A Journal Page and Faces

My entry for this week’s Art Journal Every Day is my Face 22 of 29 Faces in February. 

Face 22

I used acrylics, gouache and coloured pencils.  It is quite subdued for me. And it got me thinking that perhaps it is time for me to do a monochromatic painting.  Being a colour junkie, I think sometimes I use colour in place of form.  So here goes:

 

I decided to scan it as I went.  The drawing was on gesso coated card A4 size. 

Then I blocked in some raw umber. With a touch of naples yellow.

Face 23

Finally, I added a bit of magenta to my colour mix, with a touch of ultramarine blue to darken the browns.  Technically speaking she is not monochromatic any more, but what the heck. 

 

Oh, I used acrylics and at long last feel as if I am getting the hang of them.  I really liked the fact that I did all of this in a space of 3 – 4 hours.  That included the time I allowed each layer to dry before scanning.  At long last I am starting to fall in love with acrylics and my goal of getting on terms with acrylics has been accomplished.  

So there you have it, my Face 23, 6 more to go.

Have a happy Paint Party Friday and a great week journaling everyone.

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