29 Faces Challenge, Face 14...

This is my 14th face for the 29 faces challenge.  The challenge is to share 29 faces in the month of September.  Although I'm working on paintings with faces this month, I'm mainly posting sketches.  This one is fairly rough, sometimes I do a warm up sketch before I do more sketching and that is the case with this sketch...

Work in Progress Mermaid Painting + 29 Faces 13...

Here is a bit of progress on the mermaid painting "Looking In" that I am working on.  Although I'm not done with her face yet, I am thinking about the color of her hair.  I had intended to give her some blue streaks, but I'm getting the feeling she wants her hair to be dark brown.

Here is a sketch of a girl with a red tailed hawk perched on her shoulder.  She is my 13th face for the 29 faces challenge.  The challenge is to share 29 faces in the month of September.

I'm joining in this week with Paint Party Friday.  To see more participants, please visit:

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29 Faces Challenge, Face 12...

This is my 12th face for the 29 faces challenge.  The challenge is to share 29 faces in the month of September.  I am enjoying sketching more frequently.  I still have some sketches that go better than others, but even though I won't be painting all of these, I think that some of these have some definite potential!

Descanso Gardens Yellow Water Lily Photograph & 29 Faces 11...

I took this photo at Descanso Gardens.  This yellow water lily is peeking up through the green lily pads...


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This is my 11th face for the 29 faces challenge.  The challenge is to share 29 faces in the month of September.  I think this one has a bit of an Alice in Wonderland feeling to her...

An Original Painting of a Mermaid, a Blue Angel Art Print, and More Prints! + 29 Faces 10

My featured print auction for the week is on ebay here.  It is titled "Deep in Thought" and is a pensive blue angel.  I also have additional giclee art prints here.

They're all based on my original paintings and are starting today and ending next Tuesday.  This week I do not have a theme, I've selected fairy angels, ocean views, purple flowers, and mermaids...

Most of my art is also available on my website at http://www.lisarusso.com; however, I like to offer some art on ebay at a lower promotional start rate for the duration of the auctions...  The prints have a start price that's approximately 20% off and the original art has a start price that's approximately 25% off!

Face 10

I'm listing this original painting here and the print of it is here.  The title is "The Gift" and it is of a little mermaid with a gift for her sea turtle friend...

This is also my 10th face for the 29 faces challenge.  The challenge is to share 29 faces in the month of September.  I've shared her before, but in the rules it says it's okay to share some older works as long as the majority of the faces are new faces.  This little mermaid with her long flowing purple hair and big eyes is one of my favorites...    

If you miss this seven day auction, this painting also lives on my website here.

Remedios Varo Surrealist Artist from In Wonderland at LACMA III + 29 Faces 9

A while back, I went to the LACMA show In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States.  I did two posts of some images of art that moved me by Remedios Varo.  This is my favorite image of hers that I saw, it's titled "Harmony."  The words here about the artist are the same, but the images are ones I haven't shared before.

Remedios Varo, Armonía (Harmony)

Remedios Varo, Armonía (Harmony) Close Up I

Remedios was born in Spain, but fled to Paris during the Spanish Civil War.  She moved to Mexico due to the Nazi occupation of France.  Mexico is were she spent the remainder of her life.  She generally worked in oils on masonite panels that she prepared herself.  I hadn't seen the artwork of this surrealist artist before this exhibit, I found myself very drawn to her works. 

Remedios Varo, Armonía (Harmony) Close Up II

Remedios Varo, Armonía (Harmony) Close Up III

The first post is here and the second post is here.

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Face 9

Also, here is my sketch for the 29 Faces Challenge, it is my 9th face.  The goal is to do 29 faces in the month of September.    She has a little dragonfly friend...

29 Faces Challenge, Faces 7 and 8...

Face 7 and Face 8

These are my 7th and 8th faces for the 29 faces challenge.  The challenge is to create 29 faces in the month of September.  I didn't have a chance to post one yesterday, so I'm posting two today.  I was going to put together a grouping of my faces every Sunday up to the most current ones posted, but I think I'm going to do that as a complete group together at the end of the month.


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Work in Progress Mermaid Painting + 29 Faces 6...

Here is a mermaid I am working on.  I usually don't have the title until after I'm done, but in this case, I do.  She is titled "Looking In."  I found three of these porthole frames at the Goodwill and I snatched them up, they had some paper sailboat prints on them, but I removed those and put down a coat of gesso before I began.

Face 6

While I did do a more final sketch from yesterday's face, I didn't manage to get started on her on canvas, so I'll try to post the revised sketch and the start of that painting another day.  I'm out of a paint color that I want to use...  So, here is the sketch for this mermaid.  She is my 6th face for the 29 faces challenge.  The challenge is to create 29 faces in the month of September.

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29 Faces Challenge, Face 5...

This is my 5th face for the 29 faces challenge.  The challenge is to create 29 faces in the month of September.  This is a rough sketch/idea for a project I might do at some point; however, due to time constraints, I won't be including the birds right now.  I would like to at another point though.  I've redrawn her face for another project, I will share that version tomorrow.  I'm also hoping to get her transferred to canvas and start in on the background, but we'll see how that goes ...

Descanso Garden Water Lily Pond Photograph & 29 Faces 4...

I took this photo at Descanso Gardens.  This is one of my favorite spots there.  The small circular pond is surrounded by beautiful benches.  In this photograph, all I captured was the pond itself, there were so many beautiful water lilies when I went that day...

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Face 4

This is my 4th face for the 29 faces challenge.  The challenge is to share 29 faces in the month of September.  This sketch has a bit of this mermaid's body and tail as well as her face...