"Tuesday At Jalisco's Coming In Out of The Rain" for Paint Party Friday, and "Doodle" for Artist's Play Room

A pouring buckets rainy day brought fewer customers into J's on Tuesday

giving me an uninterrupted view of my favorite couple who come there nearly as often as I am there.

 I really felt like this was my best attempt at capturing their personalities to date. Especially his head, with high forehead behind hers. She is not blond, nor was her shirt green, but I needed contrast. So artists license taken here big time.

 This younger couple sat right in front of me! She had on a very stylish black jacket with puffed shoulder sleeves and belted back.  First in black ink...

and then painted

These fellows were there the week before. I forgot to take the picture from my art journal. And here and in the one above and below I am playing with the latest edition of Picasa's options for editing.
So this is not paint, its editing my black ink on white paper endeavors. (Sepia)

these guys all work for the same company and wear company shirts

with names stitched on the fronts

Here too!

(I forget what highlights I used here)

I made Mama (top left) several years younger I think than her real age; Papa on the left doesn't yet capture his true essence; the woman staffer on the bottom is closest to her looks, but I need a lot more practice before I will share my drawing attempts with them.

Happy Paint Party Friday!

You can check out other artists making art for PPF from the icon on the top of my side bar.

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and here is my contribution to this weeks challenge there. We were to do a DOODLE with our initials, but you know me, my brain heard numbers so these are special numbers to me. (My first address and where I lived the first 18 years of my life before setting out on all my big life adventures!)

My "LynTangle"!

Wishing everyone a fun filled weekend!