Giveaway Winner and Linky Love!

Hello, friends!
I'm so glad to see some new faces commenting. 

Each and every comment made my heart smile, so thank you.

Now: For the winner...*insert drumroll*

 acryingshamex!!!

Woohooo!!! Congrats.

E-mail me at dawnraymond04(at)gmail(dot)com

Linky Love!!

Kelly Rae: Letter to Self: I've heard of Kelly Rae before, but was

re-introduced to her blog this week. Oh, the beauty and inspiration!

All I can say is, I wish I could believe like she does.

Violette: Her blog is full of color and magic and imagination.

Jane Davenport: Oohh..her blog is oodles of fun.

She uses color beautifully, and loves color pencils! 

My kinda gal :)

Kristin: Kristin from Journaling Saves

Lots of interviews and goodies on why journaling 

is good for the mind and soul.

Jane Davies: Lots of beautiful artwork and tutorials.

I'm thinking about doing a letter to myself,

to be opened at some time later...but it scares me.

What will I put? Dreaming is frightening,

mainly because I don't want to fail.

More drawing practice...

REMINDER: Only three more days left to 

leave your comment on the previous post 

and win "Art Stamping Workshop" by Gloria Page!!!

 

I pray that its just the winter and that

I am an extraordinarily lazy person...

because I have been sleeping SO MUCH.

Last weekend I slept, and worked on this painting.

I won't even tell you how many hours it took

to draw all those boxes in perspective,

and there are a ton of errors still!

I didn't color the inside of the boxes because 

I was sick of it at that point.

Still. I am proud of how it turned out.

This has been my next drawing project.

I've worked on this for awhile now.

TIP: Do your sketches on tracing paper. It is cheap and very erasable.

Tonight I opened photoshop and placed my sketch

next to the actual picture.

I think seeing them side by side (and on screen)

will help me correct some of the proportion/shape errors.

And this kitty sketch is only about 2 hours into it!

I know I am not really going to make the likeness of Jack,

but I DO want to make it look like a kitten.

Big ears, small adorable face.

We shall see.

Leave a comment, win a book!

I was thinking to myself,

"Self, how many people do you think read your blog?"

And I answered myself,

"Well, Self...I don't know. I have 25 followers, so at least 25 people do!"

But I also get comments from new people.

How did they find me?!

SO....GIVEAWAY TIME!!!

I've had this lovely book on my bookshelf, collecting dust.

This was HARD, as I am reluctant to let go of my precious books.

This was my first Art book.

My first foray into this crazy land of painting and journaling,

and loving (almost) every minute of it.

Gloria Page shows you how to make your own stamps,

and has MANY projects with awesome, upclose pictures

depicting all the different techniques.

Not only that, there are pages at the end of the book where you can

copy, enlarge, use to make your own stamps!

The only thing I ask of you is this.

Please leave a comment on my blog, and tell me how you found me.

And if you feel so desired (this is extra), tell me what you like or don't like.

I am genuinely curious.

I will have this giveaway open until next Sunday, the 23rd at 8:00pm.

I will then randomly pick out the winner and post it on my blog!!

Wooo! So if there are any lurkers, come out of hiding :)

Plus, I'll probably throw in a few little goodies here and there.