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Friday, July 31, 2026

Friday Face OFF (FFO) 7/31/26

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.

Hi Everyone!

I've been waiting all week to show off this piece of art. Now, all of you know I do NOT claim to be any kind of an expert at graphite portraiture. However, seeing my drawing skills improve is incredibly exciting. I put a lot of hard work into this piece, and I am thrilled with the final result.

Let me know what you think, and ya know be kind. LOL

The first photo I got was this one. I had already sketched her out and I want to get started on the bonnet.

I actually didn't realize that part of the bonnet is all kinds of rolled and folded fabric. Also a 3/4 face is difficult for me. I'd rather go straight on.

I thought I would do her red top in colored pencil. However, even with many layers it just wasn't dark enough. I went over all of it with red pastel and then put in the folds and shading.

I'm very happy with her. I only wish I had better lighting so the photos would come out better.

Many years ago while I was visiting my daughter and her husband in NC. We drove to SC and Myrtle Beach. I can't begin to tell you how much fun we had. We are at the wax museum. Yeah sculls and skeletons run in my family.

He just couldn't help himself. LOL

My SIL was stationed at Quantico for several years. I visited them in Virginia and of course we spent time in DC. I can't remember exactly what was going on then, but the White House was fenced off and no visitor allowed.