Saturday, February 18, 2012

Rethinking 29 Faces

I've been participating in Ayala's 29 Faces Challenge, but I was starting to get stressed because I was falling behind.  So, I gave myself permission to create 21 Faces instead of 29 and I felt so much better. In my more relaxed state, I created faces #12, 13, 14 and 15.  I started with these two faces because I wanted to focus on lips and eyes. I think the key to lips may be that there needs to be shading and highlights. And I think I need to work on making my eyes bigger.
Then, I moved on to trying to incorporate faces into art journal pages, and I came up with this page using a watercolor face:
Finally, I created the page up top,which was my favorite. It feels really good to be art journaling again, and I'm really happy to find a way to start incorporating my faces on my pages.
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13 comments:

  1. AmyFebruary 18, 2012 at 10:55 PM

    It won't matter how many there are, it's enjoying the process that is important!

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  2. MargiFebruary 19, 2012 at 12:48 AM

    I absolutely love how you are incorporating faces into your pages and Squishy always says lips look right when they are drawn/painted/colored as shaded,,,then they look natural no matter their shape! Great work on the faces AND even better giving yourself permission to do it your way and enjoy the process!

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  3. helenaFebruary 19, 2012 at 1:12 AM

    love the first piece - it looks like your style

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  4. scrappyjackyFebruary 19, 2012 at 1:48 AM

    I love the living doll face....and it's great to see you beginning to incorporate the faces into your pages.

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  5. SianFebruary 19, 2012 at 8:56 AM

    Quality is always going to be better than quantity - a good decision I think :) Especially as it looks as if you are having a lot of fun with these

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  6. UnknownFebruary 19, 2012 at 9:41 AM

    It doesn't matter how many you make. It's fun!!

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  7. AlisonFebruary 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM

    Well done for making the course more achievable for you!
    Alison xx

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2012 at 5:20 PM

    It's the process that counts, and you've made such wonderful progress doing these. I love the living doll!

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  9. The Mann FamFebruary 19, 2012 at 6:00 PM

    I love the top journal page with the face incorporated into the picture.

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  10. ComfyMom~StaceyFebruary 20, 2012 at 8:59 AM

    Wonderful looking pages! I think I like the last one best

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  11. GingerFebruary 20, 2012 at 4:40 PM

    Rinda - I have been enjoying watching you create your faces and love that you are incorporating them into your pages. It's been a few years since I have drawn anything - but I did pick up a set of pencils the other day at Michaels, so perhaps that will change :)
    thanks for stopping by today Rinda - the photo of my brother is my favorite :)

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  12. manomijFebruary 21, 2012 at 6:19 AM

    I am glad you have allowed yourself to do less faces and kept with it. You have done such a great job it would have been a shame not to see more.

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  13. Ayala ArtFebruary 22, 2012 at 11:15 AM

    As many as you want, as finished as you can... anything is fine, as long as you are having fun ☺

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