New Spring Art Giveaway

Time for some more lovely art from the

 Dawg Team to be given away!

We are a group of artists that make many types of crafts.  These are aceo artcards, very collectible and you have a chance to win them just by

1. Commenting here

2. Show us you have spread the word with your twitter

3. Show us that you have added this giveaway to your blog

4. Showcased on Facebook

So you have 4 opportunties to win this great art collection!

Please CLICK HERE to see all of our Dawg Team Items on Etsy!

'Go Green...' by artbylisak

The dawg team is going green in this great treasury, full of green delights!

original art aceo card ... dogandcat $7.99	Pear CreatingWPassi... $15.00	original art pendant Gr... suecorcoran $22.99	Free Spirit Embellished... pinkglitterfae $15.00
ACEO - DEEP GREEN FAIRY... kathrynsangels $19.99	Art Lamb Spring ACEO Or... LindaLMartinAr... $9.50	Cute chicks series viol... backroomtreasu... $12.00	Silver and Sparling Gre... TheRubyBoutiqu... $4.99
Printemps Paris - fine... menuchaprints $15.00	LAUNDRY DAY II 8 X 10 ... arlenefaye $20.00	Turtle Friends Original... luvs2paint $40.00	Timmy The Turtle Needle... artbylisak $19.99
Shades of Jade Light Or... Aloquin $7.00	Lilly Bud Soldered Glas... EclecticSpirit $12.00	Autumn Bluebird - By Ma... Lazyhawk $2.00	Handpainted Porcelain C... JYWheeler $35.00

A Great Giveaway from the Dawg Team

Come Join our Team We would love to have you! CLICK HERE

We have some Great Donated ART ACEO Cards from Our Dawg Team! 

On Etsy Type in DAWG TEAM to find all our great items that our team makes and sales!

Ways to Win

1. Comment Here

2. Twitter this and show us the link back here

3. Facebook it and show us the link here

4. Follow our Blog

So you  have 4 chances to win on this great giveaway! 

To be given away on October 31st.

Our winner will be selected with the RandomPicker Site.

Donaters of Art ACEO's This Time

Check out their stores!

Joann Wheeler  Etsy Store CLICK

Barbara Haviland Etsy Store CLICK

Kathyrn Kelton Etsy Store CLICK

Lisa Parker Etsy Store CLICK

Lee Pierce Etsy Store CLICK

Gina Sutton

Sketch Journals

Drawing is the basis for all painting. If you can't draw, it's hard to paint. Everyone who aspires to be a good painter needs to know how to draw. The best way to learn to draw besides reading all you can find on technique, is to do a drawing a day. Get yourself a sketch journal. Take it with you. Find something in the day that you might want to record on paper. Do a quick sketch or spend time to make it a work of art.

Sketch journals are great when you travel. I find if I take a photo, I soon forget the details I saw, however, if I draw the same scene, I remember the details for a long time to come.  Sketch journals are a great way of recording memories too. Mine is a 3x5" black moleskin.

When I went to Italy in 2008 I used my sketch journal obviously to sketch but also to record things that were said to me or just little snippets of something like a sound or my impression of a situation or place. Mind you, my sketch travel journal is not meant for works of art...it's just meant to be quick sketches to record my memories. Most of the time I just have a couple of minutes to put something on paper before I'm moving long to some other place.   It's hard to see the image on this page but on the left is the view from our room Beneath it, it says, "coo coo"...the sounds of the birds outside our window. There is an arrow pointing to St. Francis Bascillica. On the right is the date 3/29/08 and under the sketch is written Assisi Center Square Fountain.

I like also to verbally record  impressions in my journals. Like when I first went to Rome. I have a note beside a drawing "on the street: oranges, lemons, gas stations on the curb, recycling bins, trash, cafes, banco mat, palm trees, scooters, tiny cars, no speed limits." Or when I went to St. Peter's early in the morning for Mass in the crypt. I wrote: "Sense of God's prescense overwhelming emotions at visiting JPII grave. How quiet in the early morning."

So pick up a sketch journal at the store or if you have a spare small sketch book, take it with you on your next outting or keep it handy to do a sketch a day. It's great fun.~~Joann Y Wheeler, http://jywheeler.etsy.com/

Fun in the Dawg "Pound" Art Group

Fun, that is what I want everyone to think of when they join and participate in the Dawg Art Group!

We always have fun things going on in the group, Do you like to do ACEO's and Love the Lord and of course you are a woman, Then why don't you think about joining our Online Group.  We have wonderful ladies from all over the world!!  Friends forever because the love of our art and aceo's brought us together!

We have a monthly Art Quest "challenge" to truly keep everyone on their painting toes!! :)  This month is
Roosters, Cows or Chinese Brushstroke!!


We are now voting on the March Art Quest and we need Votes badly, anyone can vote if you are on facebook here is the link
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=114354985245453&index=1


So Come and Join in the Fun http://www.designingartists.ning/   We have many fun mini groups too!

Here Comes Peter Cottentail

Easter Greetings!

Well before you know it Easter will be here! Hope you stop by GCU to send a few Easter Greeting Cards our to friends and family!

We have a special sale going on right now! If you purchase 5 or more cards, enter code

EASTERSHIP5

during your checkout and you will receive free shipping!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!

Elizabeth....now on Ebay

New on Ebay "Elizabeth" on Auction....Watercolor ACEO....a litle victorian lady very dreamy eyed..........here's the link to the auction

Also visit my Etsy shop Painted Panache on Etsy. for more ACEO's, art and hand painted china

Art for charity

Good morning bloggers! There may be two of us blogging today, but that is because I was supposed to do yesterday and I totally forgot! Some days life is sooo hectic.

Right now, I am involved in a group of artists who are trying to raise funds to help a cat rescue/sanctuary build a new building. They do a wonderful thing and all the cats are healthy. they have placed many in homes, but the ones who aren't placed have a forever place to live.

Since I can't do that myself, I thought this would be a great way to help. More than 20 artists have pitched in and are donating all or a portion of the proceeds made on their art to this charity. If you love cats, and animals in general, this is a worthwhile way to show it.

I will include the link to my auction and if you scroll down you can read more about FieldHaven Feline Rescue, and also there is a link that shows all the other artists involved. Click on that and be ready to see some pretty awe-inspiring art.

It's a great cause! Please go bid ...and remember, it is for some pretty precious feline friends.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcatdancing51


Chrissie

ART BY LISA

A wonderfully talented member of the DAWG Team, Lisa! She has 3 stores at Etsy.
ArtbyLisaK, BlushingBridePoems, TheRubyBoutique.
From jewelry to painting to poetry. She does it all! Visit her shops!

Variety is the Spice of Life!

Since I am the first artist to post I will give you a little introduction to me. Hi, my name is Joann Y Wheeler (why the Y because there are a lot of Joann Wheeler's who are artists!)

So I am a self trained artist. I live in Maryland. My first love is china painting, however I also do watercolors, oil, decorative painting. You name it I do it. I love painting those little ACEO art cards. That's how I got in with this motley crew! :) I believe that variety is the spice of life and my work reflects that. Here a few things that I have done. All of these items are available in my ETSY SHOP. Click here---->JYWHEELER.ETSY.COM

China Painting Faux Leather Box
Watercolor ACEO
Decorative Painting - Cottage Style Acrylic