$50 ecard Prize A New Year Filled With New Art Supplies

 I wanted to be sure and let you all in on this opportunity for new art supplies.  Jerry's Artarama, is offering a $50 ecard in anticipation of the opening of the first  workshops at The Graceful Artist.  The gathering of names begins right now and ends on January 9, 2014.  The names will be taken from the comments on this Graceful Artist blog post.  Be sure and read the instructions so your entry counts. 

 

I'm sure you'll want to scurry over there and get your name in the hat to win the $50 ecard so you can buy lots of fun art supplies.

Hurry!  Don't wait!   You might forget.




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Winner! We Have a Winner!!!

 

I'm scurrying in here before the day is finished to announce the winner of the free Pencils 101 Workshop on Creative Workshops.  Oh!  I wanted to let you ALL be winners.  You had such lovely and kind comments.  Thank you.

But, alas, there must only be one winner.  I used a random number generator to determine the winner.  And the number chosen was lucky #10.   Which was Shawn.  So, Shawn, you can just pop over and let Gail know that you are a lucky girl and you are ready to have fun with pencils.  I'm sure I will enjoy working with you.

 

For all of you that are interested in getting started with your drawing skills, the Pencils 101 Workshop will open on October 18.  But you can sign up now and be ready to go when that fun day arrives.  Come on over and join Shawn and I in Pencils 101.

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Fun Gifts In The Mail

I was the winner of a recent drawing held by Lesa of Percolating Today.   I was so excited when she contacted me.  I never win anything.  And I have a great weakness for boxes and containers and cigar boxes in particular.

This purse is so cute with the modern beaded Miami design on one side and the original cigar label on the other.  The handle is a very nice shiny silver color and the corners are too. 

 

Lesa filled the inside with a big bag of CHOCOLATE!  There was actually more than this but it didn't last long enough for the camera.  

And look what I can do now!  Its perfect for taking some pencils along.  I love it!  Thank you Lesa. 


 
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I Have the Coolest Students

Sea Turtle by Debra Cox

 Every now and then I've just got to do a little bragging on my students.  I have amazing students in my local classes.  Here is a colored pencil drawing created for Debi's granddaughter.  It took many many patient hours to create.

Vintage aluminum cups by Justine Hennessy

My online students at Creative Pencils are no less amazing.  How proud I am of them as they bravely move forward through the workshops to build their drawing skills.  In the Pencils Series, 101, 201, & 301, the students learn to draw what they see and the basics of shading.  They move forward quickly.  These shiny vintage aluminum cups were drawn as a part of one of those shading exercises.  I love that Justine captured the sheen of the metal. 

Cat portrait by Sandra Petersen

Several of my Creative Pencils students have been studying their way through a workshop on creating cat portraits in graphite.  This is one of the examples of the wonderful work they are producing.  Look at those eyes.  They look right into your soul.   Good job, Sandra.

Dancing Swan by Elizabeth Johnson

And now, as promised, today is the day to announce the winner of my drawing from the GYB event held by Vicki of 2 Bags Full.  Thank you Vicki for this lovely event.  I know you worked many hours to create it.  I promised a drawing for a prize on February 1.  The prize I offered was an 10" x 8"  giclee fine art print of my Dancing Swan drawing.   The name chosen through a random drawing was Patty of Patty's Pretty Things.  Patty, I will be shipping this Dancing Swan off to you in a few days.  I hope you enjoy her.  

   

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