Paint Party Friday!

Happy PAINTPARTYFRIDAY!  This week I have a 5x6 mixed media painting on wood that I did in the ChickCandyWorkshop by Rachelle Panagarry. The style is much different than the painting I did last week, huh?  So much fun to do this one. I am trying to go out of my comfort zone of vintage/neutrals and make some art using bright colors and more modern designs. This little painting isn't perfect but I am happy with it...and it's very personal to me because this past week I went from 'stay at home mom' to 'empty nester'. What a mixed bag of feelings but mostly just lots of tears, grief and loneliness. I think I have a hole in my heart the size of Texas....Thank goodness I have ART to fill that void!

This little mixed media painting on canvas was also done in the ChickCandy workshop and is my Day 7 for the 29FACESARTCHALLENGE....The Empty Nest painting is my Day 8 for the challenge. If you would like to see my 29Faces post on my blog that I update regularly, here is the LINK.

Happy PPF and 29FACES everyone and hope you have a great weekend! xo

29 Faces..Updated Days 1-28...Scroll down for latest work!

Day 1...Painting I did in DollDreams Cardboard Project at the end of last year....posted in 29Faces FB group!

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

I have been revisiting some of my old sketches and I have to admit, I've come a long way in the past couple of years. My sketching used to involve alot of tears, temper tantrums and chocolate...but now I can happily say after taking many workshops and watching lots of other artists who I admire do their art, I feel I have a better eye for creating a face. I still get frustrated and still think the eyes and mouths I sketch need work but all in all I'm feeling much more confident. The sketches on this post for Days 1-4 were all drawn with pencil using a face from a magazine as a template.

And now for the the 29Faces for the rest of the month...updated as often as possible.....

Day 6....Sketch from Lesson One of ChickCandy workshop. I love this whimsical style but getting the proportions right is alot harder than it looks! I really need to fix that nose so it looks more like nostrils.

Day 7...Small 5x5 mixed media collage painting I did in ChickCandy. Fun project!

Day 8....

Day 9....not done by me of course but this one of my favorite photos of Marilyn Monroe.

Day 10.....Cut and paste atc

Day 11....Closeup of cut and paste atc

Day 12....sketches for Jane Davenport workshop in 2012

Day 13.....sketch for Jane Davenport workshop....prismacolor pencils

Day 14....Mixed media fairy in art journal

Days 15, 16, 17.....took a stress break!

Day 18....BowBunny

 

Day 19-28....I give up, doing art this way is just not my thing! I truly admire everyone who followed thru on this challenge. I like sketching the occasional face but just not every day. This has been a true learning experience and much thanks to the host of this event! xo

Paint Party Friday...and 29 Faces!

Remember the little painting I did last week? Well, this is painting #2 from the workshop I am taking on TheTroddenPath. This painting measures 6x24 inches on wood and is collage, acrylics and pencil. The collage image I used for the upper half of the women is from Sittin'PrettyLadies by HiddenVintageStudios. She looks so different in the painting after all the paint and pencil. I really enjoyed doing this one and am starting my third...these ladies are very addictive!

Happy PPF everyone!

p.s. I'm also linking to 29Faces for February...wish me luck!