This is a continuation of the previous post of collages created during February. This is part of a 100-day project of creative practice beginning from Winter Solstice in 2021 through Spring Equinox, in 2022.
At the beginning of April, 2017 I took on the challenge of drawing/painting/photographing 100 faces in 100 days. I wanted to learn how to better represent the human face. Mostly I painted and although I have a long way to go, I can see that I took more risks as the project progressed, quieted the critic in my head, posted work I did not like and work I did, and lived within the constraints of time (mostly) and materials.
Below is a brief video that shows the 100 images in the order they were created.
I am participating in the #100DayProject Creativity. Each day for no more than 20 minutes I will compose a face. To do this I might sketch, paint, collage, photograph, and/or digitally compose. In 2014, I spent 100 days making a collage a day based on the news--most often from the New York Times. (You can see that project here and here) . Below is a slideshow that feature images I made during the first 20 days. Enjoy.
Day 8: 4.11.17 (6B pencil, stabilo pencil, gesso, white marker, digital remix)
Everyone is in the best seat. - John Cage
I am participating in the #100DayProjectCreativity and have completed the first week. Each day for no more than 20 minutes I compose a face. I want to study faces and figured that drawing or painting one each day might help me to see differently and to take more chances. Somedays I sketch, mostly I paint, and eventually I imagine that I will collage and photograph. I sometimes alter the images made slightly (or a lot depending on my mood) digitally. I have been learning as I compose each day--about drawing and painting faces and more. Felix Scheinger in Urban Watercolor Sketching: A Guide to Drawing, Painting, and Storytelling writes, "All too often we paint things only as we imagine them to be and not as we experience them from observation"(Kindle Locations 829-830). I think about the truth of that statement and how it can also be true in other life situations. Want is a powerful force--as is studying and seeing more objectively. Some thoughts as I continue in this project:
Isolating sections of a face and naming the shape helps me to better draw.
Small adjustments to a line or shadow can make large differences.
Sometimes my hand just does not want to cooperate.
Constraint, such as time, pushes me to finish a work.
Posting a work each day is brave.
A 100 day study feels like an indulgence.
I enjoy playing with many styles and have yet to cultivate my own signature. I wonder if I will.
I love composing with ink, pencil, paint and words.
I have been posting the image, date, media on a separate page on my blog. The first week of images are below.
