There is just no way I can create a piece and post it the same day–not without going completely crazy…so I will post randomly…when I have enough to make it worth my while.
I would love to say, hey, I am creating one face a day–but … nope…I have three kids…two dogs who are both worse than the kids…and a gerbil all alone in his task of taking over the world (long story…Pinky lost his Brain…and seems much happier…anyway…)
I’ll get there when I get there. 🙂
Today–I do have something to share…and in no particular order …
Face #1:
6in x 4-1/2in wood panel

Face #2:
in 3in x 5in journal

Face #3
in 3in x 5in journal

Face #4
in 3in x 5in journal

Face #5
roughly 10in x 7in smash book

Face #6
5in x 8in Dylusions journal

I have one more face drying at the moment…
I don’t do just one face at a time.
I sketch one face, usually using charcoal, water-soluble graphite or stabilo marks all pencl…then I use gesso or white paint to use the mark marker to create shadows and depth as I fill in the face and hair as if preparing the surface before I start really painting–which I guess is really what I am doing.
While that is drying, I might work on creating another background…or maybe I’ll sketch another face. Some days I might just prep pages…or maybe just sketch faces. I do try not to do the gesso layer on more than one face at a time…because sometimes I get antsy/bored/whatever and over-paint the marks and lose too much of what I meant to keep.
Color can be added in many different ways. Many of the above pieces were done over clear gesso…so there was a lot of colored pencil going on…because I have found I love colored pencil and clear gesso’s relationship with one another.
I also use a variety of paints, oil pastels, Caran D’Ache water-soluble crayons…to name what I have used in the past few days…
I try to work on at least two faces at a time, so I have a good reason to leave one alone to dry…otherwise, I will overwork a piece and overwork it…and get fed up…and then…collage over it…which sort of what happened with face # 6…she started out as something COMPLETELY different… I was trying out a new style…and found out…after about 2 days of trying to make it work…that that is not my style…so…collage covers a lot more permanently than gesso…
That’s my story and I am sticking to it…
More faces soon…