A month of faces ...

I finished, for the 7th time, the 29 faces challenge, hosted by Ayala Art! I'm always amazed by all the work I got done in a month, and although it's hard sometimes to produce a face every single day, I'm always happy with the possibilities all the new faces give me (for making postcards or use in my Society6-shop etc....). Plus with the new things I've learned, because when you don't have much time you don't think so much about what you're doing and how you're doing it, and sometimes the "fast" faces are the ones I'm most happy with. And there are some techniques that I'll definitely use again.

Here are the ones from last week:

Numbers 25 and 26: pen sketch

Number 27: another page in my journal: collage and paint

Number 28: painted on top of a wooden box (that is not finished yet):

And the last one: number 29: pen sketch with background added in Photoshop

And then, of course, as always: a mosaic of all the faces for this month:

I'm happy with the variety of faces. I don't like to stay with the same technique all the time, I have days that I feel like painting, and other days I just want to sketch or collage.

I have also been painting on my big canvas. I finally know agan where I want to go with it, and it's nearing completion. Here's a sneak peek:

Hopefully next week I'll be able to finish it, and then I'll show you the in-progress pictures.

Thanks so much to everyone who has been following me and encouraging me throughout the challenge! I'll be linking this to Paint Party Friday, to Show your Face and for the last time to 29 faces. Click on the links to take a look at all the beautiful work that's being produced every week by talented artists all over the world!

Here's my funny for this week:

 Can't remember if I used this one already, but even if I have, it stays funny I think :-)

The only thing left to do is to wish you a beautiful day and a relaxing weekend! Thanks for being here, I'll be back next week ♥ ♥ ♥

29 faces: the end ...

Well, time ran away from me today, and in the end I only had time for a quick pen sketch. But I did it: 29 faces in 30 days! There were days that I thought I would have to give up, but I'm glad I continued :-)

Here's the final face:

I made the pen sketch in my journal, scanned it in and then added a background in Photoshop.

Tomorrow I'll be back with a mosaic of all the faces I created this month. Thanks for making this journey with me, I really appreciate all the lovely comments ♥ ♥ ♥

29 faces: number 28!

Today's face is on top of a big wooden box, that I've been meaning to paint for ages but never  finished. It's still not finished, but at least the face is :-)

It has this texture because I did the background with a sponge (a long time ago!)

Only one more! Seems like a lot of people have already finished their 29 faces. I'll be back tomorrow for my last one. See you then!

And here's number 27!

Didn't think I would make it today but I did :-)
Here's another paint and collage face in my journal:

Not sure whether she's finished. I might do some more with the background, or with her arms, or with something .... But no time for that now. This makes face nr 27! Only two more to go!

Thanks for stopping by! See you tomorrow!

Faces 25 and 26!

In the nick of time for my next two faces! Told you I wasn't gonna get much art done this weekend, and I was right. Just had time to do 2 very quick faces. Here they are:

So that makes number 25 and 26! Only 3 more!! Can't believe September is almost over ....
Will be back tomorrow with the next one! Thanks for stopping by ♥

29 faces and Paint Party Friday

Yep, it's the end of the week. Again. I measure September in terms of faces, so only 5 more to go!

Here's face number 23: collage and paint in my artjournal:

And face number 24: (very) quick (and a bit weird) pensketch in my sketchbook:

And here are the other faces I did this week.

Faces number 18, 19 and 20: collage and  paint in my journal:

Number 21: sketch

Number 22: (ugly) messy painting with some Photoshop-styling ....

That's it for this week! No time at all for my big canvas. Won't have much time this weekend either, my daughter is turning 13 tomorrow and has planned a very busy weekend ....

Linking this to Paint Party Friday, to Show your Face and of course to 29 faces!

Hope you're having the most beautiful day! Thanks so much for visiting, I'll be back on Saturday (I hope...)

Here's my funny for this week:

lol...

Have a lovely weekend! ♥ ♥ ♥

29 faces challenge: face number 22

I'll be honest: I don't like this face. Not.At.All.

I'd rather not post it, but alas, I don't have anything else. It's another experiment with "messy" painting, and it's not even so much the painting in itself that I don't like, but I don't like her. Her face is too wide, and I don't like her expression. But so be it. Here she is:

I played a bit with her in Photoshop, to see whether I can make something out of her. I'm not nearly as adept in Photoshop as Joyce is, I just played with a few layers, but I do like her a bit more because of it....

That's it for now, I'm off to bed. Thanks for visiting, see you tomorrow!