Friday Faceoff

First of all, let me say that I know I haven't been posting much lately.  This severe summer heatwave has been kicking my backside.  I have done lots of reading lately while enjoying the fact that I do have air conditioning that works. 

Now to the Faceoff challenge:  I have been having "ideas" for songwriting.  While, I have not written any full songs from them during this time, I have gotten a few good starting lines.  When I get a good line, I need to write it down.  I have notebooks around that I use for various things.  I do NOT have one for each thing. I just grab the first one I find and use it.  This week, I grabbed one and opened it up. Inside were faces!  I said "Perfect" and quickly turned to a blank page to get the words down while they were fresh. 

Later, I picked up the notebook and paged through the first few pages where the faces looked out at me. Today I am sharing two of those pages.  I think there is at least one more page with some on it. 

These faces all came into being when I watched a video on how to draw 

simple cartoon faces.  You may notice that the final one isn't as "cartoonish." 

Sometimes, the brain switches gears as you are working. 
I say "Just go with it."  That is the magic of creativity that is happening.

I bought some hand dyed fabric with the intent of using some 

of it for a quilted face.  However, that "magic" happened as I was

starting to work on one. I looked up on one of my fabric shelves

and saw the perfect background fabric. Thus, those fabrics will 

be saved for another day - unless some slips in here to be hair. 

I knew that it would need a face that contrasts nicely to work well

So, into the bin of pre-fused fabric for some face fabrics.

Here is my very raw start for (hopefully) next week's post.

I love the visual textures of these hand dyed fabrics that I get 

from Colorways by Vicki. Using them gives a jumpstart on

an artistic look to my work. 

I am linking up with  DVArtist for the Friday FaceOff.

  Clicking the link will take you to her blog.  It is a great opportunity

 to see how various people interpret the challenge.

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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