100 PORTRAITS IN 100 DAYS - Angela, 34/100, © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Day 34

Angela has this stunning silver hair that I couldn't resist making blue. The last person I painted with blue hair was a brunette (Regula, 21/100) and she loved the blue. A blue rinse would do the trick for Angela. LOL Angela is a fine artist herself - see her blog at angelaelledge.blogspot.com.
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Today I had to go to Home Depot to get more MDF board for making these 6x6 panels. I have HD cut a 24x48 board into 6 inch strips. These I can cut into 6x6 panels using my radial arm saw. Then I sand them and gesso them. I've got 26 more ready to go. That should take me about to the half way mark.

100 PORTRAITS IN 100 DAYS - Heidi, 33/100, © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Day 33

Yea! I'm about 1/3 of the way through my project. Thanks to all who are participating!

This beautiful young lady's photo was sent in my her Mom, who lives in Berwyn, Alberta, Canada. I had to look up Berwyn. It's north of Calgary and north of Edmonton - waaaaayyyyy up in northern Alberta. Population a little over 500 so I bet everyone in town will see this portrait. I know from growing up in Duluth, MN, how it feels to be outside in -20 below temps - you HAVE to cover as much exposed skin as possible. Every breath is a cloud of vapor.

The challenge of this photo was to portray that frost on Heidi's hat, scarf and eyelashes. As a matter of fact, I was concentrating so much on that aspect, that I really didn't notice that I didn't match that scarf color very well.

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100 PORTRAITS IN 100 DAYS - Dodge, 32/100, © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Day 32

Dodge is a fellow I "met" on Facebook. This is one of his profile pictures and I could immediately see that it would make an interesting portrait. I love all the green in the photo - the wild colors were already there for me - no racking my brain to come up with wild colors.
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AND THE WINNER IS: JEFF, 25/100. Jeff's portrait was the favorite in the last group of ten.
I'm curious about the past three winners - they've all been guys wearing glasses. I've painted some beautiful women, adorable children, but viewers are going for guys with glasses. If this continues, looks like today's painting of Dodge has a good chance.
Thanks to all who sent me their vote. I think this is so fun!!!

100 PORTRAITS IN 100 DAYS -Inga, 31/100, © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Day 31

Here's the other sister, Inga. At first I painted her yellow. I found out nobody looks good painted yellow, so I put a pink glaze (Liquin and paint - quinacridone voilet in this case) over the finished painting, and Inga suddenly looked so much healthier. She now looks like she's bathed in the glow of a setting sun, or maybe just returned from vacationing in the Caribbean! There is a diabolical reflection in her glasses that was a challenge, but I think I got it.
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DON'T FORGET TO MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT! THIS BLOG IS A DEMOCRACY AND THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE RULES! VOTING ENDS SUNDAY NIGHT AT 10PM MST.

VOTE!!

Please select your favorite from portraits 21-30. Voting ends Sunday night! Email me your choice at carolnelsonfineart@comcast.net. THANKS!!!

100 PORTRAITS IN 100 DAYS - Milvi, 30/100, © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Day 30

Today's portrait is one of a pair of sisters, Milvi and Inga, who said they spent an afternoon having a photo shoot to get photos to send to me. They said even if I don't choose to paint them, they had a lot of fun doing their photo session.
They did a great job of setting up the lighting for their photo shoot. Notice the strong single light source on one side. When I first painted Milvi, I had her all in blue and purple. She looked like an extra out of Avatar. I decided to tone down the blue to a somewhat more believable color, but you can still see some blue here and there.
I had fun with her glasses too. They're kind of there and not there. For purchase information, please see my website or email me at carolnelsonfineart@comcast.net

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TIME TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE IN THE THIRD GROUP OF TEN!!!!!!!!!!!
Please review Portraits 21 (Regula) through 30 (Milvi) and email me with your favorite.

100 PORTRAITS IN 100 DAYS - Donna, 29/100, © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Day 29

Another far away viewer of my blog, this is Donna from Australia. Perhaps I should have put a kangaroo in the background, or, better yet, Hugh Jackman. Happy (belated) Australia Day, Donna!
I was watching the Australian Open, which is going on right now in Melbourne, and they actually stopped play for the annual fire works extravaganza. Last year, at this time, my daughter and her husband lived Down Under, and they said the fireworks on Australia Day, which they observed from a boat in Sydney harbor, was the most spectacular fireworks they had ever seen. They know how to party in Oz.
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100 PORTRAITS IN 100 DAYS - Abdullah, 28/100, © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Day 28

This is Abdullah Jones, a full time artist who is based in Maylasia. The fact that Abdullah even knew about this portrait project is a testament to the power of the internet. His was the first photo I've received in profile. This probably would have been a better fit in a 5x7 or 8x10 format, but since I'm doing them all on 6x6 inch panels, I had to crop it to fit.
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Only 2 more portraits remain to be posted in this group of 10, so start thinking about which one is your favorite.

100 PORTRAITS IN 100 DAYS - Merideth, 27/100, © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Day 27

I like the golden tones in this portrait - the sunglasses were fun to do - I think it's one of my better nose renditions. That about sums up this portrait of this lovely young lady. She is the daughter of one of my fellow Daily Painters members, Debbie Lincoln.
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100 PORTRAITS IN 100 DAYS - Megan, 26/100, © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Day 26

I loved painting this little girl. She has such sparkle in those dark eyes. On this portrait, I started with a pink background and you can see bits of pink showing here and there like along the side of her face and around the braid. I also liked using the blue on the side of her face. Of course, some purple got in there too - almost everyone gets some purple here or there.
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I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who make comments on my blog. I know a lot of you have Feedblitz which does not allow easy blog replies. I read every comment and I am amazed at your spot-on observations. Sometimes you see things that I don't. Thanks for all your encouraging words.