100 Portraits

In my first travel sketchbook I didn’t draw any faces. I mostly drew landscapes or scenery around me. In fact, during the first year with my watercolors (Sept. ’16 – Aug. ’17) I painted six faces total. It’s no wonder that faces feel so tricky (eyes especially)!

That’s why in August of 2017 I decided I’ll paint 100 portraits. I didn’t give myself a deadline, but one portrait per week often felt like a good pace—when I was in a grounded season with good mental/physical/spiritual health.

In June of 2020 I decided to paint faces of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) folks for the remainder of the project. I painted #100 on November 1, 2020!

And hey, want to start your own personal project? Here are a bunch of ideas!

1 – Damien (Sept. 2016)

2 – Rebecca (Jan. 2017)

3 – Giovanni (Feb. 2017)

4 – Andrei (March 2017)

5 – Ai (March 2017)

6 – Allie Mae (July 2017)

7 – Beverly (Sept. 2017)

8 – Denton (Oct. 2017)

9 – Orion (Oct. 2017)

10 – Charlie (Oct. 2017)

11 – Emilie (Nov. 2017)

12 – Hanna Rose (Dec. 2017)

13 – Colin (Dec. 2017)

14 – Ellysse (Jan. 2018)

15 – Emma (Jan. 2018)

16 – Abby (Feb. 2018)

17 – Dra (Feb. 2018)

18 – Alex (March 2018)

19 – Danny (March 2018)

20 – Victoria (April 2018)

21 – Eric (April 2018)

22 – Kane (April 2018)

23 – Devon (April 2018)

24 – Jen (May 2018)

25 – Sam (May 2018)

26 – Jorge (June 2018)

27 – Mary (June 2018)

28 – R.J. (June 2018)

29 – Jake (June 2018)

30 – Hannah (June 2018)

31 – Rob (July 2018)

32 – Alex (July 2018)

33 – Nate (July 2018)

34 – Pio (July 2018)

35 – Aaron (August 2018)

36 – Libi (August 2018)

37 – Izzy (August 2018)

38 – Kathryn (August 2018)

39 – C.J. (August 2018)

40 – Rob (August 2018)

41 – Luke (Sept. 2018)

42 – Jessica (Sept. 2018)

43 – Evan (Sept. 2018)

44 – Nate (Sept. 2018)

45 – Rebecca (Sept. 2018)

46 – Emily (Sept. 2018)

47 – Chad (Oct. 2018)

48 – Damien (Oct. 2018)

49 – Lora (Oct. 2018)

50 – Max (Nov. 2018)

51 – Michael (Nov. 2018)

52 – Zoie (Nov. 2018)

53 – Andres (Nov. 2018)

54 – Jacki (Dec. 2018)

55 – T.J. (Dec. 2018)

56 – Luke (Dec. 2018)

57 – LuAnn (Dec. 2018)

58 – Dad (Dec. 2018)

59 Hannah (Jan. 2019)

60 – John (Jan. 2019)

61 – Liz (Jan. 2019)

62 – Papi (Jan. 2019)

63 – Wyatt (Feb. 2019)

64 – Cathleen (June 2019)

65 – Alexandra Franzen (June 2019)

66 – Nicole Antoinette (June 2019)

67 – Meg Kissack (July 2019)

68 – Regina (July 2019)

69 – Natalie Goldberg (July 2019)

70 – Brent (July 2019)

71 – Laura

72 – Abbi (Sept. 2019)

73 – Ilana (Jan. 2020)

74 – Steph (Jan. 2020)

75 – Kahea (Jan. 2020)

76 – Rachel (Feb. 2020)

77 – Dianne (Feb. 2020)

78 – Clara (Feb. 2020)

79 – Raine (March 2020)

80 – Carmona (March 2020)

81 – Justin (March 2020)

82 – Ellie (April 2020)

83 – Sarah (April 2020)

84 – Laura (April 2020)

85 – Abigail (April 2020)

86 – Bryce (May 2020)

87 – Amy (June 2020)

88 – Michelle (June 2020)

89 – James Baldwin (July 2020)

90 – John Lewis

91 – Toni Morrison (July 2020)

92 – bell hooks (August 2020)

93 – Leona Tate (August 2020)

94 – Denmark Vesey (Sept 2020)

95 – Mikki Kendall (Sept. 2020)

96 – Oprah (Oct. 2020)

97 – Winona Laduke (Oct. 2020)

98 – Janelle Monáe (Oct. 2020)

99 – Donald Glover (Oct. 2020)

100 – Beyonce (Nov. 2020)