30 Faces 30 Days 2023
At the end of 2021, I broke my wrist. I wish I had done something exciting, but I actually was taking a selfie while swinging my big hair around. It was ridiculous. And to make matters worse, after the cast was removed, the tendon in my thumb ruptured, necessitating surgery. It took almost an entire year to heal. I did a few paintings here and there in 2022, but for the most part I rested. I decided I was going to give it a go this January. I was rusty, and had to learn how to hold my pencil and brush a little differently, but I really ended up loving all of hte pieces I created. Maybe because I have missed making art so much.
30 Faces 30 Days 2021
This year, I tried to stick with those faces chosen by the application Sketchy. Artists this year tried to render 30 portraits in 30 days using graphite. I have to say, I was a bit rusty at making pencil drawings - but feel like I got the hang of it again. It was super hard not to add a little color, but I am very happy with the progress that I made. Art challenges are not about comparing your work with anyone else - but rather about comparing your art to an earlier version of you.
30 Faces 30 Days 2020
In January of 2020, I decided to do a 30 faces in 30 days challenge to help me improve my skills in portraiture and to break through an artist block I had been having. I always come out of inktober kind of exhausted and find it difficult to regain my motivation. I used faces from the app SKTCHY - which is a really neat application that allows people to upload selfies for artists to draw. It is wonderful because there are a diversity of beautiful and interesting faces to choose from. I would definitely recommend it! So here are my 30 faces. Some were super successful and others were challenging, but I had a ton of fun and it definitely helped me to reconnect with my artistic energy. All pieces are done with pencil and watercolor. Click on see full images.
