Book Giveaway Winner!

Book giveaway winner!

We have a winner!

MaryO, it's all yours, and congratulations!  Please write me at kate (at) cathyjohnson.info with your mailing address, and we'll get this off to you ASAP!

Thanks so much to all who entered--I'm astounded at the numbers here and on my Cathy Johnson Fine Art blog (I put everyone together in the same folder, to make it easier)...

Some of you mentioned you'd still like to have the book, even if you didn't win...it's available in my website catalog, and I'll be happy to sign it for you however you like!

Giveaway--free book!

After 17 years of great feedback and steady sales, Sketching and Drawing is going out of print--so I stocked up on author's copies for my website catalog!  Though it's not about journal-keeping per se, it covers a LOT of techniques...


So for a limited time, I'm offering a free copy, right here on the blog.  Just leave a comment and we'll add your name to the hat--shipping's free too, if you win.


We'll draw the winning name on Friday, June 14 2012--and good luck!

(And if you don't win, there's a special price on these on my website.)

**NOTE, congratulations to our winner!

Celtic Madonna...

"Celtic Madonna"
acrylic on canvas
8 x 10, unframed


The face has such a contemplative look, with an innocence shining through. She appears half hidden behind a screen of images taken from the Book of Kells.

I love faces and the range of expressions we show the world. This one is from my imagination, exploring acrylics as thin washes on canvas.

SOLD

Noodler's Flex Pens

I really enjoy my Noodler's Flex pens, and LOVE clear demonstrators, which are now more available...but I couldn't justify buying another pen unless I let some go.

So I've just put a couple of Lapis Infernos up on eBay--the ones I used to do the above sketches.

Take a peek--my ID is katestreasures, and the auction is here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350516416221.  There's even a Buy it Now option, still less than new (which is a bargain itself!)

A CD reminder!

We're no longer on Cafe Press, but we're producing our OWN CDs--much better quality control and personal service, now!

Please check out our catalog for books and CDs--there's still time before Christmas to order, with old favorites and best sellers being joined by some NEW offerings!  Check 'em out...

This has been one of my most popular new offerings...

We DO have an Etsy store now, too, offering original art, prints, and handmade jewelry...please drop by for a visit, or add me to your circle!  We're HERE.

New mini-class on watercolor pencils!

Hi all--I've finally got a new class to offer you!

After lots of roadblocks and technical problems, rain on the studio roof (too loud to record videos) and cloudy days (too dark!), not to mention that cold that just wouldn't go away, I've finally gotten a new class ready to go, at your request. 

You'll find lots of links, videos and extras...I hope you enjoy it!

Here's what you can expect:

LESSON 1

Making Your Mark - Exploring Watercolor Pencils

• Application
• Basic Techniques
• How Many Strokes, and How
• How Much Water?
• Layering
• Color!
• Exercises
• Bonus Pages
• Videos

LESSON 2

Making Your Mark - Getting Familiar With the Medium

• Watercolor Sticks and Crayons
• Opaque Colors
• Color Wheels
• Layering/Mixing
• What WC Pencils will and won't do.
• Resists
• Demos
• Exercises
• Bonus Page
• Videos

LESSON 3

Stepping Out!

• Putting Applications to Work
• Single Line/Single Color
• Values
• Solid Tones
• Exercises
• Bonus Page
• Videos

 

LESSON 4

Mixed Media and Putting It All to Work

• Finished Paintings
• Mixed Media
• Demos
• Exercises
• Take Five!
• Bonus Page
• Videos

 

QUIZ (just to firm up your thinking, there's no grade!)

EXTRAS:

Brushes and Watercolor Pencils

Testing Watercolor Pencils

All this for only $30, as are all my mini-classes!

You can find all the information and enrollment here:

http://www.cathyjohnson.info/online.html

(You may need to refresh or reload the page, I did!)

And of course, you can still find Quick Sketching 1 and 2 there, too.

Upcoming classes will be on ink and watercolor, keeping at artist's journal, nature sketching and more!  Watch for them...and welcome aboard!

Best--

Kate

CD GIveaway...and the WINNER IS...

...Capt. Elaine Magliacane!

Congratulations, Elaine, and thank you for entering.  I've emailed you privately for your mailing address, but if you see this first, write me at kate@cathyjohnson.info!

And thanks everyone else, for responding so generously!  I put all the entrants from both blogs together in one pot, shuffled them thoroughly, and let Joseph draw the winning name!

We finally solved the glitch problem (though I'm not promising I might STILL have missed a typo!), and we're rolling again.

If you want the CD, of course you can find it on my website catalog, and we'll be having another giveaway soon of the OTHER new CD, so watch for it!

Sorry for the delay while I deal with a dinosaur...

I know I said we'd pick the winner for the CD today, but although J. said I shouldn't even call it a prototype because there weren't any glitches, I found to my dismay (from some kind person who BOUGHT one!) that there were, indeed.  ACK.  We thought it was done, honest we did.


So.  The dinosaur is unfortunately my MovieMaker 2.6, which keeps hanging up and leaving things out.  I've been working for two days to try to solve the problem...but unfortunately they're DIFFERENT things, each time.

And each time I go to fix it I find another typo...so might was well clean those up while I'm at it....

I've even uploaded a new version of MovieMaker to let it repair itself.  That was yesterday...


I'm going to switch to a newer movie-editing software as soon as I get this one DONE (rats, thought I was!), but the project itself, pre-slideshow/movie IS finished--and there doesn't seem to be another software out there that can read it. (Believe me, I've tried!)


Soooo...sorry for the delay!  Technical difficulties...