Paint Party Friday - Sketches

I've continued to do faces everyday.  I seem to be sketching this week. These are the three latest ones. Two of these sketches are ones I initially started and abandoned.  I just got my eraser out and started over again.  The second time they seemed to work out better. So my advice is to pull out that abandoned art and give it another chance.




















Sketch no. 10 for the month so far.

This was from an add for paint chips. The woman's mouth was more open but I could not make it look right so I adjusted it a little.

Here I am attempting a pose and remembering my mother.  My perspective is off on the table but that is not a strong point for me, so I am not surprised at that.

Although there is not any paint involved here I am still linking to Paint Party Friday. Have a great day!

Oh something more to add and their is paint involved.  I am in April Cole's group on Facebook and we are doing paper dolls. Not my usual thing but I remembered I had a paper doll template from Misty Mawn's book Unfurling. So I thought I would play along.

So I made a copy of it by printing on watercolor paper. This is the original doll.

Then I made some clothes for it. This dress is made from a mono print I made on my gelli plate. I just loved the print, in fact I would love to have this dress.  I love all the mix of colors.

This one is made from embossed wallpaper that I also printed on my gelli plate. A little ribbon added and a button and I think its a cute outfit. I tried making shoes but they would not stay on the doll so I just painted her feet with a brush marker.

29 faces

Day1 fluid acrylic paints.

Day 2 pastel on cold press paper, not my favorite either. All the blending is done on the paper. I think paint is more my medium.





















Day 3 pastel.  I tried pastel again but still did not like it.  I did this on cold press watercolor paper. Yuck it was awful, the pastel would not stick to the paper.  I really hated pastels after this.  I've boxed them up and will give them away.

My 4th face was created with graphite pencils.  The vine/wallpaper was done in pencil first and then a Micron pen. I was stuck in the waiting room, while the husband had his eye appointment so that is what the journaling is about.

My fifth face is done in charcoal pencil.  I added watercolor crayon for the eyes. Right after I took the picture, I set the drawing down to spray on a fixative and put it in a puddle of tinted water that was on my table.  Now half of her face is green.  I hate when that happens.

 Remember the cover I did for my chakra journal, well I thought it needed sprucing up.

I painted the blue background, added the rays and added more color to the floor.  I like it a whole lot better now.