Alaya Art is sponsoring 29 Faces in September 2015. Going with a more imaginary feel again today. Also, Kim Dellow over on her blog has a fun thing going called Art It Friday – Show Your Face. I discovered it while browsing some linked blog pages on Julie Fei-Fan Balzer’s regular Friday post Art Journal Everyday post which she usually posts regularly every Friday. I found Paint Party Friday through Kim Dellow’s post. This is a fun group, too! There are some really talented artist doing all sorts of painty things over there. Here are my entry, which is also 29Faces-No. 18.
I used several different mediums on this portrait: graphite, colored pencil, PanPastels, watercolor, white Uniball Signo pen, and a white water-based Sharpie marker. I tried doing a side look this time–from the opposite side that I have done most of them and I think it “turned out” alright…LOL… Sorry about the bad humor–it is Friday and the weekend is almost here for me. I am one happy camper. I will be singing in two events this weekend at my church. Friday night will be an “open mic” night which I think will be a lot of fun. ANYone can participate and it is likely to be a younger crowd. Sunday night will be a more formal worship service but also to be held in our cafe-style multi-use building. The feel will be casual and more intimate than the usual larger sanctuary feel. That also should be a great experience. Saturday night will be a “girl’s night out” with my two bestie with a movie and then dinner and a hot-tub soak and lots of girl-talk and laughter I am sure. I hope I don’t laugh so much I wear my voice out before Sunday night?!! I have a great weekend lined up which I am really looking forward to after feeling so ill and dragging the last two weeks. It is necessary and well-deserved, I think. 🙂 What do you have planned for this weekend? I hope it will be great fun and all that you want and need it to be!
Love the face you have painted. Have fun with the events you have planned. Happy PPF, hugs, Valerie
Thanks, Valerie! And I plan on finally getting to visit your site and some others this weekend, too! 🙂
She is fab! Happy PPF
Thanks, Clare! 🙂
the face is lovely and I especially like the way you handled the lips… as for this weekend… work has piled up so I have quite a bit of illustrating to do this weekend… not always hugely fun… and sometimes I having to work over the weeknd as well, but this weekend they are great projects so it will be easier…xx
Thanks, Tracey! Still working on getting my lips “right.” LOL I actually am “on call” for work this weekend so I will have to fit that in between all of the other stuff I have going. Hopefully I won’t get too many calls and the weekend will go as planned. Enjoy! 🙂
Fabulous face – love the perspective!
Have a great fun weekend…. Gill x
Thanks, Gill! Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment! 🙂
Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing!
such a lovely portrait! Glad to hear you’re feeling much better-sounds like a wonderful weekend ahead-enjoy!
Thank you, Linda! And I am feeling better–finally! You have a great weekend, too. 🙂
What a great face! I love the strong lines. The nose is especially well done, I think. xx
Thanks, Julie! I struggled the most with the nose this time. I was looking at a drawing someone else had done and I was trying to make a mirror image of it. Plus the nose was a little different than any I had done before. I really struggled! But it all finally emerged and I am pleased so I guess it was worth it. 🙂
Love the expression on her face! She seems skeptical of something!!
Well done!! Have fun at all those great events!!
Hugs Giggles
Thank you, Giggles! Yes, I think today’s activities that I had to go in and do at work today were coming through with a bit of skepticism and some cynicism! LOL! It is funny to me how much the expressions on my characters seem to be mimicking my life right now. A bit uncanny, really…
Love all of the interest in the face you painted. Have fun with your busy weekend!
Thank you, Ginger! You have a great weekend as well and happy drawing! 🙂
This face has so many good things going on. Her mouth is sassy and set perfectly. Time with the girls is always the best.
Thanks, Nicole! 🙂
What a pretty lady! I was amazed to see how many mediums you’d used in this piece. Just wonderful.
Thanks, Beth! I’ve found some mediums much easier or convenient to work with to do different parts. And a lot of it is also dependent on the paper. The journal I’m working in is not very forgiving so I’ve had be a little more creative in doing some things like covering an area as big as the background, etc. A wet media over a large area is going to buckle the paper severely, for example. Also, a more controllable media like colored pencil for the eyes allows easier detail work in those small areas. Thank you for stopping by an leaving a comment! 🙂
Very nice job on this face. All your hard work is paying off. You keep getting better and better. Hope your weekend is going the way you planned.
Thank you for noticing, Neena! And yes–it has been a fabulous weekend, too. 🙂
Wonderful face Jill! Hope your events go well. Thanks for joining in Show Your Face and for the shout out too. Kx
Thank you, Kim! It has been a great weekend. 🙂
She is special… love this expression on her eyes and the colors are exquisite!
Nice to meet you!
Happy facing!
oxo
Susi
She is a great face. I love the color details you added. They give her a huge amount of depth. I wonder what she is so perplexed about…
Thanks, Erika! Perhaps she is just seeing my life lately from the outside…that would be pretty perplexing…LOL!
Your style is wonderful….your face is quite lovely and serene!!
Thank you Dianne–and thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment! 🙂
What a great face! Congrats on being the artist of the week this week on PPF.
Thanks, Fay! I’m really tickled. I’m really enjoying everyone’s work on PPF!
Popping by to say hi from PPF! Nice work!
Thanks, Christine! 🙂
Congrats on being the featured artist on Paint Party Friday – I think this is my first visit to your blog via PPF – love how you’ve used to many different mediums to create this face – looks like a lot of fun!
Thanks, Nic! Glad you finally got a chance to stop by and leave a comment. 🙂 Happy PPF!
Amazing job, Jill! <3 <3 <3
Thank you, Simona! 🙂
I like the way you handle shadows – both on her face and the different colors to create shadow and highlights in her hair!
Thank you, Minnemie! I am slowly learning about shadows and light. I am finally understanding that it is the play of shadow and light on the face that makes it appear on paper as we see it in 3 dimensions. Oh, I have SO much more learning to do in this area–I have only scratched the surface and I have so far to go! Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment! I went and snuck a peak of you blog and your work is STUNNING! I believe you have perfected the art of shadow and light. Your work and the quotes you include are absolutely beautiful. A great feast for the eyes and serene messages for deep thought here for me and my coffee early on a lazy Saturday morning…
Beautiful mixed media piece. Congrats on being featured at PPF.
Thank you, Teresa! Happy PPF!
Very captivating! Congrats on being the featured artist on ppf
Thank you! Happy PPF!