Artist Studio Day and WOYWW

Welcome it's Artist Studio Day at The Smartest Artist and What's on your Work Desk Wednesday hosted by Julia Dunnit, two wonderful blog hops to share in what's happening in the studio or on the work surface!

My current Hand Torn Paper Pet Portrait commission is still under wraps as my client is giving it as a present and we can't risk the surprise being ruined, so you only get a tiny peek at one little corner of my desk :)

The jelly bellies have absolutely nothing to do with the hand torn paper portrait I am creating.  They are just my snack.  Why all pink you ask?, Because I ate all the white ones of course!  Yes, I adore white jelly bellies; toasted marshmallow, coconut, cream soda, and popcorn flavored....YUM!   What's left are cotton candy and bubble gum which I still like, after-all I did custom mix the bag,

Since I can't share my newest work with you yet, maybe you'd like to see a cover I created for my Facebook page displaying my hand torn paper pet portraits.

I've spent even more time on this week starting my newest blog "The Smartest Artist"   After years of my artist friends asking for tips/tricks and suggestions as to how I sell and book my comissions a year to a year in a half in advance. I finally decided to share the sales and marketing techniques I use via this new blog.

Here are links to  a few of my posts I hope you'll stop by for a visit! 

What is the Smartest Artist?
http://thesmartestartist.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-smartest-artist.html

10 Art - I - Facts - How to "Be" an Artist

http://thesmartestartist.blogspot.com/2013/08/10-art-i-facts-how-to-be-artist.html

How To Write A Winning "About" Page  
http://thesmartestartist.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-to-write-winning-about-page.html

Branded
http://thesmartestartist.blogspot.com/2013/09/branded.html

If you are an artist or crafts person looking to increase your art sales, please come subscribe to the blog and join our group on Facebook  The Smartest Artist Collaborative Group    this group is a place for artist to collaborate and help each other succeed! This group is all about positive interaction and sharing ideas, thoughts suggestions toward becoming successful, selling artist! This is an open group invite your friends!

Thanks so much for stopping by!   I can't wait to see what's going on in your studio space today!

Feeling It

Feeling It...

I've always been obsessed with texture and can often be seen running my hands along everything as I walk by. The love of texture might only be eclipsed by my love of paper. I can spend hours browsing, touching and even smelling paper. This fell in to a natural relationship with Chigirie -- creating art with hand torn, hand made, textured papers.

I am an avid supporter of rescue animals and often feel compelled to create portraits of dogs, cats, horses, owls etc. My very first hand torn paper piece was a dog portrait I created for a rescue fund raising event. This led to a steady commission base business of creating pet portraits from hand torn paper.

People are often excited when they see my work first hand as it has dimension and texture, they can not only see their pet, but feel their portrait too.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoy your time visiting my gallery of hand torn paper creations.

Caleb's Portrait in the Background and a photo of Zoe for the next portrait being created ......

Zoe in Hand Torn Paper

Jack in Hand Torn Paper

Sophie in hand torn paper

Ollie and Sophie in hand torn paper

Hello to my What's on your Workdesk Wednesday (WOYWW) and Paint Party Friday Visitors!

Here's what I'm working on this week :) A portrait of sweet little Maddie

WOYWW BLOG HOP Julia Dunnit over at Stamping Ground.
PPF PAINT PARTY FRIDAY BLOG HOP  Kristen and Eva Paint Party Friday

Color of the Day, Aug 2nd, 2013

COLOR OF THE DAY FRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND, 2013

Call it sea foam, moss, mint, leaf green, swamp grass, by any names it's gray green calms my soul today.   

Please Leave a comment with your name for this fabulous color.

Images come from the Flkr Creative Common

Photo Acknowledgements for 8-2-13

1) Trasparenza by Andrea D’alba
2) Primrose by Astrid Photography
3) Fingerffitiby David Bleasdale


Some of my work featuring #9ab493 Grayish Lime Green 

Caleb created from Torn Paper - by Artist Robin Panzer 

Color Description fo r #9ab493 Grayish Lime Green

In a RGB color space, hex #9ab493 is composed of 60.4% red, 70.6% green and 57.6% blue. Whereas in a CMYK color space, it is composed of 14.4% cyan, 0% magenta, 18.3% yellow and 29.4% black. It has a hue angle of 107.3 degrees, a saturation of 18% and a lightness of 64.1%. #9ab493 color hex could be obtained by blending #ffffff with #356927. Closest websafe color is: #99cc99. Source

Grayish Lime Green #9ab493

Color of the day August 1st, 2013

COLOR OF THE DAY THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ST, 2013

Call it Indigo, Iris, dusk, deep water, it's cool deep blues touch my soul today.

Please Leave a comment with your name for this fabulous color.

Images come from the Flkr Creative Common
Photo Acknowledgements for July 31, 2013

1) Untitled by Rosemary 
2) DSC 0158 By Earnest Chiang
3) Goodbye Blue Sky by Doozzle Marie M

Some of my work featuring #494e8f

Zoe- Robin Panzer Hand Torn Paper Pet Portrait 

Dark Moderate Blue -- In a RGB color space, hex #494e8f is composed of 28.6% red, 30.6% green and 56.1% blue. Whereas in a CMYK color space, it is composed of 49% cyan, 45.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 43.9% black. It has a hue angle of 235.7 degrees, a saturation of 32.4% and a lightness of 42.4%. #494e8f color hex could be obtained by blending #929cff with #00001f. Closest websafe color is: #336699. Source

#494e8f Dark Moderate Blue