29 Faces #27-#29 - The End!

I have mixed feelings about 29 Faces being over - it's been such a great experience, I've learned a lot and found some wonderful blogs.  And it's been a good discipline habit for me too, we'll see how well I keep it up.  It'll be a relief too, for my husband as well who's feeling a little like a 29 faces widow!

 

#27

 

This one is my second attempt at painting with oils - I posted this drawing earlier in the week and it was done on a canvas board instead of paper, which made it a completely different experience because the paint stayed wet. I really enjoyed it, although I had pictured something with lots of distinct brush strokes, a little more abstract, but I found myself blending away.  I'm not sure I'm capable of not blending...

 

 

 

#28 & #29

 

The painting above took me two nights so I'm just out of time for my last two.  This is a drawing from one of my favorite photos that I did last year, of me holding my nephew Jake about 10 years ago. It seemed like a good way to end things.

 

THANK YOU Ayala Art, for hosting this wonderful event!

 

 

29 Faces #26

This face is done on a piece of a page from my beloved 1917 prescription book.  The paper is so thick and wonderful, and I love the text, all the different handwriting from the different doctors. This is going into my fabric art journal.  I drew it, and then colored it with primarily Tim Holtz distress stain.  This was just plain fun, because I was just totally relaxed about it.

 

#26

29 Faces #25

This is done in my fabric art journal, a project from a class I took from Kate Thompson at The Trodden Path.  I didn't feel like doing a full-on face like the ones I worked on over the weekend, but even though her face is tiny I spent so much time on it that I think it counts!  I was going for a look of total peace, hopefully I achieved something close.

 

#25

 

 

 

29 Faces #22 thru #24

This weekend I've been playing with painting techniques, experimenting, on previous drawings. This is definitely an area I need to work on, painting.

 

#22

 

The two sides done differently - made a bit of a mess.

 

#23

 

This is actually oil paint, I bought a cheap starter set to play.  But I did it on paper, and like an idiot didn't buy anything to clean my brush with when I needed to change color - it was frustrating and doesn't even look like oil, but was a good learning experiment.  Being patient while I try to learn new things is something I struggle with!

 

 

 

#24

 

I drew this to experiment with painting it later in the week

29 Faces #21

I decided I needed a night off from my art desk, so tonight was a sketch in front of the TV night (caught up on the most recent episode of "Justified" - so good!).  I enjoy doing this, watching TV and sketching at the same time - whenever I look back down I see something new to work on, or an area that's off that I didn't notice before, and it keeps me pretty relaxed about it. Although I did plan for her to be much looser and more sketchy, not sure what happened, I guess since it didn't have my full focus I just did what came naturally.  

 

#21

 

 

29 Faces #20

This was an experiment that I would call semi-successful, although definitely labor intensive.  It felt like hundreds of pieces of rusty metal I cut, then poked into her head.  And the other part of the experiment was that I covered her face in encaustic wax, always a tricky proposition on something round.  I once covered a globe in wax, that was an adventure.  I'm not sure what she'll eventually end up as the head of, but it was fun.  I couldn't get good light to take a picture tonight, but wanted to get it posted so this will have to do!

 

#20

29 Faces #19, and my Fabric Journal

I've completed my first fabric journal, covers and all, so I thought I'd post it today, since the cover has a face on it.  I posted a picture of the cover a few weeks ago, but now it's all put together, very fun!  I have another fabric journal put together with a different, and very cool, binding technique, but no covers yet.

 

I worked last night on sculpting a paper clay face, but it needed to dry and be painted, so I couldn't post it yet... I was experimenting with something, so we'll see if I even do!

 

 

#19