29 Faces - Day 10 - Just Smile

Many years back, I read an article about the affects that smiling can have on your mood. The gist was that putting a smile on your face can make you feel happier. I have thought of that article many times over the years and have tried put the theory to use.  It hasn’t always worked for me but many times it does. 

If you’d like to read more on this, here is a NY Times article from 1989 (very similar to the article I read back then). It’s called “A Feel-Good Theory: A Smile Affects Mood” By DANIEL GOLEMAN

Oh and success!  She actually has an expression on her face. I guess pulling your hair up tightly will do that for you.

29 Faces - Day 9- Find the Beauty in Every Day

I saw the movie Hunger Games this weekend and I was inspired to create a green haired girl. If you haven’t seen the movie, I highly recommend it. It was one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time.  

29 faces - Day 8 Here’s My Little Teapot

Don’t know why but she reminds me of a teapot. Ohoo, she’s my cross eyed teapot. Take a look at the initial sketch where I’d added ears. They protruded out a little too far and I thought that they looked like teapot handles so I colored over them later on. Maybe I should have made them pointy ears so should could have been a Vulcan.  I think she’d make a lovely Vulcan. :)

Initial sketch:

Handles removed…. but her eyes look a little sad. I think she is missing her ears, poor thing.

I need to make some happy girls.  How do you make happy girls with smiling eyes? All I know is pouty girls.

29 Faces - Day 6

Yesterday’s Face with color.

I just noticed she has a very giraffe-like quality with her long neck and all. Hum…I should go back and add the spots. :)

I wonder why my drawings photograph with the left side less vibrant than right.  They look the same in person. 

29 Faces - Day 6

Hope you are all having a wonderful Sunday!

29 Faces Day 5

Here is my finished face after making corrections to the eyebrows, lips and the nose. But alas, still no color and no background. Is anyone else wondering how they are going to keep up the pace?  I am and I don’t even finish a full face every day.

Have a great weekend everyone.

29 Faces Day 4 - Inspiration from an unlikely source

Even though I have a office/studio I have been spending awful  lot of time in there due to my day job (I work out of my home). So last night I sat down in the dining room to start this drawing and noticed the picture of my grandson laying close to me. I started looking at the shadows on his face and decided to use them on this girls face. Is that weird?  Have you ever done that?

Yesterday I mentioned that I’m happy if the eyes line up. Well, I just noticed that one eyebrow is higher than the other.  I’m glad I saw it while I still have the chance to fix it. I don’t want her to look like she plucks funny.

My husband thinks she resembles Christina Ricci.  I think he must have been squinting and looking away when he came up with that. ;-P (see my last post) Just kidding, honey pie!

Oh yes, this is my little inspiration (but not the same photo).  He was 22 months yesterday. He’s proudly sporting his new haircut and new shoes. I’m not fishing for comments but isn’t he adorable?

29 Faces Day 3 - The lips that ate Chicago

This is so much fun but also so time consuming and I haven’t even started painting them. I don’t know how some of the other participants are doing such wonderfully completed paintings every day…..ahhh something to aspire to.

I’m sure I’m kidding myself but I think, that if you squint and look away (as my husband would say when he doesn’t agree), she looks a little like Michelle Trachtenberg from Gossip Girl. But no, I didn’t set out to draw any particular person. I’m just happy when the eyes line up like they should. :) Oh by the way, Michele’s lips aren’t that big. 

Oh yes, I wanted to say that constructive criticism is always welcome.

Day 2 - Same sketch more added

Here’s a different look for the sketch I started yesterday. Added hair, refined the facial details and added shading.  Lots more to do.

Day 1 - Initial sketch

Here is my first entry into the 29 day challenge. Pay no attention to the grid lines, wait…grid lines??  Her ears look big, don’t they?

More tomorrow.