Painting a Dog a Day

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huskyshaggyold dogcommissiairedalesaratogahealcavalier king charles spanielkewpie dollcross tiesstageavailablesock monkeyjockeycherishfelinecommisionumbersnotecardschowraffledaily paintersstill lifetri coloredliquid eyesvalentineswimmersdraftpower pawsdaschundquarter horsedobiesheep pet portraitpineappleaustralian cattle doggreat danedark eyelineracrylic paintblue dresscayennepeachgreat pyreneesfurlong hairblack horsevotedonkeycolorsodilon redonchristmas treehoundbrittanylandscapesnowwhiskersrace horsesea greenpowderpuff crestedprofilePainting a Dog a Dayhttp://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)Blogger1489125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-3588362648382107973Fri, 24 May 2013 11:40:00 +00002013-05-24T07:40:55.149-04:00grasstri colorearsoriginal artcavalier king charles spaniellimecommissioncanine paintingpet portraitanimal artrunningappleTaking Flight<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="502" src="http://img2.ymlp210.net/annadomenicevan_takingflight009c4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://ymlp210.net/ywVgTO" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp210.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">"Taking Flight," 8" x 10", portrait of a tri-colored Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, done in acrylics on museum quality panel, $469. <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Email me for purchase details</a>.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Remember "<a href="http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/02/pile.html" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Pile</a>," the painting I was commissioned to do that was then donated to a Cavalier King Charles fundraiser? (It raised them a very nice chunk of change, by the way!) Well, my client sent me many wonderful inspiration photos and I'm slowly working through my favorites. This breed is truly a joy to paint.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> In process pics of this guy are <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151460167782963.1073741843.96717642962&type=1" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">on Facebook</a>.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> And after starting this one, I realized he looks a lot like<a href="http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/search?q=hallie" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">another piece</a> I did nearly 5 years ago to this date starring my friend <a href="http://www.deedeemurry.com/" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Dee Dee Murray</a>'s dog Hallie. How weird is that?</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> (As an aside, <a href="http://www.hallieart.com/" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Hallie is now an artist in her own right</a>)</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Enjoy your evening,</span></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> <div style="text-align: left;">  </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/GjS_qZTviBg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/GjS_qZTviBg/taking-flight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/taking-flight.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-3231337411283640208Thu, 23 May 2013 01:50:00 +00002013-05-22T21:50:05.156-04:00painting a dog a daydaily dog paintingsdog paintingpet portraitanimal artyellow labyellowGrace<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="288" src="http://img2.ymlp259.net/annadomenicevan_grace008c4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://ymlp259.net/ywVgTO" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp259.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">"Grace," 5" x 7", commissioned portrait of a yellow lab, done in acrylics on museum quality panel, private collection (THANK YOU!).</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> I tell my students all the time to listen to the painting. Today I had to do just that - Grace really wanted to be front and center, and the portrait ended up being cropped far more tightly than I had planned. I could have fought it, but I decided instead to see where it took me and what I learned along the way.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> I love the intimacy of this piece, though. It is perfectly sized for such a snug composition, and Grace looks completely at home.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Enjoy your evening,</span></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> <div style="text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #acacac; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #acacac; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;">  </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <img height="99" src="http://img2.ymlp259.net/annadomenicevan_snaps0072in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="200" /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: navy;">Don't forget that through 9pm EST tomorrow evening "Snaps I" and "Snaps II," both original paintings, are being <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151457427507963.1073741841.96717642962&type=1" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Facebook auctioned</a>. </span></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: navy;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: navy;">The rules are <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151457427507963.1073741841.96717642962&type=1" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">over here on my Facebook page</a>.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: navy;">Thanks so much for bidding!!</span></div> <div> <span style="color: navy;"><br /></span></div> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/nSL7ErzvEPk" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/nSL7ErzvEPk/grace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/grace.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-7176716217516752142Tue, 21 May 2013 22:06:00 +00002013-05-21T18:06:19.376-04:00dog treatspainting a dog a daykimberly kelly santinipet portraitanimal artalpo snapsSnaps I and Snaps II, An Online Auction<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;">  </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <img height="197" src="http://img2.ymlp313.net/annadomenicevan_snaps0074in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://ymlp313.net/ywVgTO" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp313.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">"Snaps I" and "Snaps II," each 5" x 5", depicting a small stack of Alpha Snaps dog treats, done in acrylics on museum quality panel, for sale <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151457427507963.1073741841.96717642962&type=1" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">via Facebook auction</a>. </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> All the rules are spelled out clearly <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151457427507963.1073741841.96717642962&type=1" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">on my Facebook page</a> - and just FYI, bids are only accepted via Facebook comments. I regret that it's not possible for me to manage bids via email and FB both.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Also, for the record, daVinci (the kitten) likes dog treats more than Finnigan (the dog). I had to shoo Vinnie off my little stacks of cookies multiple times while I was painting.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Thanks so much for following along with my artwork!</div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> <div style="text-align: left;">  </div> <div> <br /></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/SWpKWYH2CpU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/SWpKWYH2CpU/snaps-i-and-snaps-ii-online-auction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)1http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/snaps-i-and-snaps-ii-online-auction.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-7613460236014775525Tue, 21 May 2013 01:11:00 +00002013-05-20T21:11:52.184-04:00terriercanineoriginal artpainting a dog a dayjack russellwhite dogdog paintingpet portraitparsonsanimal artEmma<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="287" src="http://img2.ymlp270.net/annadomenicevan_emma2005c4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://ymlp270.net/ywVgTO" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp270.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">"Emma," 5" x 7", commissioned portrait of the cutest terrier ever, acrylics on museum quality panel, private collection (THANK YOU!!!).</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">I can absolutely paint your dog (or cat or horse or bunny or guinea pig) - inquiries may come <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">to me</a>!</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Commissioned portraits start at $209, and are one of the best ways ever to commemorate your relationship with a beloved pet. Gift certificates available, too, so that the recipient can be involved in the process of choosing reference materials and building the composition.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">(Ahem, Father's Day is coming up, hint hint)</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Thanks so much for following along with my artwork!</div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>PS</i></span></b> Those of you who have painted with me in the past - do you see how Emma is "White-ish"? there isn't a speck of pure white pigment on her - everything is relative!!</div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/i-kNu5Sz2-Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/i-kNu5Sz2-Q/emma.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/emma.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-3428366961942883369Fri, 17 May 2013 20:50:00 +00002013-05-17T16:50:56.003-04:00painting a dog a daylavendarcommissiongolden retrieverpinkpet portraitanimal artParson, A Painted Sketch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="579" src="http://img2.ymlp211.net/annadomenicevan_parson001c4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://ymlp211.net/ywVgTO" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp211.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">"Parson," painted sketch roughly 5" x 8" centered on a 9" x 12" paper, posthumous commissioned portrait of a most gentlemanly Golden Retriever, done in acrylics, private collection (THANK YOU!).</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> How better to sum up the week than with this face? eh?</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Unless you want to see a new doll painting...... I'm starting another ArtPrize piece this afternoon, and will <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151441430587963.1073741837.96717642962&type=3" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">post images</a>of her throughout the day.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Enjoy your weekend - hope it's not haunted by wicked dolls and things that go bump in the night -</div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/6dSBhnTJ240" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/6dSBhnTJ240/parson-painted-sketch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/parson-painted-sketch.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-9202896879291858070Thu, 16 May 2013 21:06:00 +00002013-05-16T17:06:58.333-04:00caninegerman shorthaired pointerpainting a dog a daysidewalklivercommissionpumpkinanimal artconcretepet portraitpointerpuppyroandog portraitkimberly kelly santinipurpleorangePrecocious<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="551" src="http://img2.ymlp308.net/annadomenicevan_precociousc4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://ymlp308.net/ywVgTO" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp308.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">"Precocious," 9" x 12", portrait of a stinking cute German Shorthaired Pointer puppy, acrylics on museum quality panel, available to the first asking nicely for $549.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ask nicely by <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">emailing me</a>!</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> In process pics are <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151449253142963.1073741839.96717642962&type=1" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">here</a>.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> And if this little guy doesn't find a home soon, I'll send him off to a local exhibition. Because while I love shipping and sharing my art around the country, I also think it's important to support art groups close to my own stomping grounds.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> And now I'm off to teach tonite's grownUPs Journaling class, where will will be using lyrics as a starting point to create collages. $20 says I come home with glue in my hair.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Thanks so much for following along with my artwork!</div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/px6uYcBtZRg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/px6uYcBtZRg/precocious.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)2http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/precocious.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-8677505053466702645Thu, 16 May 2013 02:43:00 +00002013-05-15T22:43:03.889-04:00painting a dog a dayshaggypastelkimberly kelly santinipumpkinpet portraitorange and whiteanimal artmixed breedBeamer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="404" src="http://img2.ymlp298.net/annadomenicevan_beamer998c4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">"Beamer," 6" x 6", commissioned portrait of a ridiculously cute mixed breed stinker, acrylics on museum quality panel, private collection (THANK YOU!!).</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Want a pet portrait of your own? What are you waiting for? <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">email me</a>!</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> In process pics of Beamer's portrait are on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151448843782963.1073741838.96717642962&type=1" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">the studio Facebook page</a> - and thanks to my new iPhone, I can create separate photo albums for the paintings, making it easier for you (moving forward) to locate the in process pics of a specific piece!! Yeah for iPhones!!</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Thanks so much for following along with my artwork!</div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #acacac;"></span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;">  </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>Last Chance to Order!!</b></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;">  </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="194" src="http://img2.ymlp298.net/annadomenicevan_RenegadePoster4c2pt5in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="250" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">  </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: navy;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: navy;">This poster was created specifically to benefit the dancers at <a href="http://broadwaydanceco.com/" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Broadway Dance Studio</a> (where The Princess studies), and it features a beautiful full color reproduction of my painting "<a href="http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/01/dress-rehearsal.html" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Dress Rehearsal</a>." Proceeds from poster sales are earmarked for the team's trip to a Nationals Convention and Competition next year.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: navy;">Order your copy by 5pm EST tomorrow and support the dreams of a young dancer!</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: navy;">Posters are 20" x 26" and will be shipped in a tube. They are $25 each, with S&H $15/order.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: navy;"><a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Orders can come to moi!</a></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: navy;">Thanks so much for helping these young dancers and supporting the arts in ALL it's forms!!</span></div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/WeMaSkZHYIg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/WeMaSkZHYIg/beamer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/beamer.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-6259736014791078531Wed, 15 May 2013 02:09:00 +00002013-05-14T22:09:00.862-04:00terrierwestiemintwhite dogpasteldog paintingcommissionwest highlandpet portraitanimal artSteffi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="287" src="http://img2.ymlp279.net/annadomenicevan_steffi997c4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">"Steffi," 5" x 7", commissioned portrait of a much loved and dearly missed Westie, acrylics on museum quality panel, private collection (THANK YOU!!). Inquiries may always come  <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">to me</a>.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://ymlp279.net/yMAxoE" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp279.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Who would have thought the ratty doll I picked up at a flea market would elicit such great conversation?!</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Does art HAVE to be comfortable or easy to look at?</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Why are dolls creepy for so many and yet for others the keystone to a sentimental memory?</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> How does scale impact our comfort zone with respect to certain objects?</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> And most importantly, is she an evil talisman or just a sweet little thing?</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151447452302963&set=a.10151441430587963.1073741837.96717642962&type=3&theater" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Please chime in!</a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> And she needs a title, too. I'm drawing a complete and total blank. She must be sucking my brains out in my sleep......</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Thanks so much for following along with my artwork!</div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #acacac; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #acacac; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="194" src="http://img2.ymlp279.net/annadomenicevan_RenegadePoster4c2pt5in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="250" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">  </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: navy;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: navy;">This poster was created specifically to benefit the dancers at <a href="http://broadwaydanceco.com/" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Broadway Dance Studio</a> (where The Princess studies), and it features a beautiful full color reproduction of my painting "<a href="http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/01/dress-rehearsal.html" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Dress Rehearsal</a>." Proceeds from poster sales are earmarked for the team's trip to a Nationals Convention and Competition next year.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: navy;">Order your copy by 5pm EST tomorrow and support the dreams of a young dancer!</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: navy;">Posters are 20" x 26" and will be shipped in a tube. They are $25 each, with S&H $15/order.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: navy;"><a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Orders can come to moi!</a></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: navy;">Thanks so much for helping these young dancers and supporting the arts in ALL it's forms!!</span></div> <div> <span style="color: navy;"><br /></span></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/yCeXBLSOzDI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/yCeXBLSOzDI/steffi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/steffi.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-4209222790432486269Tue, 14 May 2013 02:13:00 +00002013-05-13T22:13:26.758-04:00ratty hairoriginal artdread locksblue dressbaby dollpaintingvintage toyportraitArtPrize 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="433" src="http://img2.ymlp320.net/annadomenicevan_phyllisc4in100instudio.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Painting in process in my studio, complete with still life setup of vintage Playmate doll, acrylics on cradeled panel, 16" square. Inquiries may come <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">to me</a> (including special requests to paint your treasured childhood toy).</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://ymlp320.net/y2suFz" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp320.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Last year my good friend <a href="http://elizabethsthilairenelson.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Elizabeth St Hilaire Nelson</a> and I participated in <a href="http://www.artprize.org/" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">ArtPrize</a>, what I think is the largest art festival in the world. It's an annual event, happening in Grand Rapids, Michigan, about 2 hours west of my home. As I recall, 2012 involved over 1700 works of art displayed throughout the Grand Rapids area. It's a big deal.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> It was great fun preparing my ArtPrize paintings last year - I put a call out for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150665537477963.396409.96717642962&type=3" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">muses</a> in April 2012 and painted right up until days before <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151073143437963.435518.96717642962&type=3" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">the installation</a>.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Our work was very well received, we enjoyed our time in Grand Rapids and couldn't wait to began planning for this year. </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Elizabeth's way ahead of me - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.612678382090655.1073741841.136467439711754&type=3" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">her 2013 piece</a>, an astounding mural depicting a mermaid and goldfish, is nearing completion, whereas I just got started this weekend. I've been busy percolating, though!</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> I decided to step away from animals just a bit, try out new subject matter and take advantage of a scale that screamed F.U.N.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> So they are not Dog a Days, and I do beg your forgiveness, but here is the first of my new series "Family Portraits," starring the faces of some very well loved dolls. I'm planning at least a dozen of these paintings, and they will be displayed in a row, just like traditional family portraits on a mantel.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Regular updates on "Family Portraits" and my journey to ArtPrize 2013 will be posted to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151441430587963.1073741837.96717642962&type=3" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">a folder on the studio Facebook page</a>. Along with a final version of this portrait (whe will need a name eventually - I'm thinking "Phyllis" after Phyllis Diller). You are welcome to check in, make comments or ask questions.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> And thanks so much for following along with my artwork!</div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/uLSnQnPWV4A" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/uLSnQnPWV4A/artprize-2013.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/artprize-2013.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-2946091559631377432Fri, 10 May 2013 22:20:00 +00002013-05-10T18:20:54.993-04:00tricolordogcaninepantoriginal artpainting a dog a daycommissionpaintingsheltieportraitsmileruffKeelie, A Painted Sketch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="413" src="http://img2.ymlp342.net/annadomenicevan_keelie995c4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Keelie, commissioned portrait of a Sheltie, done in acrylics on paper, image roughly 5" x 5" centered on a 9" x 12" paper. Private collection (THANK YOU!)</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://t.ymlp342.net/wbeanayuseaiaubbadausue/click.php" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp342.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Below you can see Keelie and her brother Keenan, the Shelti duo captured in paint.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Thanks so much for following along with my artwork!</div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> <div style="text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="206" src="http://img2.ymlp342.net/annadomenicevan_keeliekeenan.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/u6reZps3yx0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/u6reZps3yx0/keelie-painted-sketch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/keelie-painted-sketch.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-463741060078249040Fri, 10 May 2013 01:41:00 +00002013-05-09T21:41:57.947-04:00tri colorpet portraitspantoriginal artsunshinedog paintingcommissionanimal artsheltiesmileKeenan, A Painted Sketch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="413" src="http://img2.ymlp241.net/annadomenicevan_keenan994c4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Keenan, commissioned portrait of a Sheltie, done in acrylics on paper, image roughly 5" x 5" centered on a 9" x 12" paper. Private collection (THANK YOU!)</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://ymlp241.net/y2suFz" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp241.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Keenan is one half of a pair of shelties I sketched today - his older sister Keelie will be shared with you tomorrow.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Thanks so much for following along with my artwork!</div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/8kQpW108a78" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/8kQpW108a78/keenan-painted-sketch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/keenan-painted-sketch.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-6454088126246830893Thu, 09 May 2013 02:13:00 +00002013-05-08T22:13:59.239-04:00tricolorfrecklescaninemerleaustralian shepherdpainting a dog a daypainted sketchdog paintingaussiepet portraitanimal artUrsula, A Painted Sketch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="413" src="http://img2.ymlp246.net/annadomenicevan_ursula993c4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ursula, commissioned portrait of an Australian Shepherd, done in acrylisc on paper, image roughly 4" x 5" centered on a 9" x 12" paper. Private collection (THANK YOU!)</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://ymlp246.net/ytjMrQ" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp246.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> I planned on working on sketches all day, but got sidetracked by following an idea into my own sketchbook. Like Alice, I fell down the rabbit hole for a little.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> It was a marvelous adventure!</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Oh, and thanks, too, for helping me title <a href="http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/title-this-one-now.html" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">yesterday's painting</a>! "Curtain Call" it is!!</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Now I'm off to a Lacrosse game - let's hope The Caped Crusader brings home a win for his Dad's birthday!</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Thanks so much for supporting my artwork!</div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/OiOBMqs-0mw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/OiOBMqs-0mw/ursula-painted-sketch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/ursula-painted-sketch.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-3679904752923971917Tue, 07 May 2013 22:34:00 +00002013-05-08T14:51:05.559-04:00shadowcommissionfelinesky blueanimal artpet portraittuxedohidea nd seekcatcurtainlavendarhard wood floorabyssinianCurtain Call<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="398" src="http://img2.ymlp321.net/annadomenicevan_untitledkittyc4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Curtain Call, 12" x 1", portrait of a pair of kitties, done in acrylics on a museum quality panel. Warm, warm thanks to Dog a Day fan EW for her laughable series of photos that inspired this painting. $599 to the first <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">asking nicely</a>.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /> NOTE: Thanks to all who submitted title suggestions for this painting! I think you done good!!<br /> <br /> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://ymlp321.net/ytjMrQ" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp321.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Wow, but did I have a blast reading all your title suggestions for <a href="http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/name-this-painting.html" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">yesterday's painting</a>!! Between FB comments and direct emails, I had well over 200 entries! It was tough picking a winner - congratulations go to Laura Williams for her suggestion "Fiddlesticks."</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> So let's do this again, shall we? <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151437388582963&set=a.341824457962.155006.96717642962&type=1&theater" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">suggestions for today's painting can come to Facebook</a>. If the volume is at all like yesterday's, I can't possibly respond to them all, but know that I'm reading them with a smile on my face and a box of Girl Scout cookies at hand. </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> And while you are there, you can see the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.341824457962.155006.96717642962&type=3" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">in-process pics</a> of this painting, too! It wasn't an easy one - I had to remind myself of a very important lesson. Multiple times.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Thanks so much for supporting my artwork!</div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/ymmr0WzSQ9M" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/ymmr0WzSQ9M/title-this-one-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/title-this-one-now.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-1112279838554801878Mon, 06 May 2013 22:14:00 +00002013-05-07T17:06:52.391-04:00puppypainting a dog a dayfetchcavalier king charles spanieldog paintingstickpet portraitperiwinkleorange and whitefeathersFiddlesticks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="317" src="http://img2.ymlp320.net/annadomenicevan_untitled992c4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">"Fiddlesticks," 8" x 10", portrait of a sassy Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, done in acrylics on a museum quality panel. $469 to the first <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">asking nicely</a>.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://ymlp320.net/ya5vlJ" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp320.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Do you remember "<a href="http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/search?q=pile" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Pile</a>," the commissioned portrait that was ultimately donated to a breed specific fundraiser - this painting was inspired by a photo that was included in all the reference materials for the Pile project.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> I asked Facebook fans to name the piece -<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151435972372963&set=a.341824457962.155006.96717642962&type=1&theater" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">suggestions came via Facebook</a>, and got a hefty number of suggestions. It was tough choosing just one - I could have added several sub-titles!!</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> And while you are there, you can see the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.341824457962.155006.96717642962&type=3" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">in-process pics</a> of this painting, too!</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Thanks so much for supporting my artwork!</div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/jqnW5vu3TlM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/jqnW5vu3TlM/name-this-painting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/name-this-painting.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-4331268061660647868Mon, 06 May 2013 12:23:00 +00002013-05-06T08:23:56.914-04:00grassequine paintingoriginal artblack horsecommissionblack and whitegypsy vannerpet portraitanimal artMay Desktop Calendar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div> <div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <div> <div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <div> <div>  </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="340" src="http://thumbnail.ymlp320.net/annadomenicevan_may20134inat100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div> <div> <div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Last week was a blur - not sure how it played out the way it did, but it's now history and I'm still here, which I suppose bodes well! I am learning to let the tides take me where they must without too much fretting.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Not too much, at least.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> So my apologies for the delay in getting this out - enjoy!</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> To implement this month's desktop calendar, simply download the file <a href="http://turtledovedesigns.com/TurtledoveDesigns/Calendar.html#0" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">directly from my website</a>. I've set up a couple different ways to do this, either via the photo album or a direct link.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> I am by no means an expert on the variety of operating systems, so I highly recommend that if you don't know how to change your desktop wallpaper, don't email me for advice. Instead consult your computer's help files - they will be more concise, more knowledgeable and more responsive than I could ever hope to be. </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> I've sized this to fit a standard screen height of 768 - I realize there are lots of variables that could impact how the file displays on your screen. Let me know if, once you get the file installed, there are display quality issues (keep in mind, too, that options such as "stretching to fit," "tiling" and "cropping" will impact your display, so check those first!).</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Thanks so much for following along!</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Kim</div> </div> </div> <div> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> <div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/nltuC2SQjPk" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/nltuC2SQjPk/may-desktop-calendar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/may-desktop-calendar.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-4853039171988219869Sat, 04 May 2013 02:53:00 +00002013-05-03T22:53:54.224-04:00horsepainting a dog a dayequinederby weekponymy pretty ponyvintage toypet portraitanimal artMy Pretty Pony I<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="399" src="http://img2.ymlp213.net/annadomenicevan_myprettyponyc4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">"My Pretty Pony I," 10" x 10", the last installment in this year's Derby Week horse inspired paintings, done in acrylics on a museum quality panel. $349 to the first<a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">asking nicely</a>.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> The Princess was delighted that I had pulled out her ponies - she's not played with these for years, and spent some time brushing their hair and readying the others for a turn on the easel.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> A few in process pics are on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KimberlyKellySantini?ref=br_rs" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">the studio Facebook page</a> - this is a crummy, dark and flat photo, and I'll have to replace it with a scanned image - the painting has a lot more color and life to it than this properly shows.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> And if you know this particular pony's name, please let me know so that I can retitle the painting.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Here's to a safe trip tomorrow for all the horses on the card at Churchill Downs,</div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/xESmMFobgdQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/xESmMFobgdQ/my-pretty-pony-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/my-pretty-pony-i.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-9222326250872256135Fri, 03 May 2013 01:56:00 +00002013-05-02T21:56:15.797-04:00thoroughbredoriginal artpainting a dog a dayequinederby weekpaintingrace trackrace horsesaratogapet portraitAnyone's Race<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="235" src="http://img2.ymlp338.net/annadomenicevan_anyonesrace989c4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">"Anyone's Race (was yesterday's Bunched Up)," 7" x 12", a painting in process of a field of Thoroughbreds (12 of them!), done in acrylics on a museum quality panel. $549 to the first <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">asking nicely</a>.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Inspired by a series of photos I shot on the backside at Saratoga last summer - standing nearly opposite the starting gate at the outer rail. These horses are on their second leap - it could be anyone's race.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> LOTS of in process pics are on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KimberlyKellySantini?ref=br_rs" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">the studio Facebook page</a>.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Many thanks, too, to everyone who bid on the horse paintings I auctioned off in the first part of the week.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Thanks for following along,</div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> PS If you didn't hear - I got an iPhone!! finally!!</div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/V_c1vpmhAto" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/V_c1vpmhAto/anyones-race.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/05/anyones-race.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-8122350706511645666Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:39:00 +00002013-04-30T16:39:18.395-04:00horsedraftequineskycommissiongrayanimal artpet portraitoriginal artwhitegypsy vannerpurpleblazeSkye<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="540" src="http://img2.ymlp301.net/annadomenicevan_skye988c4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">"Skye," 6" x 8", portrait of a Gypsy Vanner (one of my favorite breeds), done in acrylics on a museum quality panel, $329. Inquiries may come via <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">email to me</a>. And thank you!</span></div> <div align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  <a href="http://ymlp301.net/y7qPEF" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp301.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Don't forget about my horse-themed auction - 8 original paintings will all have new homes come 9pm EST Wednesday, May 1st. Will one of them head to your place?</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151424861287963.1073741835.96717642962&type=1" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Bid here</a>. And thank you yet again!</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Thanks for following along,</div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/L6QgYf8XDuw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/L6QgYf8XDuw/skye.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)2http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/04/skye.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-530277273202624024Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:26:00 +00002013-04-29T16:26:33.529-04:00original artequinederby weekauctionpaintinganimalpet portraitDerby Week - Horse Paintings at Auction!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div> <div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <div> <div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="297" src="http://thumbnail.ymlp301.net/annadomenicevan_watcheyec4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div> "Watch Eye," 6" x 8", from 2007, one of eight equine paintings I am auctioning off in the next couple days. Details on the auction are below and on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151424861287963.1073741835.96717642962&type=3" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">the studio's Facebook page.</a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div>  </div> <div> In honor of Kentucky Derby Week, I've chosen a handful of older favorites starring horses for my next online auction hosted on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151424861287963.1073741835.96717642962&type=3" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">the studio Facebook page</a>.</div> <div>  </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> These are paintings I love, pieces that were exbibited/on tour up until a few years ago, when they were put in storage for one reason or another. Or maybe they were in a gallery that has since closed it's doors and returned inventory to me. Or maybe, like Watch Eye above, they were personal favorites that we have been enjoying in our home, but need to let go in order to make room for new acquisitions.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div>  </div> <div> These are daily paintings, acrylics done on canvasboard panels, from 2007 - 2010. Because they are older pieces and have been around the block a few times, my current galleries are not interested in hanging them.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div>  </div> <div> But they deserve homes!! </div> <div> <br /></div> <div>  </div> <div> So I'm auctioning them off <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151424861287963.1073741835.96717642962&type=3" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">on the studio Facebook's page</a>. Place your bid by commenting on the photo of the painting you want to adopt. Bidding will continue until 9pm EST Wednesday evening (that's May 1st).</div> <div> <br /></div> <div>  </div> <div> Please note that the winning bidder is responsible for all applicable taxes, shipping and handling fees. I estimate domestic shipping costs of one painting to be $15 and I am happy to combine shipments on multiple purchases.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div>  </div> <div> The entire album of available paintings <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151424861287963.1073741835.96717642962&type=3" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">is here</a>. </div> <div> <br /></div> <div>  </div> <div> This is a great way to get a pony without the vet bills or boarding fees!!</div> <div> <br /></div> <div>  </div> <div> Thanks for helping me find these gems a home!</div> <div> Kim</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/2lsNqSYJpFw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/2lsNqSYJpFw/derby-week-horse-paintings-at-auction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)2http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/04/derby-week-horse-paintings-at-auction.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-1822511331012118592Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:28:00 +00002013-04-26T15:28:01.064-04:00yorkiewispypainting a dog a daycayennefurdog paintinganimal artpet portraitsmilefringepuppyyorkshire terrieroriginalkimberly kelly santinifleshorangepeachOscar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="405" src="http://img2.ymlp305.net/annadomenicevan_oscar984c4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">"Oscar," 6" x 6", commissioned portrait of a little yorkie, done in acrylics on a museum quality panel, private collection (THANK YOU!). I always welcome inquiries on how you can commission a portrait of your own - <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">email me</a>.</span></div> <div align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  <a href="http://ymlp305.net/y7qPEF" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp305.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Oscar came to the rescue with a fierce infection in his mouth, and ended up losing a good chunk of his jaw.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> But he did win the hearts of his eventual forever family in the process.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Thanks so much for following along with my artwork! Don't forget, next week is Derby Week, so grab your fancy hat and get ready for equine paintings!</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Enjoy the weekend,</div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(78, 118, 137); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/IH6ZqCC1JK0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/IH6ZqCC1JK0/oscar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/04/oscar.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-5361145542177655795Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +00002013-04-25T17:34:28.390-04:00puppyblack labcaninepainting a dog a daydog artcommissionkimberly kelly santinipet portraitanimal artmidnight blueVinny, A Painted Sketch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"></table> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"></table> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="396" src="http://img2.ymlp320.net/annadomenicevan_vinny982c4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" />       </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #acacac; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">                                                         <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="93" src="http://img2.ymlp320.net/annadomenicevan_buymeat1in.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="96" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">"Vinny," approximately 4-1/2" square roughly centered on a 9" x 12" paper, portrait sketch of a black lab mix puppy, done in acrylics. This one may be available, and if so, is only $100 to the first asking nicely. <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Email me</a> and practice your manners!! (Try out that new nifty BUY ME button!!)</span></div> <div align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  <a href="http://ymlp320.net/y7qPEF" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp320.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Let's see, today's weather has included gloomy skies, sleet, hail, rain and now sunshine. I'm really pulling for the sunshine to stick around a bit. Like 6 months or so. </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #5e5a42;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #5e5a42;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> PS Spoke too soon - in the time it took for me to edit and proofread this, sunshine is gone and it's omniously dark. Again.</div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/JnYl2dRMn-A" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/JnYl2dRMn-A/vinny-painted-sketch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/04/vinny-painted-sketch.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-2840996535442779389Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:44:00 +00002013-04-24T21:44:50.140-04:00dappleswelsh ponyequinecommissiongraypet portraitanimal artStardust, A Painted Sketch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <blockquote style="font-family: Helvetica;" type="cite"> <div bgcolor="#EBEBEB" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="center" style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-top: 10px; width: 600px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top" width="70%"><table cellpadding="15" cellspacing="0" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; height: 1160px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 15px;" valign="top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="426" src="http://thumbnail.ymlp231.net/annadomenicevan_stardust982c4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  </div> <div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">"Stardust," approximately 4-1/2" square roughly centered on a 9" x 12" paper, commissioned portrait of a Welsh pony, doe in acrylics, private collection (THANK YOU!).</span></div> <div align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  <a href="http://ymlp231.net/y7qPEF" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp231.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #5e5a42;">Figuratively back in the saddle today, although my feet would likely be dragging, as I worked on a commissioned sketch of a tiny little pony.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #5e5a42;">I am unpacked, laundry is nearly done, and I'm almost through the emails that piled up whilst I was teaching.</span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> Which means I can paint undisturbed for days on end now, right? It's just as well...... it's snowing again.</div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </blockquote> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/A032UxetK_o" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/A032UxetK_o/stardust-painted-sketch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)3http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/04/stardust-painted-sketch.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-3130068221927376390Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:32:00 +00002013-04-23T23:32:53.624-04:00painting workshopcolorskimberly kelly santinibrushworkWORKSHOP: Recap<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="239" src="http://img2.ymlp231.net/annadomenicevan_LAAGClasspicIMAG3647cropped4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  </div> <div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">My Color Partners in Crime, attendees from the LAAG's Getting Fresh workshop in Baton Rouge this last week</span></div> <div align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  <a href="http://ymlp231.net/y7qPEF" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp231.net/share_big.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="146" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #5e5a42;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #5e5a42;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Pics from all 4 days of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151415720302963.1073741833.96717642962&type=3" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">the Louisiana Art and Artists Guild (LAAG) workshop</a> are on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151415720302963.1073741833.96717642962&type=3" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">the studio's Facebook page</a> – I pushed these ladies hard, and look at how forced (!!!) their smiles are.</span></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #5e5a42;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">For many, this was their first attempt at acrylics, too, in addition to having all sorts of new concepts thrown their way. They deserve medals of honor for putting up with me. (I did hear something about wringing my neck at one point....)</span></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #5e5a42;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">And despite how mean and rotten a teacher I was, whipping them into a harmonic color mixing frenzy, they sent me home with the dearest gift.</span></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #5e5a42;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A treasured cookbook of southern favorites.</span></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #5e5a42;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Filled with signatures and inscriptions recounting all the fun we had.</span></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #5e5a42;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I am so lucky to count them among my friends!</span></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">  </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">I miss y'all already - keep painting, ladies, and I hope to come back and visit again!!</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">  </div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">If anyone else is interested in info on hosting one of my workshops, <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">let me know</a>!! I'm currently lining up my 2014 schedule.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/Lh3dJTEocOQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/Lh3dJTEocOQ/workshop-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)5http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/04/workshop-recap.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-5052525299047210369Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:31:00 +00002013-04-20T09:31:06.128-04:00wrapperstill lifetootsie rollcommissionkimberly kelly santinipinkchocolatecandyWORKSHOP: Day Two<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="533" src="http://img2.ymlp215.net/annadomenicevan_pinktootsie4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> "Pink Tootsie," 6" square, just one of several demonstration paintings from today's workshop.</div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://ymlp215.net/yBvVSP" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp215.net/share_big.gif" width="146" /></a></div> <div>  </div> <div> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Oh my goodness, but these ladies are demanding!! Do you know that I spent ALL DAY on my feet, moving from easel to easel, talking about color and value? Then I was force fed Louisiana seafood.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> <div>  </div> <div> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Tomorrow's gonna be even harder. The topic? gestural brushwork. And southern Bar-B-Que for dinner.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> <div>  </div> <div> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Why do I sign up willingly for this kind of torture?!</span></div> <div> <br /></div> <div>  </div> <div> Thanks for following along!</div> <div> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/RrzePKQhJ4U" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/RrzePKQhJ4U/workshop-day-two_20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)2http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/04/workshop-day-two_20.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36560943.post-5254653468478236625Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:02:00 +00002013-04-18T22:02:41.678-04:00da Vincicatgray tabbyMona Lisacommissionpaintingfelinepet portraitanimal artkittyWorkshop: Day One<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img height="505" src="http://img2.ymlp261.net/annadomenicevan_moandvin4in100.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="400" /></div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://ymlp261.net/yBvVSP" style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><img height="24" src="http://ymlp261.net/share_big.gif" width="146" /></a></div> <div>  </div> <div> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">So I made it to Louisiana yesterday, despite a little last minute conspiring that got me to the airport later than I preferred (nothing like a little excitement to keep the arteries clear!). Here I am, in the land of green, and I'm not concerned in the least about the humidity because I do not have to dress in layers.</span></div> <div>  </div> <div> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">I even had naked ankles today. Shocking, I know, but I wasn't chilled in the least!</span></div> <div>  </div> <div> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">It's the little things in life!</span></div> <div>  </div> <div> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">So today's workshop was a lot of me talking. I talked and talked and talked and talked some more.</span></div> <div>  </div> <div> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">We did a segment on marketing for creatives and building a business plan. We talked about smothering our inner critics and painting with joy and abandon. We discussed our artwork as a product and severing our emotional ties. I introduced the tools that I use - both physical as well as software based.</span></div> <div>  </div> <div> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">And then I got started on a demo painting. </span></div> <div>  </div> <div> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">And ran out of time! Drat!!</span></div> <div>  </div> <div> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">I was game to stay and paint into the wee hours (I had a captive audience!), but I didn't want to grossly abuse my gracious students' attention span. Besides, I have them for three more days. </span></div> <div>  </div> <div> Thanks for following along!</div> <div> <span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5a43; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Kim</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="mailto:ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com">ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </span></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~4/0ZIxZEfNRoI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PaintingADogADay/~3/0ZIxZEfNRoI/workshop-day-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kimberly Santini)0http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.com/2013/04/workshop-day-one.html