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.