Thursday, September 19, 2013

Faces #18 - 24


Here are my entries for 29 Faces and for Paint Party Friday

#18 My Grandma's photo altered with Photoshop Elements filters.

#19 This is the one I had leaves all around. I decided to color her with water soluble crayons.

#20 Just a sketch. His mustache didn't turn out too well.

#21 Another sketch
#22 And here is the sketch colored in Photoshop Elements.
#23 This was colored in watercolors.
#24 This was colored in watercolors.



52 comments:

  1. These are all really lovely. You have a definite drawing style that is easily recognizable as your own. That's always nice to see! I really like the one you played with via Elements filters. That came out rather cool looking.

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  2. I just fhink where You are. But You are working and have drawn many sketches. The photo about Your Grandmother is very beautiful. You are good with eyes. I mean You draw very lively eyes. They are looking at someone or somewhere.

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  3. Fabulous job on all things. I love the soft feel of your Grandmothers photo with the Photo Elements used. Hope your doing well, hugs.

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  4. Very nice faces indeed! I don't have that many photos of my grandparents. I wish I did. What you did with yours is beautiful. I also especially like the soft colors of #22.

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  5. Hi Faye! I so love your treatment of your grandmothers portrait...it's sublime! wish i could do photoshop like you Faye, that program is way over my head. it's always good coming over to your blog and seeing your lovely pieces :)

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  6. These are all quite wonderful Faye. I too like the grandma photo as well. And do love what you are doing with watercolors!!!

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  7. Wonderful faces - I love grandma and #21best!

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  8. What a wonderful assortment of faces Faye, so well done.

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  9. Fabulous faces with some great alterations. Love what you did to your grandmothers image, she looks very young and pretty:)

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  10. You have been doing some lovely work, and I think your pencil sketching is getting better and better!!

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  11. Your faces get better and better, what a wonderful selection! Valerie

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  12. Fabulous Faye!! Love the alteration of your grandma!! All your painting this week are so strong! Wonderful job!

    Hugs Giggles

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  13. Nice faces, great skintones! You are making water color portraits look easy, and they aren't.

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  14. love the last one the best..elegant

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  15. Wow Faye, what a fantastic post full of gorgeous faces.. such various creations, all beautiful pieces..I totally Love the red haired beauty, she is stunning and she is full of life and spirit in her eyes. The watercolors are also so gentle and wonderful..the man's face also intrigues me ! And the image of your Grandma totally touches my soul..now she looks full of spirit and joy! I bet she was a special lady!
    PS: I also love your new blog photo, you are a gorgeous lady and lovely spirit!
    Wishing you a wonderful Autumn and Happy wkd!
    Victoria

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  16. Nice Drawing/painting Faye, I love this idea of 29 faces maybe one day Ill try :)

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  17. Great faces! Watercolor portraits are challenging. Yours look great.

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  18. Hi Faye. Love your new profile photo, looks great. Your faces are all very good and I especially love what you did with your Grandma's picture. Nice work.:)

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  19. Great job with your faces! It's fun to see the progression from sketch to color.

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  20. Your new profile picture is wonderful - is it a self portrait? Great job with all these faces - I love the altered photo one of your grandma - that cloche hat - wonderful!

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  21. Great faces! Thank you so much for your lovely comment on my blog! - Irma

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  22. Love them all, but particularly like your grandma painting :)

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  23. Hello Faye, there are lots of great sketches here! Your grandma's painting is a favorite!

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  24. You have the very well done Faye hugs Danielle

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  25. Your Grandma's a stunner! Lovely faces.

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  26. Super super one of your gran. Happy PPF.

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  27. This was so much fun to see. They are great. Blessings, Janet PPF

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  28. How lovely!! I especially love the the first one in the hat.

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  29. Your faces are all very lovely, but the grandmama is most beautiful, I like her best!

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  30. lovely sketches! and i love what photoshop did to your grandma's photo. it looks so painterly! can i paint her as one of my 29 faces? alpha shanahan

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  31. Wonderful face sketches Faye!
    Happy PPF!
    Alison xx

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  32. Oh, wow, those faces are fabulous. You have been very busy. Nice!!

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  33. Love all of these!! The top one is my favorite!!

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  34. Wow, super - Faye. I love them all.

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  35. I love your grandmother's photograph, and your portrait collection is amazing this week. Blessings!

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  36. Faye I love the first face. Having said that, they are all absolutely wonderful! Samara.

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  37. I really enjoy seeing all your faces!

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  38. Fantastic faces - fascinated by the photoshop edited photograph.

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  39. Really interesting and nice faces! They're all unique and very expressive in their own way! :)

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  40. they are all lovely, I really like the expressions you've captured. I think 22 is my favorite. (and in case you don't make it back to my blog, tea bag paper is made out of paper fiber a combination of wood and vegetable fiber)

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  41. Hi! I have popped over from our virtual Paris trip to visit a few blogs. It is fun to see what other things people are posting other than Paris and London. Nice portraits! That is a great challenge to do. I don't do enough portraits myself. Thanks for sharing.

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  42. Wonderful drawings, Faye and the color added is great too! And that mage of you grandmother is wonderful.

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  43. Love the image of your Grandmother!!! The sketch are great and I love how you added color to them :)

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  44. Your grandma's photo is wonderful, she looks a strong and caring person. I like the drawing of No 21 and the final 2 watercolours in particular.

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  45. your work is lovely. each portrait is unique. i must say that your grandmother's face is my favorite.

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