.