Showing posts with label blind contour mirror. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blind contour mirror. Show all posts

April 4, 2012

Who Does Your Hair?



Who does your hair?  Haha….I have to laugh because I get asked this question about once a week.  And it’s not because my hair looks great….Quite the opposite.  Usually I hear this on a Saturday….after I’ve slept in…woken up…then bee-lined it for the coffee….hours later… I turn the corner and there he is!!  My main man….sarcastically implying that he’s seen enough and it would be best if I brushed out that mess.



Don’t know if this kind of drawing will help me to actually sketch curly hair….but it can’t hurt…right?



Found another rock-statement in my stash…..I forgot I had these.



This drawing is inspired by this picture I spotted on pinterest the other day…..Now this artist has talent!!

The thing I like about drawing with color and all whimsical et al….is… it’s not for profit, not for gain, doesn’t have to be all beautiful, and it really doesn’t have to have any meaning or make any statement.  It just lets me play!

March 22, 2012

The Three Faces of Eve



I’m thinking I could have drawn 13 more faces and it would’ve been the 16 personalities of Sybil.  But these aren’t really Eve’s or Sybil’s faces.  They’re mine.  I came across this picture of a blind contour mirror drawing and it looked easy enough.  The rules were:
  1. Look at yourself in the mirror while you draw
  2. Don’t lift your pen from the paper
  3. Don’t look at the paper.


Well, I broke all the rules!  This was not as easy as I thought it would be.  Number one, When I drew my first figure (red), I couldn’t believe how small she turned out.  I thought I was using the whole page.



I think I like this green girl the best….even though she is shedding some tears.  That cheek was calling for something.



Not quite sure what nightmare this blue guy came from.  He’s barely human looking.  Possibly related to Picasso.



This one looks like a Carol Burnett caricature.  Love that chin!



After I got done, the faces were just kind of hanging there….I looked again and  they reminded me of Mardi Gras masks… so that’s how they got their black strap.

This was a fun exercise to let me play with color.  Used those wonderful watercolor pencils to get that variety of color.  Then I just went in and doodled with black, green, red, blue and white markers.  Another simple fun piece.
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By day...I work in the Healthcare field, where every .. i.. has to be dotted and every ..t.. has to be crossed. This blog is the place where I can let myself go and have some fun. I am on a journey. A journey I started a long time ago, but it has been a bit sidetracked with Navy Wife relocations and raising kids. I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel and I have got some time for me. No, I will not be one of those moms walking around the house with Empty Nest Syndrome, I have got way too much to do, to learn, to create. Sure, once the kids are gone I will miss them....but hey, there is always the phone, the email, the texting and the Plane tickets! I love my life and my family and It is fun moving into this new stage. I am into Digital Scrapbooking, photography, journaling, Art Journaling and Drawing. I am a do-it-yourselfer and I am trying to teach myself to draw. I am finding that it takes a lot of patience, lots of practice and a good eraser! And if you're really curious there's a 3 part Interview by Eileen: HERE All the best, Eden