I was putting my youngest daughter to bed a couple of nights ago and as she snuggled up to her doll, I was struck by her pose. I grabbed my camera and as she fell asleep (she was very tired, we were up late) I snapped some very blurry photos of her
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I was really happy with my success with Izzy's portrait, so, of course, I wanted a similar one of my elder daughter too.
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On my art table there you can see a weird WIP that I started the night before. Acrylic, iridescent gel and tiny quartz rocks. I have no idea where it is going, but it does have some interesting textures.
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It is so wonderful to have some sunny weather to paint in. Last weekend I grabbed my acrylics and set up on the back porch and threw together to beginnings of a randomish painting (mainly because the canvas I'm using has a thread pull in it and I had to wait for the other...
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And I have my first face for 29 Faces! Started off as a quick sketch, but actually took me most of the day. Here is a pastel portrait of my youngest daughter, two and a half year old Izzy.
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It has been a long time since I've participated in Illustration Friday, (past efforts) but it is a great challenge to play in with some absolutely fantastic artists participating, so I've been looking for some inspiration in response to their challenges for some time now. I finally was determined enough to sit down...
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I am confident I can accomplish this...I hope...I think so...well, hell, I'm gonna try :D
How on Earth am I going to do that hair?????
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In my quest for self education in the area of portraiture, I once again made an attempt to scribble down a face portraying emotion. Since I'm hip deep in the Avengers fandom at the moment, I took a scene from a fanfic I read recently and drew inspiration from that.
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Last night I sat down and played with some cut up paper and some inktense pencils (still love them). I can't show you the entire piece (though it isn't finished yet, so not really much to see anyway) as it is for another challenge which has a specific reveal date, but here is a...
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Tonight I felt like expressing exhileration or high end positive emotion. Not that I'm feeling particularly exhilerated or anything, but I felt the need to see if I could communicate any of those like emotions in my faces. So I gave it a go.
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