Friday Face OFF 1/16/2025

 

 Welcome To Friday Face OFF (FFO)

This is the place to show off your face art.

You know, ANY type of face, nature, the face of a flower, Photography, drawings, paintings. There just needs to be a face in your blog post.

 

Don't forget to join in for Sunday in the Art Room, "SITAR" Anything art. Please don't forget to link back to my blog. Thanks 

 

As you know I have been creating art more than usual. All I want to do is create. Wearing glare free glasses has helped with doing this. I started wearing them for the retina thing and I think I will continue to wear them. They soothe the eyes. Do you wear any kind of glare free glasses?

 

Yes, these are yellow tint but they work for me. 

 I have quite a few drawings completed and this week I'm showing a very strange colored pencil piece.

I guess I don't have any beginning photos. 

I get to this point. 

and the next thing I know I have it finished. 

I had to soften his face a bit. Shrink the jaw, adjust his eyes. 

He is definitely a strange looking guy. 

However, I like the colors.

 

Here are some AI pieces I made with NightCafe.  

 

 

It's time for some features.

 

 Maria A great gift and watch the videos.

 

Andrea Old photos are always so much fun.

 

Louise. A must read post

OK, it's getting close, January 30th is the FFO day to show your challenge portraits.

The new challenge is to create a portrait of anyone you want. It can be your family, friends, actors, faces you find on the internet, or a perfect stranger that will allow you a photo to work from and to show with your portrait. You can work in any medium, except photography, meaning you can't just show a photo of a face. For this challenge you must create a face.

This challenge is optional, I still want to see all of your faces.

That's it for me. Now it's time to show me your face.

 Nicole 

 

YAY Good News

 Hi Everyone!

I just got home from seeing the ophthalmologist for my 2 month follow up on how the retina in my eye is doing.  

YAY !!!!! No tears or rips on the retina and I'm good to start my yoga and other exercises back. 

Finally some good news.

Thank you for all of the prayers and well wishes for me..... it all worked.

Have a great evening

Nicole 

 

Monster Monday

 Hi Everyone!

It's Monster Monday! One of my favorite blog days. 😆

All of my monsters are made with AI. The program I use is NightCafe. I have tried others and for me this is the best. It's free and you can create just about anything. As soon as you sign up there are things to do to earn credits. Right now I have almost 2,000 credits to create with.

On with the show.

I really haven't made too much monster art this week. But here are a few.

 

 

These are just weird. That's ok too. 

I've been winning some daily challenge events too. Not first place but for every type of win there are credits added. 

I'm cutting this short today. My brother and his wife are on there way over for the day. 

Have a great Monday.

Nicole 

Sunday in the Art Room

Welcome to  

 

Above made by me with NightCafe. 

Today is Sunday in the Art Room. 

As mentioned in previous posts, I'm opening up this day for artists that create in ANY medium to come on by and just talk art. Write a post about what's on your mind in the art world. It's a place to ask questions on your blog where other's can hopefully answer. Or share your videos, your techniques, tools or even what type of camera you use. So, you say you can't draw but you can write.... that's art baby! AI creations are welcome as well. Since this type of art is taking off to main stream. Let's say you think you are in no way artsy. But you love art. Show murals, historical, art, your friends or kids art and talk about it.  

I would like this to be an all inclusive way for artist to share, whatever. 

My only rule? Criticism with kindness. 

If someone asks to have their art critiqued it must be done with the generosity and consideration. 

This is a place of encouragement and inspiration. 

Last week I mentioned showing off your art space. Since my art room has become a place to store yard sale items. I don't work in there very often anymore. I have set up a drawing area in my TV room.

As I walk. 

 On the opposite wall. I have cleaned out a lot of art supplies that will be in the yard sale. Mr. M. made these selves for me when we first moved in here.

 

Yeah, I kinda hoard brushes.

I now draw here.

Here is what I'm working on right now. Just getting started.

That's it for me.
Now, it's time to show yours!

 Nicole 

Saturday food

 Hi everyone!

I went through my camera trying to get rid of photos I have used and those that are blurry. I discovered meals that I have made over the last few weeks that I haven't shared. So here goes in no particular order. Honestly I don't know if I showed this before or not. We have roasted veggies quite often.  For Mr. M's kidney.

Pork roast, potatoes from my garden and veggies. I found a gravy that is pretty kidney friendly. 

Not exactly kidney friendly but I did use no salt spices and egg free noodles.

A month or so ago, I wrote how I found stalks and stalks of celery in my garden. Of course I harvested it all and part of it was used to make cream of celery soup. 

 

It was so good. I added feta cheese. I know it doesn't melt but sure tastes good. 

We have to have tacos and tostadas in our house every few weeks.
 

OK, my brother, who is a professional baker and chef, was bragging about his pie crust. Well I can't let that go. LOL Yes, the pie has fallen because I cut it when it was hot, hot, hot. But it was so darn good.

Homemade yeast rolls for a turkey dinner I made last week. There is a reason I made the turkey. 

For the life of me I can't remember who posted that they went somewhere and had a turkey, bacon club sandwich. Ya know, I told myself to write it down, but then told myself, oh I will remember. Seriously! I thought it was Jeanie? Whomever it was leave a note in the comments please so I don't go crazy trying to remember. Ever since I saw the post and showed it to MR. M. we have been craving a turkey bacon club. 

Here is my homemade turkey, bacon club on sour dough bread with avocado on the side. 

Last, I wanted to make some lemon curd. However, that would mean buying lemons. I already had oranges so I made orange curd this afternoon. 

My house smells so good.

That's it for now. 

Nicole
 

 

 

Nicole

Friday Face OFF 1/8/2026

 

 Welcome To Friday Face OFF (FFO)

This is the place to show off your face art.

You know, ANY type of face, nature, the face of a flower, Photography, drawings, paintings. There just needs to be a face in your blog post.

 

Two notices. 

The first, 

FFO Challenge

The new challenge is to create a portrait of anyone you want. It can be your family, friends, actors, faces you find on the internet, or a perfect stranger that will allow you a photo to work from and to show with your portrait. You can work in any medium, except photography and you have until Friday January 30, 2026.  Make it fun and let's see what you come up with. 

Remember this is optional. I still want to see all of your wonderful faces. 

The second,

Starting this Sunday I'm changing Sunday in the Art Room. It will be open to anyone who wants to just talk and create art. To start it off I did suggest showing off your art space. Click here for more details.  

 

Now for my art this week.

I thoroughly enjoyed creating this piece.

These are the images I used, changing the colored photo to black n white. 

  

 

She starts like this. 

Then this. I did change her hair a bit.

The start of her freckles.

Working on the face.

Blending the freckles into her skin and making her teeth smaller. Like in the photo.

 

Then I decided to color her blouse. I really like this effect.

I'm happy with the likeness.

 

Here are some new AI I've created. If you would like to give AI a try then check out NightCafe 

No monsters today. More surreal and fantasy. 

It's time for some features.

 

Mia, she is very generous with her AI pieces. They are lovely too. 

 

Roentare Melbourne Street Photography.
Great photos every time. 

 

Michelle It's a Small Town Life. Always interesting post and beautiful photos.

Thank you all for sharing your magnificent art with FFO. 

That's it for me. Now it's time to show me your face.