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Happy Friday, everyone!

For the last “book-launch celebration” giveaway, I’m offering up this Miro-inspired piece to you. Ink and colored pencil on drawing paper, about 9″x 12″. It’s from Lab  20: Miro Abstract.

You have until midnight, July 31st to leave your comment.

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I’ve so enjoyed spending this launch month with you. Thank you. Here are some stats!

So… I’ll announce the winner of the Miro piece on Sunday, August 1st. You have until midnight of July 31st to comment!!!!

THANK YOU AGAIN, EVERYONE!!!!!

Winner of the Red Picasso Dog is #23, Ellen Goodloe!

Here’s your chance to win this little dog (Lab 14: Picasso Dogs)! Leave your comment here and I’ll pick the winner Friday, July 30 at noon Pacific Time!

The winner of the charcoal bird is… #26, Kim S.! Please email me your address at carla@carlasonheim.com.

And thank you, everyone, for all of your nice comments!!

It’s “show-and-tell” time again! (Even though my to-do list is long, and I really shouldn’t, I can’t resist showing you these recent characters from my sketchbook.)

They are made with PanPastel Artist Pastels, ballpoint pen, and eraser (the eraser is very important!).

All three birds started from random applications of the pastels, and then I would smoosh the pigment around with the eraser until something presented itself.

But the dog — heh heh — started as a quick sketch of a blob of tar on the sidewalk while walking with my family… I think I even missed a green light because of it! (But it was worth it, don’t you think?)

Today I’m giving away the lead image from Lab 44: Birds, Birds, Birds! It’s charcoal on card stock, 8″x10″.

Please just leave your comment on this post for a chance to win! I will pick the winner Thursday, July 29th, noon Pacific Time. THANKS!!

Commenter #9, Sarah from the UK!!!

This is a simple one but one of my favorites! Pencil on older office paper… It appears in Lab 47: The Office.

Leave your comment on this post for a chance to win! I’ll pick the winner tomorrow, Wednesday, July 28th at noon Pacific time!

The winner of the elephant artwork is commenter #3, becky s.!

And the winner of the Rabbit is #30, Dana!

Please email me your snail addresses and I’ll get those sent out!

I promised an art giveaway each day this week… so here’s the first one! It’s a mixed media piece on watercolor paper, 5″x7″, and was part of Lab 37: Random Pick Drawings.

Leave your comment on this post for a chance to win. The winner will be picked Tuesday, July 27th at noon Pacific time!

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ABOUT CARLA

Carla Sonheim is author of the book "Drawing Lab for Mixed Media Artists: 52 Creative Exercises to Make Drawing Fun" and creator of "The Art of Silliness," a popular online drawing course. She lives in Seattle, where she shares space with her photographer husband, a game-playing teenager, and this blog.

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