Circling back

I’ve been learning to draw faces. Today is day 50 of this #100dayproject. I can draw a recognisable face with no real effort now. What I can’t reliably do is convey a specific emotion, but hopefully in the next 50 days that will come.

I’m also doing #100daysofcollage with Froyle Art and loving it. We’re doing a different colour each week. These are in a small Dylusions journal, so not overly time consuming. I’m using up some of my stash of gelli print and hand printed papers.

But I’m also circling back to my earliest art journal love, Tim Holtz and Distress. Sometimes I put it away for a bit, but I always come back. I just got some new paper dolls, transparent wings, and some other bits and pieces. Heaven! Thanks to Fiona at Create for having great stock.

Using my new Tim Holtz supplies, and some Finnabair rub ons.

The first face I tried, and some of my most recent. Centre top is today one.

A few recent collages from the series.

#100dayproject

I’ve done a 100 day project before; it’s a good way of doing a deep dive into a topic. This year I decided to improve my drawing skills with the aim of being able to draw faces in my art journals. I signed up for Dina Wakley’s Facing the facts class at https://dinawakley.com/store/.

I drew a face at the beginning of the journal so I can look back at where I started. When I did an Advanced Diploma of Creativity (Honours) over 4 years by distance with The Learning Connection we did some drawing, and I improved, but didn’t keep it up. It’s definitely a skill that needs constant use, for me anyway.

I’m on day 10 and already seeing an improvement and feel able to start making the faces a bit more my own. It’ll be interested to see what I’m achieving at day 100.

Day 79 #100dayproject

Again, this makes me happy, and I used my fingers. The background is Reeves pale olive, and the swipe is Golden teal and Indian yellow hue.

Day 78 #100dayproject

Using my fingers to smear the paint, which makes me happy. This is more purple red than it shows. The background is Reeves pale olive with Golden Indian yellow and quinacridone violet.

Day 77 #100dayproject

The way the dark paint sort of stutters along the top of the yellow – the mark making pleases me. The background is very thin Atelier indigo with Golden hansa yellow light and Golden ultramarine violet.

Day 76 #100dayproject

God I love these colours together! The background is Daler Rowner purple applied thinly, with a little Winsor Newton winsor blue mixed in with my finger. The swipe is Golden hansa yellow light.

Day 75 #100dayproject

Again love the light and movement – in real life, this is more mauve than red but I give up re the scanning. Atelier forest green and Winsor Newton winsor blue applied fairly lightly and sort of scratched on. The swipe is Winsor Newton quinacridone red violet and titanium white.

Day 74 #100dayproject

Again, using my fingers and loving the feel. Not sure why I stopped using my fingers, because I do love feeling what I am doing. This is Atelier indigo with Golden teal and Indian yellow.

Day 73 #100dayproject

I started using my fingers to move the paint around and it feels so good. This is lovely and light. Reeves pale olive, Atelier quinacridone red violet and Reeves pale powder blue.

Day 72 #100dayproject

The light in this pleases me so much. Atelier forest green and Winsor Newton winsor blue, with Daler Rowney purple and a lot of white.