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As I mentioned in my last three Art Journal Every Day posts (here, 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 ran into some mental road blocks. I found myself frustrated by the need to do something different each time. I had all those familiar feelings of "this stinks" "I can't draw" "I hate this" "where's the eraser" "this is stupid" and so on and so forth. But I'm proud to say that I forced myself to just do it and stop whining. Here are the results:
Let's get closer.
I like this face. The white dots under the eyes are fun. I tend to use a lot of text when I make art and there's something about this phrase right over the eyes that I like. Though I do wonder if I make it too easy for the viewer. Perhaps I should simply have been thinking about that phrase, but not acutally put in on the face?
This is my favorite face from this week. I love the expression on her face. Totally different features than I normally go for and I colored her face differently. Love the light coming up from the bottom.
I don't think that I was actually unhappy when I did this pencil sketch. I think I did it and then she looked unhappy and then it just sort of became a black turtleneck in the rain kind of thing.
I'm not sure where the text came from on this one. But I do like the face. Seems like a man to me for some reason. A man with long hair. I find myself leaning towards fewer "pretty" faces and longing for a bit more space ont the paper.
Talk about faces that aren't pretty. When I added the red paint I wasn't sure if I had "ruined" it or not. Looking at it now, I think the red kind of makes it. Another reminder to be brave and go with your gut!
After a week of faces full of emotion I find this one strangely empty. She's just sort of there. I do like the coloring and the pen work and the little triangle desing on the edge. But it doesn't feel like there's anything behind those lilac eyes.
This face was born of pure laziness. I almost erased it and started again. But I stopped myself because I feel like it's representative of where I was at that moment. It could not have taken me more than sixty seconds to draw this chubby little face.
So there you have it. Another seven faces down and seven more to go. The small boxes are starting to drive me crazy. I want to go bigger! But just one more week and I can! 🙂
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I love this idea you had for June and all of your faces. Your face with the lilac eyes looks serene to me, or maybe she’s meditating or just spaced out!
I love this idea you had for June and all of your faces. Your face with the lilac eyes looks serene to me, or maybe she’s meditating or just spaced out!
I love this idea you had for June and all of your faces. Your face with the lilac eyes looks serene to me, or maybe she’s meditating or just spaced out!
I love this idea you had for June and all of your faces. Your face with the lilac eyes looks serene to me, or maybe she’s meditating or just spaced out!
I love every single one of them. Each are so different and interesting to look at. I actually like the empty face girl – she looks troubled, like she is pondering something that is difficult to comprehend. I think she is my favorite!
Funny just read Beth’s note – we have completely different perceptions of her. I really like it that we had to give this portrait some thought.
I love every single one of them. Each are so different and interesting to look at. I actually like the empty face girl – she looks troubled, like she is pondering something that is difficult to comprehend. I think she is my favorite!
Funny just read Beth’s note – we have completely different perceptions of her. I really like it that we had to give this portrait some thought.
I love every single one of them. Each are so different and interesting to look at. I actually like the empty face girl – she looks troubled, like she is pondering something that is difficult to comprehend. I think she is my favorite!
Funny just read Beth’s note – we have completely different perceptions of her. I really like it that we had to give this portrait some thought.
I love every single one of them. Each are so different and interesting to look at. I actually like the empty face girl – she looks troubled, like she is pondering something that is difficult to comprehend. I think she is my favorite!
Funny just read Beth’s note – we have completely different perceptions of her. I really like it that we had to give this portrait some thought.
This is a great idea…I may try this next month. Your faces are so different…love them all!!!
This is a great idea…I may try this next month. Your faces are so different…love them all!!!
This is a great idea…I may try this next month. Your faces are so different…love them all!!!
This is a great idea…I may try this next month. Your faces are so different…love them all!!!
I love it how this turns out!
best, Annie – the Netherlands
I love it how this turns out!
best, Annie – the Netherlands
I love it how this turns out!
best, Annie – the Netherlands
I love it how this turns out!
best, Annie – the Netherlands
Of course you can do it Julie!
I like the variety of faces in this week.
Of course you can do it Julie!
I like the variety of faces in this week.
Of course you can do it Julie!
I like the variety of faces in this week.
Of course you can do it Julie!
I like the variety of faces in this week.
I love these! I really, really love your watercolor style. Watercolor is one of my favorite mediums yet I’ve never attempted a face because I didn’t want to deal with mixing skin tones. You have inspired me. I need to get out my paints and use colors that are NOT skin tones! Thanks for sharing these. Love the grid work so much!
I love these! I really, really love your watercolor style. Watercolor is one of my favorite mediums yet I’ve never attempted a face because I didn’t want to deal with mixing skin tones. You have inspired me. I need to get out my paints and use colors that are NOT skin tones! Thanks for sharing these. Love the grid work so much!
I love these! I really, really love your watercolor style. Watercolor is one of my favorite mediums yet I’ve never attempted a face because I didn’t want to deal with mixing skin tones. You have inspired me. I need to get out my paints and use colors that are NOT skin tones! Thanks for sharing these. Love the grid work so much!
I love these! I really, really love your watercolor style. Watercolor is one of my favorite mediums yet I’ve never attempted a face because I didn’t want to deal with mixing skin tones. You have inspired me. I need to get out my paints and use colors that are NOT skin tones! Thanks for sharing these. Love the grid work so much!
Gorgeous faces! Love them all! And the lilac eyes are note empty at all! She looks worried about something, there is so much in that look! Really interesting how everyone sees it differently. That’s what I love about art 🙂
Gorgeous faces! Love them all! And the lilac eyes are note empty at all! She looks worried about something, there is so much in that look! Really interesting how everyone sees it differently. That’s what I love about art 🙂
Gorgeous faces! Love them all! And the lilac eyes are note empty at all! She looks worried about something, there is so much in that look! Really interesting how everyone sees it differently. That’s what I love about art 🙂
Gorgeous faces! Love them all! And the lilac eyes are note empty at all! She looks worried about something, there is so much in that look! Really interesting how everyone sees it differently. That’s what I love about art 🙂
I love this idea! Thank you for sharing, I’m going to try it.
I love this idea! Thank you for sharing, I’m going to try it.
I love this idea! Thank you for sharing, I’m going to try it.
I love this idea! Thank you for sharing, I’m going to try it.
I echo all the other comments – these are very fun to look at and quite inspiring to me since my drawing skills don’t quite extend to faces. Gonna try the watercolor ones…
I echo all the other comments – these are very fun to look at and quite inspiring to me since my drawing skills don’t quite extend to faces. Gonna try the watercolor ones…
I echo all the other comments – these are very fun to look at and quite inspiring to me since my drawing skills don’t quite extend to faces. Gonna try the watercolor ones…
I echo all the other comments – these are very fun to look at and quite inspiring to me since my drawing skills don’t quite extend to faces. Gonna try the watercolor ones…
I LOVE what you’re doing, Julie! Just absolutely love Art Journaling Every Day, and I feel like I’m cheating myself because I haven’t played along much! Gonna get back to it, though, because you’re posts are really inspiring, and I love them all!
I LOVE what you’re doing, Julie! Just absolutely love Art Journaling Every Day, and I feel like I’m cheating myself because I haven’t played along much! Gonna get back to it, though, because you’re posts are really inspiring, and I love them all!
I LOVE what you’re doing, Julie! Just absolutely love Art Journaling Every Day, and I feel like I’m cheating myself because I haven’t played along much! Gonna get back to it, though, because you’re posts are really inspiring, and I love them all!
I LOVE what you’re doing, Julie! Just absolutely love Art Journaling Every Day, and I feel like I’m cheating myself because I haven’t played along much! Gonna get back to it, though, because you’re posts are really inspiring, and I love them all!
Brave Julie… filling those tiny little boxes with faces. I ‘love’ how you struggle with it – sounds weird, but I mean that this examination of your limits and trying something new, forcing yourself to step over that borders makes you a real artist! Enjoy the weekend dear one!
Brave Julie… filling those tiny little boxes with faces. I ‘love’ how you struggle with it – sounds weird, but I mean that this examination of your limits and trying something new, forcing yourself to step over that borders makes you a real artist! Enjoy the weekend dear one!
Brave Julie… filling those tiny little boxes with faces. I ‘love’ how you struggle with it – sounds weird, but I mean that this examination of your limits and trying something new, forcing yourself to step over that borders makes you a real artist! Enjoy the weekend dear one!
Brave Julie… filling those tiny little boxes with faces. I ‘love’ how you struggle with it – sounds weird, but I mean that this examination of your limits and trying something new, forcing yourself to step over that borders makes you a real artist! Enjoy the weekend dear one!
oh very special to work on limited area…I will try it for my art journal in july during my vacation, and I will make it in my big journal now i decide since I have read your comment…hi hi hi..I don’t want to become crazy in a too small place…but it is also a challenge to try it…I have few days to take that decision…I adore all those little faces, all of them
are talking to me…I appreciate it…
oh very special to work on limited area…I will try it for my art journal in july during my vacation, and I will make it in my big journal now i decide since I have read your comment…hi hi hi..I don’t want to become crazy in a too small place…but it is also a challenge to try it…I have few days to take that decision…I adore all those little faces, all of them
are talking to me…I appreciate it…
oh very special to work on limited area…I will try it for my art journal in july during my vacation, and I will make it in my big journal now i decide since I have read your comment…hi hi hi..I don’t want to become crazy in a too small place…but it is also a challenge to try it…I have few days to take that decision…I adore all those little faces, all of them
are talking to me…I appreciate it…
oh very special to work on limited area…I will try it for my art journal in july during my vacation, and I will make it in my big journal now i decide since I have read your comment…hi hi hi..I don’t want to become crazy in a too small place…but it is also a challenge to try it…I have few days to take that decision…I adore all those little faces, all of them
are talking to me…I appreciate it…