It is harder than I thought to keep this up! But so far so good, I have managed to drag myself into the arty space every day and do 'something' not always a finished page but 'something' involving a brush, crayon or pencil.
Not every face is perfect or 'great' but niether is every day, nor every face in reality. The good news is though there is a new course called Painted Faces III with Gulfsprite, starting on April 1st - and my seat is 'almost' booked.
I feel sure there will be a marked improvement in what you see then. I need help with shading I know, and a few other of the finer details.
As you see, above all a visual journal is a place to 'play' it really doesnt matter if each page is not a total 'delight' often they are not, and most people do not have to even show them to a soul if they would rather not. Must say I do have pages that are really 'bleugh' and even I dont own up to.
Still working on the bodies too, not going so well as yet, but at least I am not shying away from them and having a go. Must say I do like this visual journal to work in, the paper is good as is the size (I think its 12 x 9) though I do prefer to work larger this is good too, really could not go much smaller though.
Above was a page I finished off a couple of hours ago, it is the hair I was working on and I used coloured pencil on a lot of the face and hair alongside paints and inks. Yes, her nose and mouth are a bit dodgy but hey................ its a nice background... I even used my gelatos on this one, not had those out to play for a while.
Or is that just too many courses and not enough hours? Yes, of course I am now behind in Lifebook already, but having a blast on that, and enjoying the Facebook Groups both central and our little UK group. Also started the new FACEcinating Faces II class with Andrea Gomoll, you can find details of here Andrea's Website This time we are to learn 3/4 and Profile faces, as you see I do still have a way to go but this is just the start of week 1, and it will probably take me two weeks to do that, it is a four week course, so lets so what I can do at the end of it. Its great fun, and so much content, only downside I have is not enough time to spend doing it, but then I would be happy spending all day doing it.
