29 faces in 30 days, that's the challenge. I have a hard time with challenges - too much trying to fit my idea of what would be good given what other people seem to be doing and not enough playing my way toward where I need to be.
So, although all the faces are rough, I've been satisfied that I'm doing what I should be doing - sketching toward my center. In a figurative way (pun intended). Sort of.
Tonight I went out on the preverbal limb. I drew myself.
After all, I have a face.
Below I've copied a posting I'm making on my challenge blog - Paint by Numbers. I used it for the annual International Fake Journal Month postings, and I figure i can use it for other challenge postings when I don't want to include all of them on this blog.
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I've decided to take the plunge and try the 29 faces challenge. 29 faces in 30 days. Although I've been avoiding most challenges - this seems like a good fit. I've been thinking about faces recently, and this seems a good way to channel that impulse.
Here's my first try.
What I really want to learn to do is shading. Shading that doesn't make the person look haggard. Maybe shaping is a better term. But I'm not going to get hung up on any one part. Nothing that will get in the way of doing it. So here I go.
