Extremes

Speaking of extreme expressions, this is Carlos's bathroom selfie on Hallowe'en. Because I didn't get the head tilt (over to his left) in correctly, I couldn't include the entire picture, but there's enough here to illustrate that Carlos's expression is presumably due to the AXE embedded in the top of his head.

This was another one of those hatching/shading exercises (drawing shadows with minimal line) that I couldn't be bothered to deal with, beyond the obvious (hair and beard), but I sure had fun putting in the bags and creases and the horrified, mouth-open expression with my watercolors.

#30Faces30Days — "Carlos"
Uniball pen, watercolors, in Bee sketchbook
(This is actually #23—I'm skipping around.)

Pursed

Well, I overworked the crap out of this one (particularly on sketchbook paper instead of watercolor weight), but I sure had fun.

This is not a Sktchy model, this is my Sketchbook Skool friend KJ, who went to an art show with her friend Kara and unwisely mimicked a statue, leading to this travesty. There are a few faces from Sktchy that I'm not wanting to paint, for various reasons (mostly because they are boring), so I took a side road and tried this challenge instead. Extreme expressions, like that fella with the eyebrows and the teeth a few posts ago, are so much more interesting.

I'm posting the original photo to show what it was I was trying to capture, since I didn't quite pull it off. She looks more anguished than pursed (I think I needed more air in those cheeks!), particularly with the strong color palette, but I was happy with the hair and I feel like
I captured the attitude fairly well. I could have done better with preserving more highlights, but...there it is.

Someday I will make a funny face and post it, and KJ can have her revenge. Someday.

#30Faces30Days — "KJ"
Uniball pen and watercolor in Bee Sketchbook