Friday Face Off Portrait Challenge

Today artists are sharing their portraits in Nicole's Friday Face Off Portrait Challenge.

The face or faces people share must have one of these expressions:

Happy, Sad, Tired, Surprised and or Anger.

I'm guessing that most people drew a human face or faces, but I really wanted to draw

Hula Dog, a favorite face of mine, who visits about with his Hula Auntie

when she decorates local statutes of Hawaiian icons with strands of leis.

Hula Dog sleeps while Hula Auntie drapes a statue of Prince Kuhio

with leis and Hula Buddy stands by.

Waikiki, Hawaii, USA

February 6, 2026

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I love Hula Dog, and I've been delighted to see him over the past several years.

When I first saw him, he was already grizzled.

Now he is definitely an old dog and he rests whenever he can,

ignoring his newest companion Hula Buddy.

I felt this day that Hula Dog was especially tired, so I drew his tired face.

Tired, but definitely adorable and much loved by me.

I worked from this photo:

Sweet, Tired Hula Dog

Waikiki, Hawaii, USA

February 6, 2026

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I had to play around with the image and park it in a holding area

where I store random things,

so I could outfox my printer which was giving me grief.

So a shout out to Debra at She Who Seeks for her Oilers Prayer that I snagged.

Zoomed in Hula Dog

Aurora, Colorado, USA

April 23, 2026

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He was just too complicated for very amateur artist me that 

I decided to map him like a geological formation and draft him on a larger grid.

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I had to pull Hula Dog up on my computer too, because I realized after I was into it,

that there was a whole lot of black in this photo.

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It took me about two hours to draw the grids and Hula Dog. 

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Then the fun began:  trying to bring Hula Dog alive by coloring him with colored pencils.

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I forgot the black thing behind Hula Dog's head was Prince Kuhio's shoe,

but going back to the original photo and checking would be too not ADHD.  😂

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It took me two hours of coloring and experimenting, but I finally finished it,

after doing some outlining with a very fine black sharpie.

Then I showed it to Terry, who smiled quirkily and said,

"I could never doing anything like that!"

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All and all, I'm quite pleased with Hula Dog.

If I weren't doing a Dry January (a little late), I'd have a margarita to celebrate.

(I don't have any mai tais. 😵‍💫)

I'm only on Day 29.  So Sunday I'll celebrate Hula Dog!

  

I'm linking to Gillena's Lunch Break,  Nicole's  Friday Face Off, Tom's Aloha Friday, and Debra's She Who Seeks.

I think Terry and I are finally on the upswing, not 100%, but maybe 60%!

Oh, and just for fun, here's Bones as Jesus.  Thanks, Debra!

Have a great weekend! 

 Till next time ~

 Fundy Blue

 

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