"wilderness"~sketch for illustration friday 1/15/10

well, unfortuneatley, time did not permit me to be able to submit a finished painting for this week's i.f. theme of "wilderness":( however, i was so excited to be able to have SOME time to participate in it again (since i've been CRAZY BUSY these last few months w/custom work) that i didn't want to skip out on it this week. i figured the ROUGH pencil/pastel sketch here was better than nothing at all! although, i do have every intention of making a finished piece out of this...one day SOON i hope! enjoy:)))

"caring is contagious"~national kidney foundation piece

here it is!!! i am very pleased with the results...for once;)this piece will be matted and framed (by me, of course)and then to be auctioned off at the kidney foundation's annual fundraiser in february. i am soooo excited and honored to have been a participant in this! i will be selling a LIMITED # of REPRODUCTIONS of this painting in my etsy shop in a week or two . please feel free to comment on this piece and let me know what you think...i LOVE all kinds of comments! also, stay tuned for another listing this week for the illustration friday theme of "wilderness". i am happy to be able to participate in i.f. again:)

happy new year!!!

what a great way to start off a new year...a commissioned piece for the national kidney foundation of the delaware valley!!!
here is my pencil sketch for "caring is contagious". it will be a finished 8x10 painting to be matted and framed and auctioned off at their annual fundraiser in february. i am HONORED to do this and it's going to make some little child so much happier and the money goes to a good cause:) that's more than enough for me!!!
finished piece is being worked on as i am writing this! stay tuned...