Demented Crazy Circus Folk 19 & 20/29

I thought I'd photo all three together since they were inspired by the same theme.
The two ATCS make faces 19 & 20.

29 face 10/29 Diana Goddess

I was going somewhere totally different.  I wanted to do an Afro girl, but this is what came out during sketching time.
mixed mdia 98lb 9x12 paper
HB graphite pencil

29faces 9/29. Sight

Have you ever starting drawing or painting with an end result in mind but then you realize you actually wanted minimalism? I actually did this pic on the 9th. I was going to post it as unfinished. Then I woke up today and looked at it again. It says what I wanted. So it's finished!

Sometimes I think if it's not layered and layered and cluttered and ornate then it's not a done piece. BS. The point is message and feeling.

6x6 watercolor paper
Water color crayons
2 blue color pencils

Mermaid Girl earrings colored :)

These are about to be baked and wired! They will go up for sale in my etsy shop.

29faces 8/29 Beatrice Grey

I had this piece of cardboard from an Amazon .com package. I gave myself the challenge of using only 3 Crayola markers and an HB pencil.
Doing this face also showed me how dark the shadow side of the nose really has to be in order to get a decent pop!

29faces 7/29 Pensive Broken Clown

This is in spired by the ATC September swap prompt on Willowing site. Also because I liked the blue bubble paper :). I plan on painting it but not sure how I want to go with it.

6x6 scrapbook paper
Pencil

29 faces 6/29 Dancing Mermaid

I saw this scrapbook paper and had to buy it! I knew I wanted to do some under water floating thing. I originally was going to do a face that covered most of the page. However, she decided she wanted to be mermaid instead. :)
6x6 scrapbook paper
Graphite pencil
Colored pencils
Ink
Gel pen

29 faces 4/29 experiment with paper

I saw this pink coral ocean picture in an old National Geographic. I thought it would look cool as hair :). So I drew a very simple face to experiment with the paper shredding.
It's actually done on an envelope :)
Not my fav but fun nonetheless :)

29 faces 3/29 Christmas Miss

I hate winter but love Christmas :)
I wanted to use books pages from an old Christmas song book.

Flower Child

Here is a face I finished painting around midnight. It's all water color pencil and white craft acrylic paint. I'm not really sure if it counts for 29faces lol

29 faces and other challanges

So exciting, September is filling up with challanges!  I am joining the 29 faces in September challange!  We are supposed to make 29 faces of any kind during September.  I am really looking forward to it since I have been taking Life Book 2012 and Fab Faces.  It should be fun to have even more face time practice! :)  Woot.  You can find information on the challange at ths link http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/p/29-faces-sept.html  It looks to be fun!  I just hope I can keep up with posting on a daily basis!  I wonder if youtube videos count as posting?  :)

Secondly, I am doing my own Smashing Art Writing Journal challange 2 (SAW2).  I hosted the art journal challange in July, this is the second round.  You can check that out here on my youtube channel. http://youtu.be/sQ0Bm253xss

My third challange thsi month is an exercise healthier living event.  That you can see here. http://youtu.be/_6jG8ZDOhLU
Let the fun begin!!

Playing with shrink plastic

I don't remember playing with Shrinky Dinks when I was a kid. I remember them existing, but not actually playing with them. A few months ago I wanted to make some charms. I wanted to do some mehndi inspired pieces. So I got out the shrink plastic and started messing around. Well, the obsession has continued :) So, I bought some more and have been experimenting with it. Here are a few pieces that I made this week. I finished them up yesterday.

YOJ 2011 week 7

This year I've been participating in Year of Jewelry. I haven't posted all of the pieces here in my blog however. So, today, I'm posting week 7.

I love charm bracelets, dangle bracelets, any bracelet that makes a clicking, tinkling sound when it moves! Maybe I'm just a big kid :) This week's theme was "something to talk about. I immediately thought of lips and what my girls and I hang out talking about. SO this is a fun piece that incorporates all of that :)

Week 2- Eclispe Talula Rouge

I like trying new techniques. I also like doing challenges. So this year I've joined Year of Jewelry again. Each week there is a theme and you are supposed to create a new piece weekly.

With the theme Eclipse, I didn’t want to go for moons or suns. I wanted to go with the colors of night instead. The focal cab I made from polyclay. I used black and grey transparent 11/0 seed beads. I also have 8mm grey cat’s eye beads, black labradorite, faceted glass beads, and metal beads. I guess this piece would have worked just as well for week 3′s mixed media!! LOL