Artists Needed For 2010 Paws For Charity Artbook

About Paws For Charity

The Paws For Charity Art Book is a collection of artwork and photographs featuring dogs and cats submitted by artists around the world. All profits from the sale of these books are donated to breast cancer charities.

If you are interested in having your image published in the 2010 Paws for Charity Art Book, please post it here, http://www.flickr.com/groups/pawsforcharity. The Art Book showcases the work of professional photographers and artists, although everyone is welcome to send submissions. You must have a website or blog to participate in the Paws for Charity Art Book. They are accepting original artwork and photographs...You must own the copyright to the images you submit. Images should include a dog and/or cat.

Suggested Themes:
1. Images showing the bond between people and their pets.
2. "Pink", the color representing breast cancer awareness.
3. Original artwork or artistic photographs (ie, not "snapshots")

If your image is chosen for the book (Feb 2010), it must be available in high resolution. You will be asked to email the image, and will need to sign an agreement stating your image can be published for this project. You will retain the copyright of your image.

Updates about the 2010 Paws For Charity Art Book will be available throughout the year on on: www.pawsforcharity.blogspot.com

If you have candids or snapshots you would like published in a book, you'll be interested in the 2009 Paws For Charity Photo Collection...to be published in October 2009. Details are available :

http://www.pawsforcharity.blogspot.com

Springtime Bouquet Mixed Media painting

Flowers are starting to bloom everywhere! I have some Daffodil's and Crocus' that are stretching toward the sun and of course the rest of the garden is just begging to be raked free of leaves. I'm behind, of course and although there are certain aspects I love about gardening, leaves and weeds aren't one of them. Some friends of ours gave us some Monkey Grass about eight years ago, without telling us it was mutant, rapidly reproducing, take over your garden with roots to China Monkey Grass, and I am still digging it up every year :] I think that's why I haven't ventured out in the garden yet. So for now, I'll enjoy these.....no weeds, leaves or monkey grass!

Mother and Child Mixed Media Painting

I LOVE Angels! I collect them and my house is full of them-all shapes and sizes. Definitely great inspiration for me. Lots of fun to paint too. I collaged the background and then painted so it has a square lined texture.




"Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings!" Maybe they're hidden under their cloaks? :]

Angel Of The Blue

Yay-got her finished! She gave me a bit of a fuss but I spent most of the day working on her. I wanted to get some pics outside but it's raining today. I usually use a satin varnish but I used semi-gloss this time and I love it. It really shows the paint and texture well.

WIP Angel of the Blue

I've had this sketch in my journal that I just couldn't wait to get on wood. Although after I started her I realized I didn't have enough room to add everything I wanted to, so she's a bit different than I intended her to be, so next time a wider piece of wood! She's just in the beginning stages so I have lots yet to do.




But she's slowly coming to life!

Fun Doll Tag Swap

I'm taking part in a doll tag swap on Nancye's Art Dolls. I think there's 16 participants and we're all making 16 tags and sending them off to Nancye and she's going to put them all together-one from each artist- and then we'll have our own doll tag book! Very cool idea. Here are my first eight that I've done. I used card stock and cut them to the right size. (well pretty close I hope!)





I painted them all different colors and added black and white images which I embellished with some paint here and there. Then I added all kinds of goodies...stamps, fabric, ribbon, other collage pieces and some super sparkly paint!
They are much shinier in person. Remember Kewpie dolls?!

Got busy this weekend!

Get your minds out of the gutter :]....creatively speaking busy that is. Since Spring is here I have flowers on the brain and I love Daisies! I put tons of texture in to this painting so it pops out at you.





My son and I went to Michael's on Friday to pick up some beeswax and just a 'few' other things. That's a dangerous place isn't it? So yesterday I did two beeswax collages. They have such a shine to them that I don't know if you can make out the images. The first one has a medieval castle with a boy and girl off to the side talking to a Magpie. I loaded it with vintage papers and text too.
The colors in this one are brighter. Sisters with their kitties.
My daughter got in on the action too. We're in the process of painting her room a turquoise color and she wanted to do a beeswax collage initially and then changed her mind(that's why I did two!)and decided to do papers on wood. She used a few stamps too and then sealed them in varnish. A for Alex!