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What a nice surprise! My art journal here was mentioned and linked today in EBSQ's weekly blog feature, 'Friday Five' (along with a nice photo of my piece, 'Red Dress') -- thanks so much, EBSQ....!
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My Blog Featured in today's 'Friday Five'...
To read the entry, here: http://blog.ebsqart.com/2012/02/10/ebsq-friday-five-82/#comment-30515
Day 9 of the Challenge -- Another, yes ANOTHER, Painted Rock!
Day 9 of the '29 Faces' Challenge! That means that sometime between today, Day 9, and tomorrow, Day 10, we will already be one third of the way through the month, and the Challenge. One third!
As for today I didn't start out with any particular 'Face' plans. I entertained a few notions here and there about what I thought I might want to work on, but no definitive direction at first in the beginning. It was when I was actually digging around my studio looking for one thing (an old, unfinished watercolor), when to my great surprise I stumbled across quite another, and found my inspiration -- a little painted rock started years ago that I'd totally forgot I even had. The second I saw her, I knew what my project of the day would be....
Meet "Rocksanne":
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| This rock is especially unique. She has incredibly well-defined features, sculpted by Nature herself. |
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| These photos do not do her justice -- they make her look much more 'flat' than she really is, when she actually has a lot of shape. |
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| She has deep-set eye sockets, nostrils, and a well-defined mouth -- can you imagine my surprise when I first found this rock (a long, long time ago) and saw this really obvious FACE staring back at me...? |
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| I happen to think she's really beautiful. |
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| A View to her left side. She was painted following the natural lumps and bumps of the rock. |
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| Chock-full of character and personality. I love her. |
I am so, sooooo glad I rediscovered her today, my 'Rocksanne' -- she definitely deserved to finally be given her just due after all this time. I do recall starting her years ago and getting hung up on some detail or other, like I often can -- then setting her up out of the way on a high shelf, out of sight (and apparently out of mind). Today in my re-attempt after finding her again, I ended up just repainting over her entire face, and starting over -- a blank slate (with no hesitations this time around). It was the right thing to do.
Day 8 of the the '29 Faces' Challenge: V. D. Cards
Day 8 of the '29 Faces' Challenge! As mentioned in my post from yesterday, I'm really so enjoying this project. The exercise of painting daily is terrific practice for me, which I'm truly appreciating in addition to all the fabulous networking opportunities. However..., the painting/photographing/uploading/editing/blogging and posting daily has also meant a VERY late night for me pretty much every single day this whole past week (thanks to my own time management issues). And I dare say it's beginning to catch up with me here (*yawn*). Therefore it's my goal to hit the sack at a reasonable hour this evening, thus my Face of the Day today is a relatively simple one:
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| The Front of a Home made Valentine's Card, 4" x 6" (to be adding lettering to say 'Be Mine') |
I've always created my own Valentine's cards to give to my kiddos, so that was my art focus for the day today. And it made perfect sense to paint my cards this year with anthropomorphic hearts, natch (because 'Practical' is surely my middle name, heh)....
Day 7: 'Bloo Moon' Painted Rock
My goodness, has it really already been a whole week since the beginning of the '29 Faces' challenge....? How quickly it's going....!
I have to admit, when I first heard about this Challenge, I did have a moment's hesitation in regards to taking part. I think it was the thought of the daily blogging that really gave me pause -- it just seemed so...daunting. And yet here with a full week under my belt, I'm pleased with how I've been keeping up so far, plus how there is no question at all about the fun to be had in participating. The interaction with my fellow artists and blog followers has truly been a pleasure and an inspiration, and I'm so appreciative of all the lovely comments I've been lucky to receive. So too with the many nice emails I've gotten since all this began -- it means a lot to me and I thank you all! (Note: to any who haven't heard return word from me yet, please know you will very soon as I catch up on my correspondence :-))....
So here we are -- Day 7 of the Challenge. Tuesdays are always my busiest day, and today was no exception -- nevertheless I still managed a few hours of studio time this evening, which afforded me to finish, for once and for all, another wee rock painting.....
Meet "Bloo Moon":
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| "Bloo Moon", a Painted Rock |
Who can resist that face...?
Here we see Mr. 'Bloo Moon' in his classic crescent shape, nestled comfortably in a cushion of clouds (A view of his right side).
(Yes, these photos are rather crappy, sadly, but the best I could do tonight given my light-challenge house (will reshoot in natural light asap)...(
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| Lots of Character in his face (painted following the natural shape and contours of the rock) |
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| (A view of his left side) |
I'd begun 'Bloo Moon' many moons ago, even declaring him 'finished' a time or two over the years.....and yet somehow, I was never really satisfied, and as such never uploaded him anywhere online. Tonight while re-examining him (again), I realised that more contrast between him and his 'cloud' would be an improvement, plus more definition in his features, among other details. Correcting these things this evening I am now much happier. Victory! Yet another 'Finis!'....!
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Day 7: 'Bloo Moon' Painted Rock
''29 Faces' Challenge, Day 6: ACEO 'Happy Apple'
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| ACEO: 'Happy Apple' |
Day 6 of the '29 Faces' Challenge already, and things are sailing along. It was a busy one for me today on my end however, and so I needed something relatively simple to work on, and to post about. I chose an old ACEO that I had started a long time ago, but never got around to finishing (do you sense a trend here or what?).
As I recall, this was originally to be an entry into the monthly ACEO 'Theme Week' art contest, the theme being 'Anthropomorphic Plants'. Well I love me some anthropomorphic anything, but as a long-time vegetarian I confess I've always adored little faces on veggies and fruits -- so, that is what I based my three contest entries on. His two companion ACEO entries I managed to complete and enter on time, but the clock ran out on this little fella....and then I just never got around to working on him again. Until tonight that is. And..., I'm happy to declare him done. Done done done! Yay! (and please note he looks WAY better in person -- the lighting in my house is really ghastly at night and no good whatsoever for taking pics....)....
'29 Faces' Day 5
Today was a busy one (complete with a Super Bowl party -- oh joy) on my end, so I didn't have the chance to work on my '29 Faces Challenge' pieces as I would have liked. Still, as much as I would love to be showing yet off another completed project right now, I can report I did at least manage to make some progress on a hanging, unresolved 3D project today that has been nagging me for years. This is not going to look like much I'm afraid, but trust me when I say that it involves a 'face' and that a necessary first step was accomplished here, which will allow me to continue on toward completion of the project....
Years ago I created a 3D papier mache figure of a crow. All was good and well....that is, until my raging, free-ranging house bunny (sadly no longer with us) somehow got a hold of him, and chewed off his face:
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| Silly Rabbit! |
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| Faceless Mr. Crow Needs Surgery, STAT. |
So I've been thinking. Faceless as he is now and essentially starting over, I could actually go anywhere with this. The obvious thing would be to give him another crow face (with a beak, et al) -- but why do the obvious thing....? Rather, with this second chance for a do-over, I could go in an entirely different, and more interesting, direction. Well, I'm still ruminating on it -- but at this point I think I've pretty much decided I wont be giving him another boring crow face. Thing is though, I actually couldn't do anything (crow or non-crow) for him until that gaping crater was repaired and a new foundation built up upon which to work. So, that's what I did today -- reinforcing and fixing the big hole that was his 'face', so I can go on to give him a whole new one. (*Plus while I'm at it, I'm intending to create a 'base' for him from the hummus container lid he is standing on, and fix his feet, in order to give him better free-standing stability.....
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| Behold! The Beginnings of a Brave New 'Face'. |
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'29 Faces' Day 5
'29 Faces Challenge" Day 4: Frida ACEO
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| ACEO: 'Frida' |
I can promise you that there was no way I was going to be getting through any month-long 'Face' Challenge without painting one of my favourite of all iconic countenances, that of Frida Kahlo's.
Despite this however, it wasn't my intention to necessarily do so today. I had actually spent a goodly chunk of time in the afternoon working on another painted rock. Well, I call it a 'rock' -- when in truth it's officially a craggy chunk of concrete sidewalk I found once years ago in the street when walking home from the grocery store. I'd picked it up and immediately saw within it what I call a 'gargoyle', or perhaps a little 'demon'. I recall I set out right away to coax him out with paint, but got stuck somehow early on and ended up setting him aside after making little progress, never to be touched again. Until today that is. I dont' know what in particular compelled me to dust him off -- he wasn't even included in the photo of my 'Pile of Shame' (AKA: my collection of unfinished art projects) from the other day. But work on him I did, and pleased to say I got reasonably far along (defining his face body parts) before needing a break. Still, he did not get completed today so no little demon-guy photos....
Instead, once it was clear I wasn't going to be crossing him off the Finis! list today, I opted to switch gears and work on an abandoned ACEO. The one I grabbed featured a 'face' all right -- something I figure I must have begun for the monthly, themed Nibblefest Art Contest at some point. One of my infamous false starts -- it was either initially intended for the 'Imaginary Creatures' theme, or the 'Abstract', because it featured the portrait of a woman who was either a zombie, or some abstract expressionistic something-or-other. In either case it was homely as all get out and as such no mystery as to why I'd given up. Therefore I set out today to transform it into something else entirely -- and...I guess when in doubt? Do Frida....
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