Day 16 and 17 - 29 Faces Challenge

What a very long weekend of painting with a roller.  Thank goodness the decorating is over.  So here's a few portraits for day 16 and 17.  I've tried a mixed media for a change.  Watercolour background, acrylic face, a paper flower cut out and stuck down from a garden magazine and charcoal for the hair and some of the detail.  A darker skin tone than I've ever tried before but it's pretty good for a first attempt.  I recently watched a film from 1979 called The Warriors and I took an image of the main female role as reference and inspiration.  Looks nothing like her.

 

For my second photo of the day.  There's some success and some points I would like to work on if I had had the time.   Black and white acrylic on A5 mixed media paper.  Again, a first.  First time portrait in black and white acrylic.

Original photo  https://pmp-art.com/neil-a-kingsbury/gallery/34739/the-bar

Two more to do tomorrow.  I might be caught up by Wednesday.  I already have the portraits in mind to do from Paint my Photo.  Another monotone in acrylic and a charcoal with an acrylic background.  That's the plan anyway.

Day 15 - 29 Faces Challenge

I'm enjoying this charcoal more and more. Original photo from Paint My Photo. Lots of royalty free photos to paint or draw.

I went back to the A5 paper as its smoother and smaller which is perfect for a little study. Half way now through the #29faces challenge. Motivation is slowing down a bit and I've got decorating to do in the next few days.

Once I get going I'm sure I will enjoy it.

Day 14 - 29 Faces Challenge

I graduated the acrylic paint from dark to light then drew the mermaid in charcoal. 12"x9" watercolour paper.

Day 13 - 29 Faces Challenge 'The Joker'

What an interesting character!  Original photo taken by Neil-A-Kingsbury

#29faces - Again, in charcoal pencil but I thought this time, I would experiment and see how it would turn out on the WH Smith watercolour pad.  I feel the texture is quite rough for charcoal but it depends what effect you're looking for.  I would have preferred a smoother texture. Size 12"x9" (about A4).

I tried to highlight with white acrylic paint again but it really wasn't doing what I wanted.  Probably need to fix the charcoal first before doing the highlights this way.  Wish I had a white compressed charcoal stick!  I've ordered a squeezable putty eraser so hope that will make a difference.

I'm quite tempted to do a mixed media piece tomorrow.  I saw a youtube video where you outline the features, fix with spray then use a wash to bring colour to the face and then paint flowers in her hair.  Sounds like fun!

Day 12 - 29 Faces Challenge

The early movie stars were fabulous and this little beauty was Clara Bow who's trend setting Clara Bow bob of the 1920's was the look to go for.

Day 12 of the #29faces challenge and I'm loving having the dedicated time to create.

Day 11 - 29 Faces Challenge

Rock Hudson in charcoal. How gorgeous was he! A bit later to draw today as I've had a busy day on my allotment.

A pleasure to draw at the end of a very tiring day.

Day 10 - 29 Faces Challenge

First in a set of charcoal portraits for the #29faces challenge. I thought I would try my hand at a famous icon of the past.

I've put my watercolours away so I can get the feel for my charcoal pencils which I got half price from WH Smith.

I used a folded, soft pocket paper handkerchief to blend. Because I don't have a kneadable eraser, I used white acrylic to highlight the eyes and make the teeth whiter. I can already see the advantage of chalk sticks over pencils... the sticks would cover larger areas which would have been handy for the background. The white isn't as white as I would like. Ah well. A different project and it might work well for me.

Once this darn rain has stopped, I will be spraying with fixative outside.