The Precinct: Jan 30th 2014


Modus Operandi: Smooth Talker
SHOOTERS: Shoot your mug with a description of how your voice sounds. Do you sound different on the phone? Do you sound strange to yourself when you hear recordings of your voice?
SKETCH ARTISTS: We’re taking on lips this week! Practice some lips. Draw them, paint them… get some practice in.


If you're new here, and wanting to know more about this year's Precinct, GO HERE. Click on any of the images here to view them larger. 

RACHEL

LARA
I admit it, i'm scared as hell to draw. So instead of letting that stop me from a prompt that really inspired me I decided to build my lips from bits and pieces of scraps i had laying around. The word lips instantly made me think of what comes out of lips - words, screaming, talking, singing... The quote I attached is one of my favorite by U2 and even though i have been singing it for (omg) 14 years now it still rings so true.

The background of this page had already been made unintentionally but it's really cool in my opinion - when i'm working on other projects i keep my art journal near by to test sprays i make and catch bits of paint that might fly off of other projects and that is exactly what this is! 


LORI
Here's my mugshot!! Some wine, some lips....
Here's a close-up...practicing my lips with my neocolor II's, black Stabilo pencil...and some lip prints. :)
NOW IT'S YOUR TURN!! 
THE RULES:
  1. Use all or just part of the prompts.
  2. MAKE THEM YOURS. These prompts are IDEAS. They are not set in stone. I encourage you to stretch yourself. If you find a prompt doesn't speak to you, think on it. Find a way to MAKE it speak to you, and go with that. 
  3. SHOOTERS: You do NOT have to be a coffee drinker to play along! Tea, Water, Beer or the Hard Stuff. WE DON'T CARE!! Make the prompts work for you and your mug. (or lack there of)
  4. There is NO right or wrong.
  5. Share your feedback on the work of others that share here positively. ABSOLUTELY no judging of another person's work. (If I find that people aren't following this rule, I will remove links left by that person.)
  6. This is a place for you to explore! It doesn't matter if you've just gotten here in the middle of the year, or if you've gotten "behind" and don't create every day. It doesn't matter if you don't create at ALL... (although we'd love it if you do)  
  7. Add your link to what you book or shoot in the comments section of the posts here on the blog, that you create for! Be sure to add a DIRECT LINK. (you can get this most times by clicking on the title of your post, and then copying the URL.) General links to websites will be deleted (because they make it hard for people to follow behind and find the post pertaining to this prompt) ALSO, links leading to posts that do not make it clear how they are related to the prompts will be removed. 
  8. If you would like to "officially" sign up to be listed in our participants list, visit the sign up page, by clicking on GOT BADGE at the top of the page. (this is one area where direct links are not needed!)
Ready to join THE FORCE? 
~rachel 
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Comments

  1. I can definitely use practice with lips. Can't wait to play with expression.

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  2. This is the first time I've posted for this, although I've followed it for over a year! I LOVE to draw lips and mouths, so I had to jump on this one. http://theartfuljourney.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/art-journaling-watercolor-sketching-and-a-whole-lotta-inspiration-link-love/

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    1. Checked out your page. I love your work. Very creative!

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    2. Yummy pages! Love the watercoloring!!

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    3. Thank you Billie and Sumaiyah!

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  3. http://arcane-lantern.deviantart.com/art/St-Augustine-430974184?ga_submit_new=10%253A1391231584
    As a cantor at my church, I really had fun with this one. Had done something like it on canvas before, but wanted to try it digital!

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    1. I love the portrait you chose to go with the page. Gives it a gentle energy I really enjoy.

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    2. I love your digital page Billie!

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  4. amazing how this prompt was perfect timing!
    http://www.juanaalmaguer.com/2014/02/finding-your-voice.html

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  5. Rachel, I love how you're pairing writing with the art journal.
    and Lori, your lips came out great and wine to boot!
    Lara, I found your blog and commented there.

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  6. Let this be your catalyst to Seventh-Heaven:

    'The more you shall honor Me,
    the more I shall bless you'
    -the Infant Jesus of Prague
    (<- Czech Republic, next to Russia)

    Love him or leave him...
    better lissen to the Don:
    if you deny o'er-the-Hillary's evil,
    which most whorizontalites do,
    you cannot deny Hellfire
    which YOU send YOURSELF to.

    Yes, earthling, I was an NDE:
    the sights were beyond extreme.
    Choose Jesus.
    You'll be most happy you did.
    God bless your indelible soul.

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  7. Let this be your catalyst to Seventh-Heaven:

    'The more you shall honor Me,
    the more I shall bless you'
    -the Infant Jesus of Prague
    (<- Czech Republic, next to Russia)

    Love him or leave him...
    better lissen to the Don:
    if you deny o'er-the-Hillary's evil,
    which most whorizontalites do,
    you cannot deny Hellfire
    which YOU send YOURSELF to.

    Yes, earthling, I was an NDE:
    the sights were beyond extreme.
    Choose Jesus.
    You'll be most happy you did.
    God bless your indelible soul.

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  8. Coming to my BIG-ol,
    John Belushi, party-hardy,
    extraordinary-exponential-exactly
    Seventh-Heaven which is
    eternal pleasure-beyond-measure?

    Do you...
    1) love God?
    2) love your neighbor?
    Cya Upstairs ♥️

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