Help Me Choose the Model For My Next Watercolor

I have been commissioned to create a watercolor for Servant’s Heart Ministry to be auctioned at their Ministry Dinner on Thursday, October 14th at the Factory in Franklin.  They provide food programs, Haiti and Dominican Republic relief trips, church planting and leadership encouragement. My friend Ken Davis will be the speaker. Get tickets for the dinner at their website. Open to the public.

The stunning photographs were shot on location in the Dominican Republic by fellow artist Keely Marie Scott. Thanks!

Could you take one second and vote for the photograph that would MOST compel you emotionally to give to relief efforts in the Dominican Republic?

#1
#2
#3
#4

54 responses to “Help Me Choose the Model For My Next Watercolor”

  1. Carol Asher Avatar

    #4 i think… would probably want them all though.

  2. Tim Godby Avatar
    Tim Godby

    #4

  3. Karin Avatar
    Karin

    1 or 4

  4. marina Avatar

    #4 – definitely

  5. Deana O'Hara Avatar

    #1 first choice, #3 is second.

  6. Ivan Shely Avatar
    Ivan Shely

    #4

  7. Carl Townsend Avatar

    #2 The eyes are the window of the soul.

  8. shelley quinones Avatar
    shelley quinones

    #1

  9. Doug Avatar
    Doug

    I’d have to go with #2 or #4.

  10. Dan Perkins Avatar

    Well, I can already see I’m in the minority but I’m sticking with my choice… #2

  11. Mark Bovee Avatar
    Mark Bovee

    #3 or #4. But, I would think the one that strikes the artist the most (as in you) would be the one that would inspire you the most. Which one captures your heart the most? Can you do a composite of them, capturing the more compelling aspects of each?

    1. Randy Elrod Avatar

      @Mark Bovee, good thought, Mark. These are definitely the four out of hundreds that captured my heart, so I’m good with any of them. Thanks!

  12. Elaina Avatar

    Hard to choose but I’ll go with 4.

  13. Bonnie Crocker Avatar
    Bonnie Crocker

    Absolutely, positively #1.

  14. vic hartman Avatar
    vic hartman

    hey randy # 4 good luck

  15. Joni Sweet Avatar

    #4 has different themes — poverty, hunger, loneliness, seeking love, orphan, victim of sex trafficking, human trafficking.

  16. basher Avatar
    basher

    i say #3, baby boy da prince!

  17. Chris Avatar

    #4 Because of the expression on her face and the look of “why?” in her eyes.

  18. Monica Rae Avatar
    Monica Rae

    #4

    Everything about her from her eyes to her stance says… “if you help me now, someday, I can & will help make a difference too.”

    Regardless of photo you choose it will be beautiful :)

  19. Candace Avatar
    Candace

    #4 that hair!!!

  20. Jeff Holton Avatar

    I’m in the minority, but it’s #2, totally.

    The bars. The youth and innocence, but the mature defiance, which gives me hope. Probably gives them hope, too.

    It’s like she’s saying, “I know you think you’re better than me, but come on over to this side of the fence and see how we live. We love. We hurt. We dance. We bleed. We survive. We celebrate. We have things to teach you.”

  21. Amanda Avatar
    Amanda

    1

  22. The Fabulous Brittany Avatar

    #3 for sure! Poor baby!

  23. @presrevdoug Avatar

    #2 – expectant eyes
    #4 – beauty in poverty

  24. Cassandra Avatar
    Cassandra

    #1

  25. Stevie Avatar
    Stevie

    #1

  26. nancy reece Avatar

    I vote for # 1.

  27. Steve Avatar
    Steve

    #1

  28. jessi Avatar

    Do I have to pick just one? They’re all so good! But I’ll go with #4

  29. Megan Joy Burdzy Avatar

    DEFINITELY #1. It says it all.

  30. jackeychapman Avatar
    jackeychapman

    number 4

  31. Jeff Ivan Avatar
  32. Mark Jaffrey Avatar

    Number 2 did it for me. The eyes – they sucked me in.

  33. Sheila Walsh Avatar
    Sheila Walsh

    #1 for sure

  34. Jennie Avatar

    I like 3 or 4. All of these children are BEAUTIFUL!

  35. Meredith Dunn Avatar

    #3… I want him.

  36. Ani Avatar
    Ani

    #4 says it all. Looking forward to that picture.

  37. Holly Newton Avatar

    Very hard to choose from…but I have to go with #1…

  38. klampert Avatar

    I would say #1 or #4 would be the best.

  39. randy Williams Avatar
    randy Williams

    one or four.

  40. Spence Smith Avatar

    Well…. These are hard to choose from!!! But i think if i have to choose one it would be number 4.