Positively Facing the Challenge
On one of the blogs I follow, the blogger has accepted the challenge of creating 29 faces in any medium, in thirty days of September. I have officially put my name on the challenge page, and I thought I would positively face the challenge. I am going to use different media. Tonight I used 2HB/soft pencil and thick watercolour paper. The man is one of my favourite faces I spotted in Lethbridge this summer at Shakespeare in the Park. I am curious about where he originally came from and why he is wearing a toque with snowflakes and a suit, t-shirt and a dress shirt, as it was about 36 degrees during the day. I also found the contrast of his face, old and wrinkled against his rather modern shirt casually unbuttoned at the top, sort of preppy and interesting. After the performance, I spotted him with his companions off in the distance walking very hunched and probably all a maximum of four feet tall. I wonder if he spent many hours working in a village field bent over harvesting by hand? Just as I am sure he has faced many challenges in his life, I am going to positively accept the challenge of drawing a face a day for the rest of September.
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| Facing the Challenge, Face 1 |
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| Beautiful Man |
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Looks great! It is so hard to make wrinkles!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ayala for you compliment and your great idea for the challenge!
DeleteI am really loving all these drawings/sketches. And WOW! I can't believe the number of participants. Good Going, Ayala! Wish I had time to post on everyone's individual submissions.
ReplyDeleteIt is great to see so many ideas and talented people across the globe.
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