I made it to 100!!!

Today, I made it to my 100th portrait in 100 days! For this last portrait, I decided to draw my daughters, Jade and Chloe from a photo we took on a playground in Hayes Valley in San Francisco.

Here is my 99th, which I wasn't happy with - but I've been staying up so late every night to watch the Olympics, I was too exhausted to redo it.

And my 98th portrait.

Thanks so much for following me on this journey! I think I'll take a little break to catch up on all my online art class homework before I start my next 100 day project.

Portraits 93 - 97 for the 100 Day Project

Here are my most recent portraits.

Portrait 95/100 (wrong no. on the artwork!)

Portrait 96/100 (wrong no. on the artwork!)

Portraits 86 - 92 for the 100 Day Project

It's been too long since I've posted my portraits for the 100 Day Project. Here are portraits 86-92 in reverse order.

Which is your favorite of the bunch?

Portraits 84 & 85

Sktchy has been running occasional art challenges on Instagram featuring a particular person who has inspired lots of artists and one particular photo to draw. Portrait 84 was done for Sktchy's latest art challenge.

For portrait 85, I drew a Sktchy inspiration photo of the coolest kid. I love her sunglasses, hat, Mother Teresa tank, and frog!

This is her brother, whom I've drawn previously. They look like such a fun family!

Portraits 80-83

Here are my latest portraits for the 100 Day Project. I've been trying to loosen my style and improve my watercolor skills.

This is a piece done of a friend's niece. Such a cute inspiration photo!

This is a Sktchy portrait that I attempted in an effort to also work on skies as I've been doing in Shari Blaukopf's Sketching Landscapes Craftsy class.

This is a portrait of Megan, my dear friend's niece who recently tragically died in a car accident. I plan to redo this in an 8 x 10" format that she can frame. I tried to emulate the loose, sketchy style of many artists I admire, especially Sktchy artist Dominic Beyeler.

Finally, this is another Sktchy portrait in which I tried to loose my style like I did with Megan's portrait above. More practice is needed!

Which do you like best? Do you prefer a looser style of sketching?

Portraits 75 - 79 for the 100 Day Project

Here are my latest portraits for the 100 Day Project.

Portrait 75/100 - for the Sktchy IG #artchallenge

Portrait 77/100 - also for Sktchy's IG #artchallenge

Portrait 79/100 - using graduated ink washes

In my last two portraits, I tried using Steven Reddy's graduated ink tonal washes that I've been practicing in his excellent Craftsy course, Sketching Interiors - Structure, Detail & Play. I definitely need more practice with these techniques! Have you tried any Craftsy classes?

Portraits 71 - 74 for the 100 Day Project

Here are my recent portraits for the 100 Day Project using inspiration photos from Sktchy.

Which do you like best?

Portraits 68 - 70 for the 100 Day Project

My latest Sktchy portraits for the 100 Day Project.

Portraits 64 - 67 for The 100 Day Project

Here are my most recent portraits for The !00 Day Project.

Portraits 59 - 63 for the 100 Day Project

Here are my latest portraits for #the100dayproject:

Portraits 55 - 58 for the 100 Day Project

My most recent additions to the 100 Day Project of 100 portraits in 100 days.

Portraits 51 - 54 for the 100 Day Project

Here are my latest portraits for the 100 Day Project.

Portrait 50 for the 100 Day Project

I can't believe I am half way through the 100 day project!

Portraits for the 100 Day Project

Here are some recent portraits of my 100 day project.

Latest Portraits for the 100 Day Project

I haven't posted my latest portraits in some time! Though you can always click on the link above to see my entire 100 day portrait.

And finally, yesterday's portrait.

Thanks for following along!

Trip to Monterey

This weekend, I took a trip to Monterey, Carmel, and Pacific Grove with my friends, Julie and Sharon. I had a lot of fun introducing them to the Sktchy app and drawing them!

I drew this at lunch at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We had an awesome table with this lovely view.

Possible Athena? (16/100)

I'm exited to start working on illustrating a book about Greek mythology with my good friend, Steve. We are starting with Athena, the goddess of wisdom and warfare. All I know physically about Ahena is that she has gray eyes.

So, in doing my 16th portrait for the 100 day project, I thought I would look for an inspiration for Athena. I love Marissa Poetzl's light eyes in the inspiration photo for this drawing.

What do you think - does she look like a good Athena?