UGLY portrait - the lighthearted approach

Have fun when painting portraits or faces. In the video are a number of examples and exercises shown and explained. The whole video is an invitation to participate in this 2023 summer painting challenge. You can join too, just have fun. All details of the challenge are explained and listed below.
Painting Challenge: Funny Faces
Submit your artwork on or before August 18, 2023.
The exercise is shown and explained in the video: look around for faces in anything, and paint a number yourself. #1 paint over a printed picture or your face. #2 on a flat surface, create a face using your favorite art materials, it must contain 2 eyes, a nose, a mouth and parts of a contour line. #3 create a face using any (found) materials. Try to use things you never worked with before. #4 take pictures around you of faces (you think) you see. Send me 2 or 3 examples.
All is good. You’re free to choose your art materials, size, color, the art tools you use or whatever. Complicated or simple, make the required or even more paintings, just surprise me. Whatever you do: enjoy the magic of making art and remember: create to express, not to impress. So any artistic level is okay. Be you and have fun making it.
IMPORTANT: Also mail me your first name and the country you live in, so I can put them next to your artwork in the video. I appreciate it very much when you also send me a line or two about what you experienced while making your artwork. How was it to paint over your face?. Did you learn anything, enjoyed playing like this or ran into trouble? I just love to hear from you. Please submit your artwork on or before August 18, 2023. Just take your phone and snap a picture looking straight down at your artwork, preferably using daylight, but no direct sunlight on it. Don’t forget to have fun. It’s play-time.
My email-address is: [e-mail]
Thanks for participating.
The video about the artwork on the wall behind me: kzbin.info/www/bejne/maXGhZyEYt97oZY
Support
In case you like to support me and the channel, here some suggestions:
1 Watch the video until the end, this is a positive signal to KZbin
2 Leave a comment, I just love to read about your thoughts
3 KZbin shows a ‘thanks’ button below the video, thanks in advance
Materials
The art materials I use in the videos are not sponsored.
I prefer to work on multi-purpose paper, more info in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmPZoYanq7p4ick
In almost all my videos I use with Winsor&Newton Galeria acrylics, if not, I will say so in the video.
Other materials I use are in random order: 5, 10 and 40mm brushes, palette knives, acrylics medium, Ecoline liquid watercolor, Lyra color pencils, Lyra soft pastels, oil pastels, Stabilo color pencils, paper palette pad and basic masking tape. I also use household items like a permanent marker, scrub sponge, scissors, paper towel, and so on.

[@enricakita1]

Ahahahahah this is TOOOOO COOOL especially as also see faces EVERYWHERE and love it. Think I will send you stuff!

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, Enrica. I expected you to have this quality as well. Enjoy playing. I'm already looking forward to receiving your artwork. Albert

[@enricakita1]

@@ImperfectPaintings I promise there will be nothing digital!

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Nice, thanks for the support. Albert

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, Zoya. It's always nice to make others smile. Albert

[@culturefan]

Sounds fun, nozzle blobs, never thought of collecting those. Interesting art challenge.

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, Culture Fan. You don't want to know what I collect for you never know when 😉. I was glad I could use the nozzle blobs. The challenge will be fun. Albert

[@jarlsoars1150]

LOL! I always mean to keep those 'nozzle blobs' @5:25 thinking I will incorporate them in some project.

[@ImperfectPaintings]

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one saving the 'nozzle blobs'. Nice word! Creative 😉 Enjoy your summer. Albert

[@karenlavigne1108]

👍

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, Karen.

[@otmarkeller4156]

Schöne Idee. So lernt man auch mal die Gesichter, die hinter den tollen Beiträgen stecken. Deine Aufgaben können einem immer sehr helfen, aus einem kreativen Tief herauszukommen. Das heißt, es kommt sicher auch noch was von mir. Wünsche allseits schöne Zeit.

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, Otmar. I think it can be fun to play in this way. Who knows how much beauty or unexpected images can come out. Have a good summer, Albert

[@elljaye]

In the 80’s when I was in art college, I was assigned to do a portrait in a printmaking class. Getting down to the wire, and still not getting an idea, I was laying on my couch and looking at my ceiling. I was surprised to see a voluptuous woman reclining nude, with wild scraggly hair and a homely face in the plaster. I sketched her down and did a aquatint of her. When I showed it to my teacher he stood up and applauded. I know that sounds like BS, but I swear it’s true and she became the class mascot.

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, elljaye, for sharing your story. Inspiration works like that. I see it as you opening up to whatever may come to you, and there she is. All you need is often right there under your nose. Albert

[@my3babies255]

I keep an "album" on my phone camera app I call "Sidewalk Faces" where I keep images I see that strike me as faces. (Didn't know until now that's called pareidolia!) I look forward to sharing my top 3 favs when I complete the rest this challenge!

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, My3babies, great another one like me. I saw several today already. Enjoy your homework. Looking forward to it Albert

[@karenlavigne1108]

☕️😁

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, Karen.

[@enricakita1]

Is no 4 the actual photograph or a painting from the photograph?

[@ImperfectPaintings]

#4 is a photograph of a cloud, a tree, an electricity socket, or any other spot you think you see a face. It's just a fun hunting expedition. When you and others send me some, I can show a collection in the next video. Proof i'm not the only idiot in town. 🤣🤣🤣 Is this the answer you're looking for? Albert

[@enricakita1]

@@ImperfectPaintings yes thank you. I have millions of them so I will have to limit myself😂😂😂

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Just three will do 😉 Pick the specific local things for instance. Anyone sees clouds or trees, so preferably something else. Albert

[@kuikai100]

a+++++

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, Suwong. It's fun, try this too. Albert

[@trevordavies5486]

Hi Albert. I accidentally clicked the dislike button. Sorry.

[@ImperfectPaintings]

You can click again and change your choice, I believe. Thanks anyway, Trevor. Albert