29 Faces – Day 15 to 25

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Mama Cormier

….these faces weren’t done by me but I did teach my grade 2s how to paint them

Today I covered a grade two class that should have had music but the music teacher was at the Kiwanis festival with two other classes and the class I should have had was one of the two classes at the competition. When the grade 2s came into the library I decided to turn the period into an art class. I thought that they could probably handle making faces using watercolour paints.

I demonstrated how to add the skin tones and face shape first and once that was dry we added the hair. I recommended that the facial features be done with marker. Some followed the instructions and others didn’t but most of them had a lot of fun and their faces were pretty good. Here is a gallery of faces for you to enjoy:

29 Faces Challenge – Day 14

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Mama Cormier

…..only two days behind

I love the self portraits that Ayse Juaneda does at Art for Nothing. I’ve wanted to try her style for awhile. Here is my first real attempt.

29 Faces Challenge – Day 13

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Mama Cormier

….only 3 days behind

After browsing the blogs on my Reader I discovered a photo of this amazing older man playing his accordion. I had to try and capture his face in one of my drawings.

29 Faces Challenge – Day 12

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Mama Cormier

….struggling to get the proportions right

It’s late and I should really start these drawings earlier in the evening. I’m not sure why I don’t erase mistakes. Somewhere in my past I was told to never erase, just keep going but I think it’s time to find my kneadable eraser and start correcting things as I go.

29 Faces Challenge – Day 11

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Mama Cormier

…self portrait taken from my recent selfie

Today’s face is done on newsprint with a fine tip marker.

29 Faces Challenge – Days 8, 9 and 10

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Mama Cormier

….I’m getting a little behind with my ‘faces challenge’ so I’ve included 3 faces that I’ve done with my art classes

We’re having a lot of fun creating faces using paper collage. Each student is making 12 different faces using different papers so there are very few that are finished and ready to display. As soon as they are I will post them here on this blog.

29 Faces Challenge – Day 7

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Mama Cormier

….up until today I’ve used photographs for my drawings

Today I created a face from memory. It isn’t of anyone in particular, in fact it has a sort of ‘alien’ quality to it. I used pencil and a watercolour wash.

29 Faces Challenge – Day 6

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Mama Cormier

…..using technology to create faces

Today I downloaded some apps onto my iPhone and started to play. The first face is a photograph made to look like a sketch and the second face was created using my finger as the pencil.