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, AI. There just needs to be a face in your blog post, a
link back to my blog and please use the image below. Thank you.
New portrait challenge! See at the end of this post
This last week we have had to travel to Eugene 3 times. Uhhhggg. It makes for very long and tiring days and not much time for art. Ha ha, I always find time for art. Even if it's just half an hour in the evenings. Do you make time for art?
A month or more ago I created a face with pastels. A goofy face, but I really like her.
Then, as I mentioned last Friday, I was working on some graphite that I just didn't like the paper.
(I will explain this more in the weeks SITAR)
I scrapped the graphite, then I found a painting of a face online that I really liked sketching her out on the creepy paper.
I went for the pastels. The main reason I like pastels is that, for me, it's messy art and I like that.
I had progression photos and because I'm an idiot they got deleted. EEEEkkkk!
You get the finished piece.
I'm very happy with this.
I have never drawn from life. Just never had the opportunity. As I mentioned above I make time for art. I decided to draw Mr. M. while he was watching TV after a day in Eugene. I did this in 20 minutes. Quite different drawing from life than from a photo. It's not great but it dose look like him.
Are you ready for a new portrait challenge?
This one is all about expressions. Create a portrait that shows one of the following emotions. Choose from,
1. Happy, a big smile showing teeth, bright eyes with smile lines and wrinkles.
2. Sad, create a face with downcast eyes, a down turned mouth, tears running down the cheeks.
3. Tired. Create a face that has dark circles under the eyes with a blank stare. Or yawning. Slumped shoulders.
4. Surprise. Make a face with wide eyes with lifted eyebrows and forehead wrinkles, A mouth that is in a circle shape.
5. Anger. A lowered furrowed brow, glaring eyes, flared nostrils, and thin lips.
You may create one or more of the expressions or all of them!
You have 11 weeks to create your challenge face (s). April 24th will be the show date on FFO. Use any art medium you like and make it fun!
Remember, the challenges are optional you may still join FFO with your face posts.
Now, let's see some features.
Cloudia. If you want to start your day off with happiness, this is the place.
Don't
forget to join in for Sunday in the Art Room, "SITAR" Anything art.
Please link back to my blog and use this image. Thank you so much.
That's it for me.
Now it's time to show me this weeks faces.
Nicole
Nicole
...Nicole, Mr M is a handsome fellow.Thanks for hosting and be well.
ReplyDeleteWonderful portraits you made Nicole! -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI have drawn from life a few times. My most successful was one of my Dad. I did it in a hospital waiting room once upon a time when Mom was very ill. I also used to sketch people when I was sitting in (dreary) meetings at work.
ReplyDeleteI love your pastel work. I really love the use of color in your "goofy" face.
Oh I like your pastel pieces a lot. I like some messy too, and I love color. You really know how to use pastels well. and your drawing of Mr. M looks great. I've always wondered what he looked like. Grin. I look forward to he new challenge. Have a great FRiday and start to your weekend. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteNicole-your drawing of your husband is really good! I like the other works too-really beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love your portrait of Mr M! His glasses are so well done and what a cute little goatee! And what an interesting portrait challenge you've set for us! I'll have to give that one some serious thought.
ReplyDeleteLove the last two portraits ~ your hubby's is great ~ hugs
ReplyDeleteLoads of fun faces from you. You are really mastering the pastel technique -- and the portrait of Mr. M is lovely!
ReplyDeleteI love that you're playing with color, and that life portrait you did of Mr. M is awesome! I like playing with expressions, even on my cartoonish drawings, so I'm looking forward to the challenge. Hope you have a more relaxing week, and blessings!
ReplyDeleteAloha everyone, may we all have an easy time facing today and a beautiful weekend
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ReplyDeleteLove your pastel faces. Fun colours.
Good idea to draw from life. Sometimes I notice
people in Starbucks drawing.
Dear Nicole, nice drawings again, I personally like the ones with pencil more. And as I told before - I am not talented in drawing faces....
ReplyDeleteHave a good time and all the best
Violetta
Happy Friday Nicole! Lovely portraits! Wonderful sketch of Mr. M! I really love the colours and shading you always use. Wonderful! Yay a new challenge! :) I am very excited about the challenge and lovely features! Wishing you a wonderful Friday and a lovely Weekend! Have a lovely Valentine's Day too! :)
ReplyDeleteDear Nicole, Friday the 13th was a good day for me too 😊. Edi and I went to Vienna first, because we had booked a special tour at the Kunsthistorisches Museum: Michaelina Wautier – perhaps you remember her: she's the wonderful 17th-century artist whose work we admired at the museum in Toronto as part of the Flemish artists exhibition. Today we saw several works by this forgotten and rediscovered painter – and she was, by the way, AMAZING at painting emotions (even very subtle ones, like impatience, gentle mockery, pride...).
ReplyDeleteAnd afterwards we drove to Baden, where we first had a delicious winter bowl (rice, pulled pork, beans, chickpeas, and various winter vegetables) and then went to the cinema. We saw the film adaptation of a German-language novel (actually the true life story of a German actor – he's already written several novels about his crazy life, and they've all become bestsellers). This part is called "Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke" (Oh, This Gap, This Terrible Gap) – a delightful tragicomedy that we thoroughly enjoyed.
And now I'm seeing your work and I'm so glad you were able to find time to paint. I'm especially thrilled with your life portrait of Mr. M.!
Today I'm sending you various faces – our own, as well as animal faces, faces on murals, and faces on totem poles... So you can choose your favorites 😊
All the best, Traude
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Hello Nicole, just stopping to wish you a good time. I like the 2nd and the 3rd portraits. Take care.
ReplyDeleteBoa noite Nicole. Quando clico em meu nome Luiz. Vai para outro outro Blogger. Vai para o Blogger da Claudia e não o meu: viagenspelobrasilerio.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteSe não conseguir mudar, não tem problema. Aproveito para desejar um bom final de semana. Grande abraço do seu amigo do Brasil.
My favourite is the pastel portrait.
ReplyDeleteYou are good at whatever you draw. I like pastels too because they blend well, but for some reason I don't use them often ... go figure😝 So I am looking forward to your new challenge. Capturing facial expressions is not easy for me, so this is a challenge in more ways than one. I love the way you encorporate different colors in your pictures (like the lady with blue hair). I don't seem to have the freedom of mind to do that, but I keep thinking I will try ... maybe for the challenge. Anyway, great post ... see you Sunday :)
ReplyDeleteAndrea @ From the Sol
Your use of color to create a personality for the individuals that you sketch is really neat. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work, Nicole. I like Mr. M's portrait and the pastel face you create.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your lovely portraits.
ReplyDeleteI do like your sketch of Mr. M.
All the best Jan
Thanks for these wonderful tips in various sorts of expression sketching
ReplyDeleteThese are good to see, well done and I like your 20-minute sketch of your husband.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading about your process and how you make time for art even on busy days.
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful faces! I'm so glad you make time for art!
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