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As I mentioned in my last two Art Journal Every Day posts (here and here), I am trying an art journaling experiment for June. I have drawn a grid of thirty boxes and every day this month I will art journal by drawing a face in one of the boxes.
This week my journal and I went on a little road trip to Cleveland! And I really pushed myself to try some different things:
Let's take a closer view, shall we?
This face is in the cutesy, cartoony mileiu. I did the eyes differently than I normally do, leaving lots of white under the pupil. Adds to the cartoony effect.
I wanted to push out and do a bigger face that literally pushed out of the box. I was also in a rush, so this took me – literally – less than a minute to doodle with a pencil. I didn't even bother to erase the guide lines.
Unsatisfied with my fantasy faces (i.e. faces made up from my imagination), I sketched this face from a photograph. I'm still pushing at the boundaries of the box. This was done with a regular mechanical pencil while I was sitting in front of the computer staring at the photograph of this girl.
I decided to see what would happen if I didn't use a hard black line (as I like to) to define the face. This is watercolor.
For some unknown reason, the green face made me think of Picasso (it doesn't look like Picasso or feel like Picasso, so I'm not sure why I made that mental leap). Nonetheless, it inspired me to use my watercolors to sketch in a little Picasso-esque face.
The green face also inspired me to try this face — shadowed on one side (instead of the middle) and pretty monochromatic. It's actually three colors of watercolor, but it looks like just red and I love that! And it feels kind of cool-y expressive, which I really dig too.
LOVE charcoal! Love, love, love using charcoal! I hope that you look at this face and see fear. That was my intention and I'm totally loving the way it turned out. I was inspired by some artwork I painted during a class I'm taking at MoMA.
So there you have it! Seven new faces. Looks like there are fourteen boxes left to fill. This has really been a great experiment so far. I'm anxious to see where I end up and how/if it changes my artwork outside of my art journal.
How about you? Anybody else making faces?
love these!! I was making faces in my sketchbook all week 🙂
http://www.karenika.com/?p=15835
love these!! I was making faces in my sketchbook all week 🙂
http://www.karenika.com/?p=15835
love these!! I was making faces in my sketchbook all week 🙂
http://www.karenika.com/?p=15835
love these!! I was making faces in my sketchbook all week 🙂
http://www.karenika.com/?p=15835
These are so wonderful! I like the different styles you used. I have started doing faces too but because I am new to your blog I doing 15 days of faces so I only have two so far.
These are so wonderful! I like the different styles you used. I have started doing faces too but because I am new to your blog I doing 15 days of faces so I only have two so far.
These are so wonderful! I like the different styles you used. I have started doing faces too but because I am new to your blog I doing 15 days of faces so I only have two so far.
These are so wonderful! I like the different styles you used. I have started doing faces too but because I am new to your blog I doing 15 days of faces so I only have two so far.
I thought Picasso before you even said that about the green one. It’s the eyes – they’re both visible from the side.
I thought Picasso before you even said that about the green one. It’s the eyes – they’re both visible from the side.
I thought Picasso before you even said that about the green one. It’s the eyes – they’re both visible from the side.
I thought Picasso before you even said that about the green one. It’s the eyes – they’re both visible from the side.
Love how they’re all so different Julie! I can’t wait to see these pages, filled. Awesome!!
Love how they’re all so different Julie! I can’t wait to see these pages, filled. Awesome!!
Love how they’re all so different Julie! I can’t wait to see these pages, filled. Awesome!!
Love how they’re all so different Julie! I can’t wait to see these pages, filled. Awesome!!
Thanks for sharing this fun experiment with us Julie. I love the close ups of the little drawins, they are all so detailed and very different indeed. One can tell you’re on a experimental road with this! 🙂
Thanks for sharing this fun experiment with us Julie. I love the close ups of the little drawins, they are all so detailed and very different indeed. One can tell you’re on a experimental road with this! 🙂
Thanks for sharing this fun experiment with us Julie. I love the close ups of the little drawins, they are all so detailed and very different indeed. One can tell you’re on a experimental road with this! 🙂
Thanks for sharing this fun experiment with us Julie. I love the close ups of the little drawins, they are all so detailed and very different indeed. One can tell you’re on a experimental road with this! 🙂
I love your faces calendar “very a lot!”
I love your faces calendar “very a lot!”
I love your faces calendar “very a lot!”
I love your faces calendar “very a lot!”
no face for me this month…I use my old scrapbook papers and stencil, gesso, ink etc…I am surprise that paper is holding the liquid more than I expected…I will go for vacation in July and I will take with me only watercolor and i will do faces ( I will try)…I like the different faces you draw…it is cool!!!
no face for me this month…I use my old scrapbook papers and stencil, gesso, ink etc…I am surprise that paper is holding the liquid more than I expected…I will go for vacation in July and I will take with me only watercolor and i will do faces ( I will try)…I like the different faces you draw…it is cool!!!
no face for me this month…I use my old scrapbook papers and stencil, gesso, ink etc…I am surprise that paper is holding the liquid more than I expected…I will go for vacation in July and I will take with me only watercolor and i will do faces ( I will try)…I like the different faces you draw…it is cool!!!
no face for me this month…I use my old scrapbook papers and stencil, gesso, ink etc…I am surprise that paper is holding the liquid more than I expected…I will go for vacation in July and I will take with me only watercolor and i will do faces ( I will try)…I like the different faces you draw…it is cool!!!
Love the faces! They are all so different! I have been drawing chipmunks instead on two pages. They are cute and easier than faces! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love the faces! They are all so different! I have been drawing chipmunks instead on two pages. They are cute and easier than faces! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love the faces! They are all so different! I have been drawing chipmunks instead on two pages. They are cute and easier than faces! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love the faces! They are all so different! I have been drawing chipmunks instead on two pages. They are cute and easier than faces! Thanks for the inspiration!
Great faces! My favorite is the green one in watercolor without black defining lines. Lovely!
Great faces! My favorite is the green one in watercolor without black defining lines. Lovely!
Great faces! My favorite is the green one in watercolor without black defining lines. Lovely!
Great faces! My favorite is the green one in watercolor without black defining lines. Lovely!
I love that you’re doing these. I’m crap at drawing anything that actually looks like the thing it’s supposed to be, so I need to tackle a spread like this. Maybe a whole month of faces will improve me a little. I like the watercolor without black lines best.
I love that you’re doing these. I’m crap at drawing anything that actually looks like the thing it’s supposed to be, so I need to tackle a spread like this. Maybe a whole month of faces will improve me a little. I like the watercolor without black lines best.
I love that you’re doing these. I’m crap at drawing anything that actually looks like the thing it’s supposed to be, so I need to tackle a spread like this. Maybe a whole month of faces will improve me a little. I like the watercolor without black lines best.
I love that you’re doing these. I’m crap at drawing anything that actually looks like the thing it’s supposed to be, so I need to tackle a spread like this. Maybe a whole month of faces will improve me a little. I like the watercolor without black lines best.
looking great. I love this challenge you have done with yourself. I especially love the charcoal as well. great depth and character in those eyes.
looking great. I love this challenge you have done with yourself. I especially love the charcoal as well. great depth and character in those eyes.
looking great. I love this challenge you have done with yourself. I especially love the charcoal as well. great depth and character in those eyes.
looking great. I love this challenge you have done with yourself. I especially love the charcoal as well. great depth and character in those eyes.
Such a simple project and really different techniques, I like them. thanks for inspiring us to do interesting things and in really small bites of time, too.
happy weekending there!
Such a simple project and really different techniques, I like them. thanks for inspiring us to do interesting things and in really small bites of time, too.
happy weekending there!
Such a simple project and really different techniques, I like them. thanks for inspiring us to do interesting things and in really small bites of time, too.
happy weekending there!
Such a simple project and really different techniques, I like them. thanks for inspiring us to do interesting things and in really small bites of time, too.
happy weekending there!
Not making faces, but I love to see yours every week! The last one – oh yes, I see fear. Great work! Keep on pushing those bounderies dear, you’ll come out a step further as an artist every time you try something new! (at least, that’s my experience… you learn from everything!)
Not making faces, but I love to see yours every week! The last one – oh yes, I see fear. Great work! Keep on pushing those bounderies dear, you’ll come out a step further as an artist every time you try something new! (at least, that’s my experience… you learn from everything!)
Not making faces, but I love to see yours every week! The last one – oh yes, I see fear. Great work! Keep on pushing those bounderies dear, you’ll come out a step further as an artist every time you try something new! (at least, that’s my experience… you learn from everything!)
Not making faces, but I love to see yours every week! The last one – oh yes, I see fear. Great work! Keep on pushing those bounderies dear, you’ll come out a step further as an artist every time you try something new! (at least, that’s my experience… you learn from everything!)
Yay I am so loving what you are doing! And I am still making faces!!
http://shirleybell.blogspot.com/2011/06/art-journal-every-day-face-day-up-to.html
This has been such a great motivator and it has got me trying out things I have meaning to do – like using childrens plastic mazes etc to make interactive,
Thanks so much:)
Yay I am so loving what you are doing! And I am still making faces!!
http://shirleybell.blogspot.com/2011/06/art-journal-every-day-face-day-up-to.html
This has been such a great motivator and it has got me trying out things I have meaning to do – like using childrens plastic mazes etc to make interactive,
Thanks so much:)
Yay I am so loving what you are doing! And I am still making faces!!
http://shirleybell.blogspot.com/2011/06/art-journal-every-day-face-day-up-to.html
This has been such a great motivator and it has got me trying out things I have meaning to do – like using childrens plastic mazes etc to make interactive,
Thanks so much:)
Yay I am so loving what you are doing! And I am still making faces!!
http://shirleybell.blogspot.com/2011/06/art-journal-every-day-face-day-up-to.html
This has been such a great motivator and it has got me trying out things I have meaning to do – like using childrens plastic mazes etc to make interactive,
Thanks so much:)
I need to get back to sketching. Wow! You always inspire me to try something new and not be afraid! Love your blog, Julie!
I need to get back to sketching. Wow! You always inspire me to try something new and not be afraid! Love your blog, Julie!
I need to get back to sketching. Wow! You always inspire me to try something new and not be afraid! Love your blog, Julie!
I need to get back to sketching. Wow! You always inspire me to try something new and not be afraid! Love your blog, Julie!
Love the different techniques used with each face…obviously this exercise can provide a lot of practice with different drawing processes!
Love the different techniques used with each face…obviously this exercise can provide a lot of practice with different drawing processes!
Love the different techniques used with each face…obviously this exercise can provide a lot of practice with different drawing processes!
Love the different techniques used with each face…obviously this exercise can provide a lot of practice with different drawing processes!