Face #11 and Happy Valentine’s Day
Do you doodle while you’re on the phone? I do. Face #11 was doodled while talking with my mom today. Watercolor, ink and colored pencils. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Category Archives: mixed media
Face #3 – Step by Step Walk Through
Today’s face is called “Everyone is Beautiful”. As you can see, I wrote those words in her hair. When I started to sketch her, I decided to grab my camera and photograph some of my steps. I have some friends who are beginning their face painting and sketching journey, encouraged by 29 Faces. […]
Face #2
Face #2 is finished. Mixed media including water color, ink, colored pencil, graphite and acrylic. I know I shouldn’t take photos at night, but I wanted to share her with you today. The true colors are so much nicer (especially the background and the shadow under the nose) and the hair color is much richer. […]
29 Faces 2016 – Yay!
Hello my friends. Happy February! I’m sketching and painting faces all month. What joy! I’ll be sharing all 29 of the faces a create for this year’s February 29 Faces art challenge. I love, love, love this challenge. I’m so excited to share my first face. I painted her after doing one of Life Book […]
Thoughts on Words
Happy New Year Everyone! I hope you all had a wonder filled holiday season and that 2016 will bring you good health, good will and much happiness. A new year. For many it symbolizes a fresh start. Everywhere you look people are sharing their resolutions for 2016, or, more popular in the art community, their […]
How Life Book Influences My Art
OR.. Why I’m Behind In Life Book I’ve been playing catch up with Life Book 2015 watching some of the lessons for the first time. What I find interesting is what happens when I do the lessons, which explains why I am (or think I am) so far behind. I’ve actually watched most of the […]
Meet The Artist – Betty Guffey Richardson
Hi everyone! Happy Friday! Today I have the great pleasure of introducing you to a wonderful, sweet and caring artist who is not only extremely talented but also very supportive of, and encouraging to other artists. Please meet Betty Guffey Richardson Who is, “BETTY”? Tell us a little about yourself. This is a hard question […]
Meet The Artist – Cindy Grundsten
Hello my friends. I am so excited to introduce you to today’s artist, because she is one of my very favorite artists. I discovered Cindy a few years ago on Deviant Art and over the years she has delighted, awed, and inspired me. So without further ado, all the way from Sweden, please meet the […]
It’s Windy Out There
I thought I’d let you know that, yes, I am still painting during all these wonderful artist interviews. I hope you are enjoying the features, I know I am. I painted this pretty girl last night. I think her hair was inspired by the howling winds outside my window. They are still howling this morning! […]
Three Paintings
Here are my paintings for Saturday, Sunday and today, Monday, which brings me up to thirteen paintings. I’m still one behind, but I’m confident that I’ll catch up. Saturdays Painting Sunday’s Painting …this one was inspired by a Life Book 2015 lesson by JennyDoh Today’s Painting …which is unfinished, and will probably remain unfinished for […]
Painting Ten
My tenth painting and face for this month. I did this one while following one of Tam’s Life Book 2015 lessons, to practice 3/4 faces and try new techniques. I call it Island Dreams, because it has a tropical feel to me. Please click for a larger view. Thank you so much for having a […]
Painting Nine
You may have guessed by the title of this post that I am still behind. I did do a tenth painting, but I’m not happy with it, so I still owe one more painting. This is my ninth painting and face. It is a mixed media drippy girl, and, oh, she is so much prettier […]