Making Faces

FACE PAINT CHALLENGE

Susan Sanford of Art Spark Theatre is conducting a FACE PAINT CHALLENGE

Make a face, or more than one, somewhere on the street, or in the forest, vertical or horizontal

I shared this challenge with my granddaughter Madeleine and she willingly jumped at the opportunity.

We spent the afternoon on the beach nearby making faces.

Madeleine, age 8

Wood bark, crab claw , sea shells and rocks

A natural formation of a clump of sand layered over a broken branch from a flower provided the perfect "cat ears".

Madeleine quickly jumped right in hunting and pondering the natural elements we saw around us.  She spotted a potential “cat face” in a natural sand formation;  adding bits of wood to make whiskers, nose and mouth.

Driftwood

The beach is full of driftwood in all sizes from whole trees to tiny shreds.  Madeleine and I discussed increasing the challenge to minimize the number of details added thinking how cool it would be to find one that was already formed naturally.  Her keen eyes spotted this face on the end of a large piece of driftwood.  Madeleine saw one version that looked like a monster while her Mother Michelle saw a profile of a dinosaur.

What do you see?

Water pipe, poppies and a broken piece of sea shell

While walking back along the street Madeleine spotted a circle shape from a water pipe.  Two Poppies for eyes and a broken piece of sea shell for a mouth.

She began to find faces in most anything.  This was a fun project which opened her eyes to new possibilities.

Thank you Susan for this idea!

NOTE: You may see Madeleine’s fabulous artwork on her gallery page: Gallery M