Friday Face Off - Portrait Challenge.

When Nicole announced the portrait challenge, I was thinking that I would be doing well to finish a portrait in time.  However, I decided that my portrait just needed to be a face that looked reasonably good. After I did the first one, I was hooked.  Working in different media allowed me to explore some possibilities.  I have a few to show you.  

First up is a series of three created from the same face.

Acrylic Paint on good watercolor paper

Mixed media (oil pastels, colored pencils and water media)

Inktense pencils and Inktense blocks

Next up,  an older lady 

Colored pencil on very cheap watercolor paper.

And finally a male face.

Done with very inexpensive crayon on the back side of that cheap watercolor paper

There is a reason that I mention the inexpensive materials that I used for a couple of these. It is to remind you that you don't have to have expensive materials to create fun art. 

However, I will say choose your substrate (paper in this case) with care as it determines how

well the materials will work for you. 

Linking with the Portrait Challenge 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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