Day 12, finished the lady

I have been splashing a bit of paint here and there on the drawing I made for Day 4
At several stages I was going to give up and toss it away, but decided to just keep adding more layers of color and this morning it finally turned for the better.
I am still not happy that she doesn't want to look at me, (I love making the portrait look at the viewer right into the eye) but I guess that's the way she is. Her mind is in her art probably. I hope by now it shows that she is holding a paint brush ;oP
(acrylics, collage, on 4.5 x 6 watercolor paper)

And for today, my daughter has a mad cigarette fuming. Her own campaign to show smokin is not good for you.

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Day 11 weekend hurry

Well, spending most of the day out doesn't help much, but I really don't want to brake the challenge...
Even a little thing counts!
Out of my ongoing little girls ACEOs, I have this tiny character that seems I'm making all the time:

And the one from my daughter:

Gotta go now!

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Day 10, another doggy

This is Burt. He went to heaven last December. But he lived a long and happy life, and now he will be remembered with this painting as well.

I can't believe I completely forgot last night when I started the background, and today to take pictures while painting! But that's what happens when I get too much into it, I don't think of cameras etc. So I don't have any in progress pics, but it is the same as in last post. I even used the same palette. Ochre, raw umber, white, blue and green, and red for the collar.
For some reason, pet's eyes are harder for me to do than humans.
The  angle and proportions are a bit funky, but I think in general, it still resembles the little Chi dog?

And my kid's face of the day, inspired on a video of a weird song called Rocketship she saw in Futurama; a sock puppet martian....?

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Day 9, bunch of pictures

For my face a day, I painted a dog. She is a very special dog that now lived in doggy heaven.I painted this for a dear friend who is missing her so much, after many years of companionship. I hope she likes it ♥
Acrylics on 11x14 canvas
(Tomorrow I am doing another doggy in heaven)

   

Also, a drawing from my daughter:(She doesn't really need one, but don't tell her I said that)

Keep reading after the brake so you can see work in progress pictures, and another drawing from my girl that I forgot to include yesterday :oP

Day 8, pencil drawing

For today, I have this portrait of Gotye. In case you don't know who he is, he is a Belgian-Australian musician who has replaced Rupert Penry-Jones in my book, just because he sings :o] Sorry Rupert.

14 x 17 vellum Bristol, sketch and wash graphite, and watercolor pencils in the eyes.
I didn't quite capture his beautiful eyes, but at least I think he looks like him... what do you think?
See his video below and tell me:

Day 7 drama

So last night my husband updated the Office program, and it deleted my favorite photo editor! The one I have been using for ages. Great.... I spend hours trying to see what could be done. Then I gave up till the expert (my DH) could come to the rescue.
I spent hours uploading to Pinterest, and I know I have to do things differently, because after all my work, there's people that has not been uploaded.
(* I will need everyone interested to upload their own, send me a note to make you "contributor" in the boards. You don't need to do it if you don't like the idea or you are not in that site, no problem.)

So anyway, I had this photo editor drama, and so many hours doing stuff, that I didn't really work on my piece till late. And to stress me even better, Microsoft didn't want to get fix.
It is 10:50 pm, and just now I was able to crop my picture.
With more ado, here it is, in progress: (Acrylics on canvas, I posted this before, with less work on it)

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Day 6 unfinished

Hello! I am not done with this painting by far, but it's time to post! I still have to do the flowers, clothes, hair, shading  etc... But here we go:

I made a crazy version on the photo editor just for fun

And this is my daughter's face of the day. Some kind of scary  "me gusta" meme:

 

Now I will go and add all the new entries to Pinterest. I think I will open another folder, that one has like 100 pieces already! I'm not sure how many can be in a folder, any one knows?

Thanks a BUNCH! I am having such a great time with all your participation and epic art works!

Hugs!
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Day 5 Outlined drawing and a funny hand

My piece for today turned out looking like a zombie, so I took it to a photo editor and made it into an outlined drawing.

This is less scary than my first version :oP
Whenever I make a pencil drawing and shade it, it takes me a long time and the weekends are proving to be a bit difficult. Of course if I had no challenge I would have tons of free time right?

This is my daughter's "face". She surprises me all the time!

 

I guess a face is a face as long as it has the necessary elements!
Thanks for stopping by and see you tomorrow!
Hugs to everyone, I will be visiting soon to add you all to Pinterest

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Day 4 .....in a rush!

I only managed a pencil sketch today, and I have one foot out the door. That's what happens when you wake up late :oS A lot of stuff going on here, but at least I managed. And that's one important thing, to make a tiny room for art everyday. Keeps you sane! (or keeps you crazy enough to deal with the world!)

The watermark is not where I wanted it, but no time to fix it now, maybe later agh!
I am posting here my daughter's  as well, I have been posting them in FB

You can tell who her favorite model is ;o)
Have a good day, I'll see you all tomorrow! Will be adding to Pinterest on Monday


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Day 3, kind of abstract

Hello!
If you are in a hurry (with so many great blogs to visit) here's my face for today:

Acrylics, wax crayons, ink on 11.5 x 9 watercolor paper

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If you want to see the WIP, keep reading...