couple more charcoal and pencil sketches - Malala Yousafzai and an elderly woman with wrinkles (part of 29 Faces in September 2015)

29 Faces in September is complete....2 more art projects waiting in the wings!

my final 2 faces for 29 Faces in September (since I counted wrong)

I did these pretty rough....sort of hurried them along. Not really satisfied with them but I am stopping. I have 2 other art projects to begin so I have to let this one go and move on. I used old photos of my dad and my mom for my models this time. Messy charcoal again. I have done a lot of charcoal for this project but not sure I am any better at it.

29 Faces in September - my final 4 faces

okay..charcoal messy charcoal...Sung Joon, Kim Yoo-jung and Lee Jong-suk (all Korean actors/actress) 

the painting one I just dabbed a ton of different colored acrylic paint on black paper...pressed another sheet of paper on top....pulled it apart...added Inka Gold..used the end of the paintbrush to scrape in primitive features and then added more paint

29 Faces in September Day 21 (but might be days 22, 23 and 24 since I have FOUR faces lol)

I started out with charcoal but it did not blend very well...and then I used pencil...I ended up with so much graphite on this that the paper got rough....grainy....this is a sketch of me and 3 of my sibs when we were very young

29 Faces in September days 19 and 20

29 Faces in September - Day 18 -mixed media

Day 18 - started out in a weird mood...did a quick charcoal sketch....then started finger painting over that....thought I had ruined it...it was almost all black....then got brushes and acrylic paint out...started adding color....more detail....added Inka Gold....some Mod Podge Gold Shimmer and leaves...and this is what I have. I will post today's work later

29 Faces in September - Day 17 (my free day was yesterday so nothing for that day)

Just ink and markers on very textured paper

29 Faces in September - Day 15 - charcoal

Day 15 - charcoal - my version of "Little Gerda" from Sulamith Wülfing's illustrations from Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen - no where near her quality...but something to strive for. Her illustrations are so wonderful...

29 Faces in September - Day 14 - Back to charcoal

 This is how he started out....lighter...I actually ended up making it darker...think I like it better darker..it is more dramatic. I chose Kim Woo-bin because he has very unique and extreme features...and I really like him. He is a South Korean actor/model. I am testing out applying charcoal over textured surfaces as well..to make clothing and sweaters look textured

29 Faces in September - Day 13 - just something simple and fun

29 Faces in September - Day 12 - zentangle time

20 Faces in September - Day 11

charcoal and pencil - used an old vintage photo for model

29 Faces in September - Day 10

charcoal and pencil - my grandmother as a child

29 Faces in September - Day 9 - back to charcoal

Still working on this one....it is South Korean actor Jang Hyuk as his role in "Fated to Love You" playing Lee Gun (an incredible drama if you have not ever watched it)

29 Faces in September - Day 8 - Something ABSTRACT

I decided to do something TOTALLY different today and ABSTRACT because I don't really like abstract art that much and figured it would be a nice challenge. This is what I ended up with. I added gold patina to make it look more like bronze or gold

29 Faces in September - Day 7 -

Okay...well I decided to take a break from the charcoal and just have some fun. I ended up using watercolor pencils and markers in a book whose pages were not suitable for getting wet. The paper tore up...almost disintegrated. I put glitter Mod Podge over it...but still was not totally happy with how washed out it looked so I ended up enhancing it a bit in a my pics....anyway...here it is

29 Faces in September - Day 6 - South Korean actor Hyun Bin

Charcoal and pencil (yes..I keep making myself try to work with it because it is like my least favorite and soooo messy...at least for me) haha

29 Faces of September - Day 5 - Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun

charcoal and pencil

29 Faces in September - Day 4

Watercolor pencils and gold shimmer Mod Podge