Faces #4 and 5...

Just stopping in real quick to share my 4th and 5th faces...

Face #4...
 Mechanical pencil on deli paper.  She is part of a vision I have for an art journal page.  I may or may not end up adding her to the page, but it was fun to try a profile.  They are much  harder for me to draw than a front facing portrait!

For face #5 I decided to try an experiment.  I misted a splotch of spray ink onto my little journal, and told myself, however it looked when it dried, I was going to make a face out of it.  Here's the splotch...

and here's how she ended up...

I think she's my favorite so far.  :0)


This 29 faces thing is really broadening my horizons!

Thanks so much for visiting, and for your kind comments!  They really brighten my day!

See you again tomorrow!

Project Life Tuesday and the struggle of taking photos...

Hey everyone!  How's it going?  It's Project Life Tuesday again, and I'm super excited!  I finally got some halfway decent photos of my layouts!

After struggling for a long time (without success I might add) to take photos of my PL spreads without having HUGE amounts of glare; I finally broke down and bought a photo lightbox setup.  $69 on ebay and it included 2 nylon boxes (a large and a small), two lamps, bulbs, a tripod and 6 different colored background inserts. Totally worth it if you take a lot of pics, if you ask me.

So tonight, I got it all set up and took photos of all of my finished PL spreads.  Three months worth!  Here's what the set up looks like...

At first I was taking pics with the overhead lights on, and couldn't figure out why I was still getting so much glare - HA.  Once I turned out the lights it was much better.

Here's how it looks when you are looking down into the box with your camera.  P.S. that is not this week's spread - it's one I will be sharing later on, so please ignore...

Moving right along, here is today's layout from the end of March, and beginning of April...
(Page protectors used:  Design C on the left, 8.5 x 11" insert, and Design A on the right)

 What's happening here? This week started out rough, because our cat Johnny had just been diagnosed with diabetes; and we were so worried about him.  By the end of the week he was feeling much better tho - yeayyy!  Also included is a little bit of sketching and some John Denver nostalgia.  The calendar is a printable by Tamara LaPorte (available here).

 Left side detail...

Lots of miscellaneous stash used this week.  Ephemera here includes the package label from my new sketchbook.


Here's the back side of the calendar insert...

An article from American Songwriter, I think.  Anyhoo, I had to save it since I'm a John Denver fan from way back!

Right Side Detail...

 Here you can see poor Johnny not feeling so good on the top right photo; but feeling much better on the bottom left, and back to snuggling with his brother again - yeayyy!  Ephemera included here is the followup card for Johnny's vet appointment.

I will be linking up to Project Life Tuesday as soon as it's up.  Check it out to see others PL layouts for the week!

Oh, and p.s, here is face #3 of 29...

This is a 2 x 3" pencil sketch, done in my big grid journal.  I decided to try a new shape for the eyes, and from there he just magically turned into a sleepy professor.  Ha.

Thanks for visiting today!  I really appreciate you!  Have an absolutely awesome Tuesday, and I will see you again tomorrow!

Last Day to enter for the Giveaway, and 29 Faces, Day One...

Note: The "Illustrated Life" Book giveaway is still open, and today is the last day to enter the drawing.  Click here to check it out!  And don't forget to leave a comment, okay?  The deadline is midnight tonight, and I will be drawing a winner tomorrow (Monday, September 2).


Twenty Nine Faces in September

I've decided to play along with the 29 Faces in September challenge, which is being hosted by Alaya Art.  I've got a tiny book to work in, and most of my faces will go in there (although I may do a few big ones in my art journal too - I'm keeping my options open).

Here's my tiny, 4" x 5" journal...

and here's my face #1...

I made a huge blunder with the ink pen on her nose; so I just cut out a piece of paper from the back of the book, pasted it right on top and kept going.  This is just about practice, and that's what makes it fun for me!  I sketched her with a pitt pen and colored her with watercolor pencils. 

If you want to check out the 29 faces challenge, click here for more info!

Thanks so much for visiting, and for your comments!  I love hearing from you!