

If you love to draw and you’re in Washington D.C. on the 17th of July, then join Elizabeth Graeber for Sketchcrawl D.C. – an all-day drawing marathon around the capital from 11am to 6pm! Bring your pen, paper and imagination!


If you love to draw and you’re in Washington D.C. on the 17th of July, then join Elizabeth Graeber for Sketchcrawl D.C. – an all-day drawing marathon around the capital from 11am to 6pm! Bring your pen, paper and imagination!
My in-laws are in town this week, so the past few days were packed with running errands and dashing about. So you’ll have to forgive me for not doing my regular book review today! But I do have something that I’d like you to check out: the lovely Meighan of My Love for You has organized a Gulf Restoration fundraiser where 87 artists has donated works for sale. One hundred percent of the sale of the items in the shop will go to the Gulf Restoration Network’s cause of clearing the Gulf’s current oily mess.
As the shop will only be up till 12pm PST, 5th July, there’s only a few remaining items left in there! To make your life easier, I’ve made a short list of my favorites that still remain:


What, Oil, Where? by Lisa Romero


Unlovable print by Esther Pearl Watson

The Three Moths by Annie Koelle
Have a great 4th of July weekend and I’ll see you all next week!

This week’s sponsor giveaway comes from Ali J, an artist based in Perth whose favorite subject matter is portraiture with a modern twist — have you checked out her lovely ladies yet? If you haven’t you should, and here’s a tip — look out for their fab hair!
Ali is also having a huge sale in her shop where everything is 50% off – she’s making room for more new art!
She’s giving away 1 limited edition print, 1 archival print, and
10 greeting cards from her collection to ONE lucky commenter. AND the lucky winner will be able to choose which images they want for each item! Just comment on this post by 7th July to be in the running!
UPDATE: Commenting has now closed, thanks so much for participating. The winner of this giveaway is Candace, as generated by random.org.
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