Face #24

Wow. I believe it's been over a year since I posted to this blog. I think it's about time to get back to this project...

Several reasons for the hiatus: 1) I decided to do some art that had nothing to do with faces, 2) I was suddenly promoted from a 29-hour work week to a 40-hour one, and 3) I had to deal with the sudden death of my husband. I'm not giving these as excuses. Well, alright, maybe I am. Life happens, and now I'm taking a second,...no, make that a third look at this project.

I am grateful to the Wetcanvas.com community for getting my butt back into gear. There is a group of artists over there who hold "Weekend Drawing Events" (WDE, for short). Someone posts about a dozen different images each Friday, and then everyone goes to town. You select an image that interests you, and after about 2 hours of creating you stop and post your progress. Sometimes there's a specific challenge that goes along with the images, but lately my challenge has been simply to sit down and take the time to do it. The"unique" proportions of this image are proof enough that I need to get back to drawing on a regular basis.

The image I posted here is from a WDE that took place a couple of weeks ago. I decided to draw this particular image using a mechanical pencil after I watched a demonstration by a very talented local artist. She does very detailed and precise drawings with mechanical pencils. It was not something I would normally use for a drawing, but I was very pleasantly surprised by it. I will probably use it more often in the future. Sometimes the simplest media are the best.