Friday, 28 March 2025

Friday Face OFF -- Smiling Grandma

For this week's Friday Face OFF link party
of art featuring faces, hosted by Nicole of

Here's another portrait which I did
in my coloured pencils class.

This charming elderly lady is from the country
of Georgia in the Caucasus region of Eurasia.

Wrinkles are damn hard to do,
that's all I can say.
And I didn't even put all of hers in!


[Art and photo of art © Debra She Who Seeks, 2025]

34 comments:

Tom said...

...or smirking?

Bob said...

I think you did quite nicely, especially around the eyes.

Moving with Mitchell said...

Your art always inspires me to start up again... and then I don’t. Another beautiful drawin.

Marie Smith said...

Wrinkles are not hard to acquire though. Great job, Debra.

Gene Black said...

Yes, wrinkles are difficult. Good job

My name is Erika. said...

You aced those wrinkles, and I know what you mean about drawing wrinkled faces. Baby faces are heard for me too. Have a super weekend.

Sixpence Notthewiser said...

That’s a nice portrait!
Full of character.

XOXO

Granny Annie said...

BRAVO!

whkattk said...

She looks like someone I'd like to know.

Pixie said...

Well done.

Parnassus said...

I'm sure she won't hate you for leaving off a few wrinkles. Through your drawing skills, you are better than Oil of Olay.

Christine said...

Really good.

Marcia LaRue said...

I wonder if she would recognize herself if she could see this!

Busy Bee Suz said...

I think she is lovely with all or just some of her wrinkles.
Her face says she's just about to tell me something that I might not want to hear, like I've put on weight? Or perhaps I have something in my teeth?

Mary Kirkland said...

Wow, that really came out good.

Val Ewing said...

The best face and expression! And I love all the purple in her clothes!

Mike said...

Wrinkles, hard to draw, easy to get.

sirkkis said...

You succeeded very well with wrinkles 👍🏼super painting all over 🤩

DVArtist said...

I agree wrinkles are difficult. You did a great job though. BTW I love the eyebrows. This is an excellent piece. Thank you for sharing with FFO and have a nice weekend.

Bill said...

Beautifully done!

Jeanie said...

You're rocking that class. Well done -- I love the texture and you can really sense her personality.

Carola Bartz said...

This is lovely! She has such a great expression. I agree about wrinkles - I once tried it and it looks terrible. You did really well!

Fundy Blue said...

Well done, Debra! When I look in the mirror I agree, wrinkles are hard to do! 😂❤️

angela said...

It looks fantastic. She looks like she knows a funny secret and won’t tell

roentare said...

She is just so gorgeous!

carol l mckenna said...

wow! awesome portrait work ~

Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)

Janie Junebug said...

That's beautiful.

Love,
Janie

ArcticFox said...

she resembles an old toby jug i used to possess..... wonder where it is now.... prolly at my mum's house......

DB Stewart said...

Love love how you captured her character...number of wrinkles be damned.

Anonymous said...

Codex: Quite good, especially with colored pencil. How long did it take you.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ Codex -- There's about 6 hours worth of work in that one.

https://linsartyblobs.blogspot.com said...

Lovely portrait. I've not tried doing one with dry pencils.

Kokopelli said...

Oh, I love this! Well done!

Laura said...

honestly, your portraits are amazing! ~*~