Captions in Paintings (+ Paint Party Friday)
When I painted my series of watercolor faces for the "Faces 101" class I'm taking (you can see the other paintings here), I found myself compelled to add captions to them. The one on the left reads "She always blushed when she drank too much." The one on the right, simply "Pixie Cut." I found myself doing the same thing when I drew some faces in the next lesson. Except for this drawing, which I didn't caption:
Nothing came to me. So, now it's your turn. What caption or title would you add to this face? Or would you just let her be?
I'm linking up today to "Paint Party Friday," a blog challenging artists to paint and post at least once a week. You can see the current week's paintings at this link. My blog friend Gloria is a regular participant and planted the seed in my head. Thanks Gloria!
Rinda, I am SO loving seeing your art! And I LOVE that you are captioning your drawings...my fave is "she always blushed when she drank too much." Very very cool...can't wait to see more of your faces!
ReplyDeleteI love the faces and the captions. I always seem to alway want to caption my paintings too. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteYou are really doing great stuff in this class. I laughed at the first two titles, my Mom always blushes with just one drink ans she always had me in pixie cuts as a young girl!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sending the book my way, my friend will be shocked to finally start this project!
A few of the blogs I follow are doing the class and you are all doing wonderful work... I bought one of the Carla Sondheim books recently and really like it.. love the captions and am really looking forward to seeing what you are up to through your blog... happy PPF xx
ReplyDeleteHappy new year Rinda love your faces and the caption I would put to No. 3 is 'umm let me think'
ReplyDeleteLove them!
ReplyDeletelove the facial expressions.
ReplyDeleteMy caption would be - 'the next person who made a sarcastic comment was going to feel the force of her scorn'
Love your drawings. Happy PPF and have a great weekend, Annette x
ReplyDeleteLooks wonderful! I love Carla's style. It's Carla's class, right? :) I always have trouble with names so I'm no help to you. :)
ReplyDeleteYou've got to go with Helena's caption. I think that's perfect!
ReplyDeleteShe just seems contemplative to me. So I guess I'd let her speak for herself and let the viewer interpret what they see.
ReplyDeleteGreat faces, the captions add so much to them. I always caption my sketches, even if it's only in my mind.
ReplyDeleteI think she looks like a deep thinker or she's trying to decide on something, maybe to keep her curls or go with straight hair, lol. They are lovely and all have personallity!
ReplyDelete"she loved her beauty mark"
ReplyDeletethat's the one I liked the best.
The captions are a splendid addition! What came to me as soon as I saw her was: "I wouldn't, if I were you!".
ReplyDeleteI immediately thought of Sian when I saw Pixie Cut :) Caption: hmmmm and what did he mean by THAT?!"
ReplyDeleteWonderful faces/portraits!
ReplyDeleteSo fresh!
Happy New Year and
Happy PPF!!
Mary
Mixed-Media Map Art
I would go search Lichtenstein photos and come up with something popish to say
ReplyDeleteHi Rinda. Oh so glad you linked up with PPF. You'll love it! I love your girls. They are popish as Phoenix says. Your style of painting is fun. The third one, well it's like she is thinking, "Something fishy is going on." tee hee. Love your girls Rinda, great work. Keep it up! Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteOh I forgot, thanks for the mention and you are welcome.
ReplyDeleteOMGosh I can see Pixie Cut in a story - picture book. She is adorable. . . she speaks to me. Blessings, Janet PPF
ReplyDeleteooo your pixie cut is so darling!! and caption? something will come to you...happy friday!
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ReplyDeleteYour faces are fab! I'm really enjoying the class too. Your captions add such a wonderful touch to your faces!
ReplyDeleteFaces with personality...Best regards
ReplyDeleteCute faces! I always love to paint and to see portraits. I guess you can leave her without text...?
ReplyDeleteHappy new year and PPF!
Rinda, please don't kill me or never visit my blog again or... but she reminds me of our former governor, Arnold. So what about "I'll be back"?
ReplyDeleteShe could be thinking "Are you sure you want to do that????"
ReplyDeleteLove your captioned ladies :) The last one, well... maybe she's thinking about what her caption should be... Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteI really like the captions. I have a hard time doing anything without words!
ReplyDeleteLove your lady creations ~ fun! ~ Last one ~ caption might be 'am I being too critical?' ~ ~ thanks, namaste, Carol (Share the Creative Journey) Happy PPF ^_^
ReplyDeleteBeing a girl who blushes way too easily I like your blushing lady best.
ReplyDeleteHappy PPF!
Sheri Cook/HappyHorseStudio
Welcome to Paint Party Friday! I'm so glad Gloria planted the seed and you joined the fun!
ReplyDelete(I blush when I drink too! Ha)
I'm loving these faces and I sure hope you share more :)
xo
Kristin
Love your faces and their personalities!!!Happy 2012! Deb
ReplyDeleteSo glad to see you here. You will really enjoy PPF.
ReplyDeleteLove your captioning.
Nicole/Beadwright
Hmmm...I think my caption would be, "She wondered what was coming next?" :) Happy PPF!
ReplyDeletei love it and the caption in my mind would be...he said what!!!...xxx
ReplyDeleteWelcome to Paint Party Friday! It's great to have you join us!
ReplyDeleteYour faces are wonderfully charming and very expressive.
I think she is thinking"Humm, let me think about it a minute before I give you my answer."
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