May 1st 29 Faces Challenge

It will be fun to begin the second 29 Faces challenge for the month of May. The first one celebrating the month of February was a terrific challenge, I think we all enjoyed. If anyone wants to join, it's open to all. Just create and post a face a day for the month of May. To get the detailed instructions press the 29 Faces button to the right of this post. The challenge really gets the juices going and often times you will find the pressure to perform renders some really outstanding pieces you might never have created otherwise. Have fun with it--if you can't keep up at first or at any time, there's no punishment or embarrassment, just do what you can! I can't wait to get started. See you on May 1st.

Sunday Sunflower Girl

Flowers Heal

Flower power...flower energy...energy of the universe...energy of love.

Easter Sunday

This was a delightful Easter Sunday spent painting this portrait!

More Rain, More Flowers

...even if they grow in a hat on my head!

Devoted Cats

A girl goes everywhere with her devoted cats.

April Showers

I love the rain, getting out in the "April Showers" and collecting it on my tongue! One of the joys of life!

Day Lily and Easter Lily

Calm in the Face of E-N-E-R-G-Y All Around.

The Goddess of Spring

This is one from a few years ago--out of the vault--that seems appropriate for the season!

It's a mixed media all glued together with melted wax. It was great fun to play with it and I think I might just try the technique again today with something new for Spring.

Spring Bursting

Mandala Play

I was admiring another person's Mandalas and decided to make one--I haven't made any in a while. You can see I didn't measure accurately. I need to get a better tool for making circles where the pencil doesn't move up and the measurer stays stationary. Cheap tools make cheap stuff. Moral of the story: Buy good tools. I still want to make more though, making patterns this way is fun and watching the interplay of colors is always great to see for future use.

Modigliani Challenge - Second Attempt New Portrait

There are many things wrong with this one (as usual) but I decided to just make it in my style, based on the tools I had. I still want to do it again to make it better.

Modigliani Challenge - Attempt to Copy Modigliani Bust: Arrggh!

This is the work by Modigliani I attempted to copy. Oh, what a mess I made of it. I tried to duplicate it in clay, thinking it would be relatively easy. His work is just so beautiful with wonderful planes. It's chiseled in stone and it emulates African masks. I've always loved it. I have good taste since it sold at Southeby's for $36 million dollars. As always, the sad thing is Modigliani died at the age 36 of tuberculosis and other assorted addictions. He was not really recognized until after his death. His girlfriend was pregnant and she committed suicide a few days after his death. I just don't see the justice in the exhorbitant prices paid for art when the poor artist never saw a cent of it during his lifetime. Anyway, back to my lousy copy: It was so hard to do because when I tried to make corrections on one side I smooshed the other side and had to correct that then recorrect, etc. It came out looking more like the witch from the Wizard of Oz. Everything is off, off, off: the nose, the neck, the eyes, the face shape. Yikes it was excruciating! Yesterday, I smashed it and thought I would retry today but so far I have not gone back to it. This is one way to get an even stronger appreciation for the artist who created it bigger and in stone!!(The size of mine is shown sitting next to my cat Trixiebelle on a bench. She's saying, "Are you kidding me?"

New Easter Egg

Began with flat design.

Changed to bright new Easter egg

Opened Easter egg--sorry no chocolate.

Peace

Nirvana! It exists! Seek it! Be it!

I am watching you watching me....hehe!

Just kidding!

Oh Boy, a new Challenge by Ayala --Modigliani

This is not an entry into the challenge. But I'm so excited to start working on the Modigliani Challenge for my next upload. Must create the art first. Yeah, more fun!!

Why?

That's a Good Question. No one really has the answer though.

The Day After the Challenge -- And This is What Came Out