Faces

Art it Friday - Paint Party Friday

Once again joining in "Show Your Face" at Kim Dellow's blog

and "Paint party Friday"

and sharing two faces I created.

The first is one in my journal with acrylic paint. I again used a magazine model but had a challenge with the eyes this time. This quote by Confucius is one I hold dear.

The second is a watercolour portrait, again using a magazine model.

Linking as well with:

Art Journal Every Day

Express Your Creativity

SA(R)Turday 

Inspire Me Monday

A Face and a Journal Page

Art it Friday - Show Your Face

Joining in the weekly meme at Kim Dello blog has encouraged me to practice drawing faces.

This week I only created one - using a magazine face as a model and then using watercolour to complete the face.

I used a background I had already made but the colour effected the face colour. in the end.The message of the quote though is what I was aiming for.

I also created another journal page. I had made several quilt pages for ABC Wednesday and had a lot of scraps of paper. I began gluing them down in another journal and the quote fit perfectly.

Linking also with: (Be sure to check out these wonderful blogs for such an abundance of creativity!)

Paint Party Friday

Art Journal Every Day

Express Your Creativity

Faces,a new Journal page and Kindness postcard

Art It Friday - Show Your Face!

Once again, it's time to share faces/portraits created this week for "Art It Friday - Show Your Face"

I played with some of my gelli papers today and first created this fun face:

Then I worked in my journal. I had loved this quote by Harriet Tubman:

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."

and wanted to use it for the A to Z challenge but it was too long for the cards I used. Instead it worked well here.

Here's a close-up of the face. I started with a magazine face, then gessoed and painted it. 

Global Heart Exchange

I took part in this postcard exchange with the theme "Collaged Kindness".

I used a gelli paper for the background,  and alphabet stickers. The quote comes from the amazing book "Wonder" written by R. J. Palacio. There is a whole movement based on "Choose Kind" and it is one I used in my classroom. If only everyone would!

Also Linking with:

Art Journal Every Day

Paint Party Friday

Express Your Creativity

Faces and a Journal Page

Art it Friday

I discovered Kim's "Art It Friday- Show Your Face" today - a weekly challenge to share portraits created in the week past.
I have missed creating faces and even art the past few weeks as my husband has been ill and then in hospital for 12 days. He is home now and I really need to create more often.

This was the first face, in watercolour, that I created today:

I had admired Tracy Woodsford's journal page  when I visited PPF and wanted to create a journal spread as well, using one of the (many!) quotes I collect.

When I read this quote by C.S. Lewis I knew it was the one to use:

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Linking as well with:

Art Journal Every Day

Paint Party Friday

Inspiration Emporium (Anything Goes)