Yellows and Violet or Yellow Violet

these two have something in common

loving spring

wandering through the woods

and

once in a while

eating a violet

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Rosy

she looked

into their eyes

with calm in her heart

willing to simply be with them

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i found this budding beauty 

rising from a mound of moss

at the base of an abundant waterfall

i see tender attention

loving protection

reminiscent  of two lovers, caring friends

or mother and child

i have no idea what plant it is

i see new life

and beauty

Happy Mother's Day

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Lesson Learned, use good paper

seems the 29 faces has me in a rhythm of creating faces

this one began as a pencil sketch

then watercolors on top:

ink sketch for meditative fun

the shading makes her look like she could use a shave

might have to rethink that technique ;-)

this last piece is a lesson learned

the paper is nice for sketching, ink and light washes

i tend to layer my watercolors 

this paper warped and would not take layers in a blending way

i could not get effects that i wished for

and 

abandoned attempting to take it somewhere that pleased me

lesson: use good paper that will take water and paint 

i thought i had learned that lesson ;-)

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also, i saw my first robin of the season today!

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Face 26 & 27 of 29 Faces

 

my my

February's month of faces is nearing it's end

it has been a good challenge

lots of practice

 

 

there are two more faces to go

in the meantime thank you to Martha of Ayala's art for hosting

29 Faces!

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Woman of the Trees

she appeared on the tiny page

a woman 

of the trees

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face 24 of

29 Faces

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DC: veins and face 21 of 29

 her green hair
like moss and leaves

sunlight and shade
presenting leaves veins

raindrops enhance the veins of this leaf

and 
frost presents the glorious veins of these:

Thank you Veronica for hosting DC
with the interesting theme of: veins

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to enjoy others faces:

29 Faces

Carrot Top #19

sunrise and sunset

colored her hair

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the other night:

 

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29 Faces for Faces created around the world

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Face 18 of 29

winter coat

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enjoy other's art at:

29 Faces

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Face 17 of 29 Faces

he gazed down at his world

with love in his heart

simply observing

i found this conk on a dead tree 

i have never seen one in this shape

so fun!

visit 29 faces 

for faces from others around the world

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Two Faces for 29 Faces

two

very different faces

above playing with different colors for skin and light

just having fun

below

it has been so long

since i used only pencils

 

today the sun came out

i drove to Glacier National Park

two trees, two faces

nature's beauty 

faces 15 & 16 for 

29 Faces

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29 Faces #13

let's celebrate love today

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I know Valentine's is the 14th

but every day is worthy of love!

this is how this piece began:

 

then i painted over it with watercolors

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to enjoy other peoples art

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29 Faces #12

hearts are appearing

in my art and below in a pin i made for my mom

for Valentine's

she already recieved it

so I can show it to you

 

to see more faces

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29 Faces #10

love how committing to art each day

creates a rhythm

a building of energy

perhaps like a snowball rolling down a snowy hill

growing

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29 Faces #9

today i found some ice formations 

that i have never seen:

i love that ice continually surprises me with it's unique expressions!

see more faces at :

Ayala's 29 Faces

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29 Faces #8

within

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the world over creating faces

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29nFaces #7

her wings and star are very important

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for fun,

if you would like to find your :

dreamy soul name

It is Sarah's blog

i Love the way she interprets life and her deep and mystical writings whether novel, poetry, short story or post:

her blog is a beautiful place to visit

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29 Faces; #6

 

in my tiny sketchbook

i coated the page with gesso

watercolor acted differently

did not sink into the paper

had to wait longer for things to dry

in the end i still enjoyed the surface

a glimpse of the pages in the book

i hope you are enjoying 29 Faces

i am

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29 Faces #5

another small face 

in the

Perfect Sketchbook

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face for 29 faces

find more wonderful faces here:

29 Faces

 

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Little Mermaid, face 3

 this face and yesterdays were done in a tiny (3.5x5 inches) sketchbook

it was a Kickstarter project that was funded

it is called:

The Perfect Sketchbook

tiny faces are usually quite challenging for me

so a tiny book is good practice

a tiny mermaid

to enjoy faces by other artists

visit:

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29 Faces, day 2

lady snowflake

snowflakes on my windshield:

visit Ayala's page to visit artists 

creating faces all February

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