Since my first post, I have experienced a kind of stage fright and therefore have hesitated before carrying on with my blog. I then stumbled upon a Facebook group that intrigues me. The group is called One Hundred Faces and was started by mixed media artist Sharon Tomlinson. She has created a piece of art with all 100 faces on it. Various artists have posted all manner of portraits in the group, some really beautiful work. I can be prone to a bit of drifting and to have some kind of focus that will give me starting point is fabulous. I do not intend to create one piece of art using all 100 portraits but actually create them all separately using different media. Some may be a simple sketch in a journal, some hopefully a frame-able artwork, maybe even an air dry clay sculpture but I want to accept the challenge to commit to creating the full one hundred faces. I am sure I am not the only person who needs an exterior focus sometimes to motivate themselves.
My Lady Peacock, above, is my first face, an acrylic paint on wood board. It is telling perhaps that she is masked, a little nod to my hesitant nature. But I am under starters orders and I am off!
