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Silly Old Dog, pARTy-ing it Up!!


"Silly Old Dog," 11" x 14", acrylics on panel, depicting Gracie, our neighbor's lab mix. This painting is done in Golden acrylics on an Ampersand gessobord and can be yours for $599, including s&h within the contiguous US. In process photos are on the Studio FB page. pARTy details are here. Inquires may come directly to me. 

Let's Make a Habit of pARTy-ing

Zevon's pARTy was well attended (and is still ongoing until the end of this month!). I got so many great compliments about the opportunity, that I decided to host another!

If you are new to the concept, it's simple - someone shares the rights to one of their photographs, and challenges creatives to make artwork inspired by the photo. All of the work is then displayed collectively, for the whole world to see the variety of interpretations and possibilities resulting from the one image.

I've chosen my neighbor's dog Gracie as our next pARTy guest. The reference photograph is here. Please respect that this photo is being shared purely for the creation of artwork, and is not to be repurposed in any other way.

You are now free to create your own interpretation of her. Please respect each artists' creations and do not copy any of the other art being displayed (because that would be violating copyright law). And if you are sharing your work online, it sure would be nice to give photo and pARTy credit where due!

Send jpgs of your finished work, watermarked with your name/website, to me. Include in your email any text you would like to appear in the caption.

I will add all artwork created by April 30th, 2015, to a photo album on my Facebook page created specifically for this purpose.

Ready? set? paint!!

Thanks, as always, for following along with my artwork!
Warmly, Kim 
ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com
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