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This pen & ink drawing is part of my "Sketchbook for Charity" project. Like many artists, I spend a lot of time drawing in a sketchbook. Until now I haven't done anything with these drawings. Then I realized that through Etsy, I could sell them, and give that money to charity.
When you purchase this drawing, $20 will be donated to First Book, an international nonprofit organization that gives children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books, and provides a supply of new books to children participating in community-based mentoring, tutoring, and family literacy programs. For more about First Book, visit their website at www.firstbook.org.
This is an original page from my 8 x 5 inch Moleskine watercolor notebook. It comes "as is," meaning untrimmed, and with the perforated edge at the top; I think it would look interesting left this way, as a page, and floated in a frame, but it can be trimmed or matted to have straight edges.
This drawing is priced at $23. $3 is to help me cover the costs of Etsy, Paypal, and supplies. When you pay for this drawing, I will turn right around and donate $20 to First Book via their website. You will be sent a copy of confirmation of this donation with the drawing so that you can be sure your money was indeed donated. $20 is enough to provide EIGHT new books to children in need.
You get a nifty little original drawing, and eight children receive their very own brand new books to read and cherish. How can you lose?
Buy this piece from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.
An original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").
This is a currently unidentified species of green moth, temporarily named "Port Alice" after the shade of paint (see card back).
Pen & ink and acrylic-tinted gloss varnish (front) and paint swatch sample cards (back) on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper. The back will be initialed and dated by the artist. 3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.
Inspired by Illustration Friday's theme, "green." Completed 04.07.07
Buy this piece from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.
33 Birds in 33 Days, no. 23 in its home.
Photo courtesy the owner.
A hummingbird nest with two eggs on a tree branch.
This is an original drawing, not a print.
Media: pen & ink, black, on 90 lb "Classic Cream" Canson drawing paper.
Size: image area 3 x 3 inches; sheet size 7 x 7 inches.
Inspired by the Etsy Creative Challenge. Completed 04.03.07.
NFS
A flying hummingbird and a cloud blossom.
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$10 (that's 20%) from the sale of this drawing will be donated directly to the American Bird Conservancy, a 4-star rated charity by www.charitynavigator.org.
"American Bird Conservancy's (ABC) mission is to conserve wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. It is the only U.S.-based, group dedicated solely to overcoming the greatest threats facing birds in the Western Hemisphere. A growing human population, consuming ever greater resources, is critically impacting bird populations through habitat destruction, direct mortality from such harmful practices as the unwise use of pesticides, and the introduction of destructive species including domestic cats. ABC believes adequate resources exist to overcome these threats, and that unifying people, organizations, and agencies around common approaches to priority issues is the key to success."
(http://www.abcbirds.org/)
When you purchase this drawing, I will immediately donate $10 to the American Bird Conservancy online. Printed confirmation of the donation will be included in the package you receive.
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This is an original painting, not a print.
Pen & ink, metallic & regular acrylic, and interference acrylic medium on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.
Size: 9 x 12 inches.
Completed 04.01.07Buy this piece from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.
These are original, one-of-a-kind ACEOs ("Art Card, Edition and Original"). Together they form a diptych.
Front: Pen & ink, black, on 200 gsm Moleskine watercolor paper. Back: Metallic acrylic, copper leaf, and gloss varnish on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper. The backs will be initialed and dated by the artist. Each card is 3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.
Completed 03.30.07
S O L D
This is an original, one-of-a-kind ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").
This work was inspired by Etsy Creative Challenge #44: "This week's challenge is using the spring color chart ... create something using the color lime from the chart. You can pair it with another color from the chart, use it alone, or pair it with whatever color you want." The color chart is a 2007 Spring-Summer color forecast guide used by jewelers.
"But lime isn't in my color palette," I thought. "Lime is out of my comfort zone." And so on.
Hence this piece. I chose something specifically notoriously colorful -- beetles (also a first for me) -- and rendered them in black and white (which is something I am very comfortable doing), and created the color palette on the back with what is "my" palette -- Pantone Chips. The colors I chose in addition to Lime are Petal Pink, Cloud, Silver Cloud, and Cafe au Lait. I think I even got some Imperial Purple in there as well.
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Pen & ink and Pantone Color Chips on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.
The back will be initialed and dated by the artist.
3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.
Completed 03.28.07
S O L D
This is an original, one-of-a-kind ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").
Front: Pen & ink, black, on 200 gsm Moleskine watercolor paper.
Back: Regular & metallic acrylic, and gloss varnish on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.
The back will be initialed and dated by the artist.
3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.
Completed 03.28.07
S O L D
This is an original, one-of-a-kind ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").
Front: Pen & ink, black, on 200 gsm Moleskine watercolor paper.
Back: Metallic, interference, pearlescent, and iridescent acrylic; metallic pigment; iridescent medium; and gloss varnish on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.
The back will be initialed and dated by the artist.
3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.
Completed 03.27.07
S O L D
This is an original, one-of-a-kind ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").
Front: Pen & ink, black, on 200 gsm Moleskine watercolor paper.
Back: metallic, interference, pearlescent, and iridescent acrylic; metallic pigment; and iridescent medium on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.
The back will be initialed and dated by the artist.
3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.
Completed 03.25.07
S O L D
A hummingbird on a cloud, with a small abstract world around it.
This is an original drawing, not a print. Pen & ink, black, on 200 gsm Moleskine watercolor paper. Size: 6 x 5 inches.
Completed 03.25.07
Buy this piece from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.
Finally I took the leap and combined the two elements I love most: hummingbirds and freehand abstract drawing.
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This is an original drawing, not a print.
Media: pen & ink, black, on 90 lb "Classic Cream" Canson drawing paper.
Size: image area approximately 7 x 6 inches; sheet size 11 x 14 inches.
Completed 03.24.07.
Inspired by Illustration Friday's theme, "I Spy."
Buy this piece from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.
This photograph was taken on the street in Oakland. What can I say about it? -- it is too beautiful a sentiment to need any more said.
This is an open edition print. It is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come." Each print is inspected and approved by me prior to listing, and is signed & dated on the back.
The image itself is about 5.5 x 7, printed on 8 x 10 paper for a nicely-sized white border. It does not need to be matted to be framed, though it can be.
Buy this photo from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.
This photograph was taken through a store window near the Mission District in San Francisco. This small, neglected shrine was just barely visible in a side window at the back of a shop, buried under a towering avalanche of sun-faded plastic-wrapped beckoning "fortune" cats. The shrine may of been of use at one time to the store owners, but I wonder if they even knew it still existed.
This is an open edition print. It is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come." Each print is inspected and approved by me prior to listing, and is signed & dated on the back.
The image itself is about 5.5 x 7, printed on 8 x 10 paper for a nicely-sized white border. It does not need to be matted to be framed, though it can be.
Buy this photo from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.
This pen & ink drawing is part of my "Sketchbook for Charity" project. Like many artists, I spend a lot of time drawing in a sketchbook. Until now I haven't done anything with these drawings. Then I realized that through Etsy, I could sell them, and give that money to charity.
When you purchase this drawing, $20 will be donated to First Book, an international nonprofit organization that gives children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books, and provides a supply of new books to children participating in community-based mentoring, tutoring, and family literacy programs. For more about First Book, visit their website at www.firstbook.org.
This is an original page from my 8 x 5 inch Moleskine watercolor notebook. It comes "as is," meaning untrimmed, and with the perforated edge at the top; I think it would look interesting left this way, as a page, and floated in a frame, but it can be trimmed or matted to have straight edges.
This drawing is priced at $23. $3 is to help me cover the costs of Etsy, Paypal, and supplies. When you pay for this drawing, I will turn right around and donate $20 to First Book via their website. You will be sent a copy of confirmation of this donation with the drawing so that you can be sure your money was indeed donated. $20 is enough to provide EIGHT new books to children in need.
You get a nifty little original drawing, and eight children receive their very own brand new books to read and cherish. How can you lose?
Buy this piece from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.
A sketch of a hummingbird in flight, trying to capture the movement of the wings. This is an original drawing, not a print. I wanted to post something a little different, something "in progress," though I would consider it finished. Something that shows process. Something that shows my own movement, not just that of the hummingbird. Some of my buyers have asked about my sketches versus finished drawings. I don't always sketch this much first, but sometimes I do -- and here is one. Media: pencil on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper. Size: image area approximately 5 x 7 inches; total sheet size 9 x 12 inches. Completed 03.21.07.
Buy this piece from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.
