Last day: face 29!!

Wow, the end of February is here! And I'm in a rush today! But I managed a sketch, phew. Would be sad if I didn't make the end of the month now!

So here she is: graphite and nothing else. Still have some work on her, but it's all I can do for today. So  it'll have to be enough. Tomorrow I hope I'll have some more time, so I can watch all the new faces from the other participants.

Bye for now! And thanks for taking a look!

Day 28: almost done!

Well, just one more face after this one and the challenge is done! Finitos! Over! I don't know how I feel about it. In one way glad, because it was getting a bit much in the end. On the other hand: it was fun connecting with a group of people who were trying to do the same thing, and to see all the different creations.

But I'm also starting to feel as if I'm doing the same thing over and over again. I want to try some new things, but I don't always have time for it, and in the end I just make something that I've done before and therefore is less time-consuming. So I'm really looking forward to having more time to try other things as well, and not having to post every day.

I will also be sharing some pictures of my progress in Flora Bowley's workshop. Although: progress!? My "paintings" look different every time I do something with them, but I'm not at all sure where it's leading. That's normal, Flora says. I just have to trust in the process ....

Meanwhile, here's my 28th face! It's a drawing in graphite, with some watercolours and markers to finish it off, and as a background I've used a pattern in Photoshop that I've made from one of my paintings. Her shirt is also a self-created pattern.

Day 27: quick lyrics-girl

Again struggling for time... It's getting to be quite annoying. I guess I'm not a very organised person. Or maybe I plan too many things in one day.

Anyway, here's a very quick lyrics-girl with a long neck. Tomorrow I'm gonna try to post earlier in the day, and take a look at all the other blogs as well.

But for now, I'll dive into my bed ....

Here she is:

lyrics from Adele, markers and panpastels

Day 26: Not really satisfied with this

I made another "gut"-painting. I saw 2 figures emerging out of the background and had to paint them. But now that they're done, I don't really like it. I don't know why, I guess I'll just have to leave it alone for a while, and maybe then, when I look at it with fresh eyes again, I might know what's wrong, and more importantly: what to do about it.

But for now, they'll have to do...

It's painted on a canvas, I might call it: "where do we go from here?" Thought that's a fitting title for it ...

Day 25: quickie!

It's bedtime, and I'm practically falling asleep typing this. So I'll make it short. Today is an experiment again with markers and watercolors. I did the background in Photoshop. It's a pattern I made from a small part of one of my paintings. I kind of like the effect. Love making my own brushes and patterns in Photoshop, although I still have a lot to learn. I mostly use it for backgrounds for one of my sketches, so that I can make postcards out of it.

Well, here she is. And I'm diving into my bed. See you tomorrow!

Day 24: another sketch

Only 5 more days and February is gone! Can't believe how fast time flies! It's going to be strange not to have to post a face every day. Of course I don't really HAVE to, it's more that I WANT to, since I've set myself this challenge. But I must admit it's going to be a lot less stress. Although, it's not really stress either, I don't know how to put it, but I'm sure that all the creative souls out there that are also participating in this challenge know exactly what I mean.

The last days of the challenge I'm a bit stressed for time, so I started a few faces already, which I'll just have to put the finishing touches to. Maybe that way I'll be able to post every day. See? STRESS!

For today I made a sketch again. Not much to say about that ;-)

Day 23: lyrics and necks

Lately all of my faces seem to have pretty long necks. Didn't have time to paint today, so I made a lyrics-girl with stretched-out features again. I wanted to try out some more new techniques, but time isn't on my side this week. So this'll have to do for now.

She looks a bit arrogant, but actually she feels hurt and the arrogance is just an attitude to hide the sadness. So I thought the lyrics from The Cure fitted her well.

See you tomorrow!