Welcome To Friday Face OFF (FFO)
This is the place to show off your face art.
You
know, ANY type of face, nature, the face of a flower, Photography,
drawings, paintings. There just needs to be a face in your blog post.
This week I have decided to teach myself how to draw with colored pencils. Why? Because I was reorganizing my art room and found all of my colored pencils. While drawing I mentioned to MR. M. what I was doing and wished we had the money for me to buy some graphitint pencils. (They are very expensive) Mr. M. hobbles upstairs. A few minutes later he hands me a new set of graphitint pencils, some Ticonderoga colored pencils and a new set of graphite pencils. The best part about this set is it has 6 matt graphite pencils that I have been wanting. Mr. M. doesn't use these any more so they are now mine.
graphitint.
Now for my piece for this week.
I was going through some art paper and found two sketches that I made years ago. This is the first one.
It's AI time.
Do you remember this guy from Monster Monday?
YAY I made top 20%
At night
Some heads
Weird teeth 
Something pretty
Join Night Cafe it's free.
It's time to see some features.
Mia is a wonderful artist and always has free downloads.
Carola You don't want to miss this post. Just take my word for it.
Louise is this fun loving, adventurist that will delight you with every post.
I hope you will join in. Here are the rules.
FFO
self portrait, I ask that it is really you from any age. Please include
the photo you worked from. If you are creating from life, like looking
in a mirror just show any photo of you now.
Any
medium can be used except a photograph. Ya know, you can't just put a
photo of yourself. However, it can be realism, character, surreal,
abstract as long as we can see you in the art.
Any
kind of expression. Create you as you see yourself. Now, I know this
can take awhile. It will for me. So you have until November 28, 2025 to
show your face on FFO. That gives you 4 weeks to work on it.
That's it for me. Now it's your turn to show me your face.
Nicole
26 comments:
Wonderful drawing.
Very much like the night art, especially the horse and rider.
Have no idea how to make AI art. You are excellent at it.
Happy Hallowe’en, Nicole.
Happy Face Off to You
The last AI creation in this series is simply fantastic. I love the colors, the composition - everything. Your face is beautiful as well, I like those freckles in her face. It always amazed me how much the face change in the process - I "compare" with the start and see that nothing has really "changed", but still the entire face is so different from the start. I absolutely love it.
Thank you for the feature - I really appreciate it.
OOooooh new art supplies. I have never heard of graphitint before now. Water-soluble graphite? I need to try that. Guess I will save up for a small set of them. But maybe I will see what you do with them first.
I had seen all of your AI pieces (and more) on Night Cafe earlier this evening. (grin) I suppose i need to actually spend some of my credits and really explore some of the other "engines"
Your Hubby is The Sweetest! Thank you for the BIG SMILE, dear host Nicole! Happy arting! Is that a word? Making art, creating art, ah, you know...
Your unknown woman came out great, too.
And the AIs are weeee.... scary?
It is fascinating what is possible today.
I had a A0 drawing machine when I studied, now we have CAD-programs.
I live in Germany, you in the United States and we can communicate.
I like the Treat, not the Trick, and no sweets. Happy Halloween!
I love my watercolour pencils. Nice portrait and AI work.
voilà une magnifique collections de crayons pour la suite de tes travaux. Ce qui s'appelle être outillé. Tes productions en IA génèrent d'effrayantes créatures et ma foi, je trouve que c'est une singulière obsession. je suis toujours étonné par l'écart entre tes dessins manufacturés, et tes productions digitales. Sur ce je te souhaite un joyeux halloween
It´s nice that Mr. M supported you with the pencils...nice drawing (as ever , dear Nicole). And the pictures are really scary...fitting to Halloween....
Happy Halloween and have a good time
Violetta
...pencils, who knew that there were so many kinds of pencils? Certainly not me. Nicole, I wish you a Spooktacular Halloween. Be well.
I feel quite deprived now. I have no art supplies at all! Just as well, really, my artistic talent sinks below even the morality of politicians. I am very much looking forward to self portraits as they begin to appear. People are brave to do this!
Thank you so much for featuring my creation, Nicole. I love your sketch, you are a great artist.
Enjoy your new art supplies. Great pencils. I have the Derwent pencils too and I love them.
As for the FFO self portrait, I will try to join you, not promising though because my free time is extremely limited these days.
Kisses, my friend.
What a great surprise from your husband. And I totally agree, you can never have too many art supplies. Of course I am once again trying to clean my art space which I let turn into an absolute disaster zone because I probably do have too many supplies. Grin. Great face this week, and happy Halloween to you. hugs-Erika
I love your found sketch so much! She is easily recognizable.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN ~ wonderful sketch ~ new art supplies ~ wow~ and great AI creations ~ hugs,
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Great to have new art supplies! Love the face you made. She looks so friendly. Somebody you'd love to talk with.
My supplies have been in boxes, been too busy with the move, and in such poor health for way too long. Just did something about that. ;)
What a beautiful sketch!
Also that first AI face is.. ew. I hate holes lol.
Happy Halloween! 🎃💀👻
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Boa sexta-feira, bom final de semana e um excelente mês de novembro, minha querida amiga Nicole. Achei incrível sobre os lápis.
Fabulous sketch and shading, Nicole! I need to buckle down with getting serious on portraits but seem to run out of time with the other zillion things I have going on. I'll get there, though. Have a safe and fun Halloween, m' dear! xo
I am looking forward to your creations that. you make with your new pencils! So great that they were somewhere in your house already.
Hi, Nicole! Your Mr M is a keeper! ~ How thoughtful of him to give you the pencils you craved! I love that face that you drew! It has individuality and character. My stomach clenched when I saw your first AI image. It's terrifying, even if the "thing" says it's nice. The other's are scary too ~ perfect for Halloween! 😱 😂. Thanks for the shout out. I fell behind badly in the last couple of days, so I didn't get a new post up. I decided to just visit around. btw, the seeds I have for you are drying. I'll send them next week. I hope some sprout. I'm still chasing milkweed fluff around the house. It's more fun than dandelion fluff. 😂. Have a great weekend! ❤️
I've not heard of the graphitint pencils. I've got the inktense pencils also by Derwent. I like the AI bird.
I really like these. Well done. Happy Halloween!
The robotic bird is so charming. I love that very much
Happy Halloween.
I do like the AI bird ... very pretty.
All the best Jan
Happy Halloween Nicole! I am so happy you got your lovely pencils! YAY! i LOVE your portrait so much. Wonderful artwork and lovely features! :) Have a wonderful evening and amazing weekend! THank you for hosting a lovely spooktacular party! :) Hugs!
That's a solid relationship, when you're willing to share your art supplies. As always, I am awe struck by your portraiture skills. Happy Halloween!
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