Bassett Hound puppy

Well I started a cute Bassett Hound puppy the other night. Here is the first sketch I do when I begin. I do it lightly so I can erase it easily. It's gets all the proportions down and the basic dark and light areas.

Art Classes

I will be holding new art classes starting in January. The first one is at Whittier Vo-Tech in Haverhill, MA, starts Monday, January 23rd, from 6-8:30 pm, and is "Learn to Draw" for 8 weeks.

The second one is at Timberlane High School in Plaistow, NH and starts Tuesday, February 7th from 6-8pm, and is "Learn to Draw."

The third one is at Newburyport High School in Newburyport, MA, and starts Wednesday, February 24th, from 6-8 for 5 weeks and is "Colored Pencil Drawing."

I will also be teaching a "Learn to Draw" class at the Seacoast Artists Association in Exeter, NH, starting March 1, for 8 weeks, from 11:30 to 1:15. Also a "Colored Pencil Class", same place, starting March 1 for eight weeks, from 1:30 to 3:15. Hope you can make it to one of these classes. Feel free to contact me if you are interested in more details.

I love to teach! Who knew?

Winner of the Giclee contest!

I put all the names in a hat and pulled out "Revolving Doors"! He likes my polar bear so I'll be sending him an 8 x 10 giclee. I see from his blog he is very eco-conscious and he's from Sweden! Hope he gets my email soon and sends me his mailing address!

Then I picked out one more name just because I wanted too, and I picked out "Barbara". She likes my Barn Owl so I'll send her out an 8 x 10 giclee. Her blog is all about crafts like paper clay and sculpture crafts. She's also great at scrapbooking from what I could see. Check out both of these great blogs!

Thanks to everyone who participated. I will be doing this again next month. Maybe for Valentine's Day. That's my anniversary!

Art Give-a-way!

Oh heck, it's almost New Year's Eve, time to give away some art!

Tell me what piece of mine you like, and why, in a comment under this post, and I'll pick a winner out of a hat from all the comments. An 8 x 10 giclee will be sent to the person who's name gets picked (or I can send you a card or ACEO if you prefer). So pick carefully!

You can see most of my colored pencil pieces here if you want to slog through my blog, or you can see them at my Etsy Shop. (This giveaway does not include the oil paintings or collages!) Click on any image under "My Etsy Shop" to the right on this page, or here's the link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/roxy5235

Have fun! Something free is always fun!! Post your comment before January 5th. I'll choose a winner January 6th!

Happy Holidays!

Though we have no snow this minute, Cleo is waiting for the next storm with pleasant memories of last year's abundance!

Elephant for Abbie

I started this a looooong time ago, and figured I'd better finish it before Christmas! Almost done!

Colored Pencil Blog

I've been adding some posts to my new blog with colored pencil tips if you're interested in learning more about them! Here's the page: http://revelleimagemaker.blogspot.com/

Drawings for Christmas

Hi everyone. I've been busy drawing and painting some Christmas presents. My daughter hardly ever comes to this blog (fingers crossed) so I'm going to post them here for you to see. I worked from photos and did the drawings on Rising Museum board (the rough side this time) and used a variety of pencils from 4H to 2B. I had so much fun! Hope you enjoy them. The 3 girls are my daughters kids, and Aaron is my step daughter's son.