The Very Last “Drawing Lab” Art Giveaway!

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!

• A total of 9 books were given away! Thank you to contributing artists Gustavo, Sarah, Jill, Liesel, Karine, Geninne, and Sherrie for hosting the giveaways!
• 13 pieces of art were given away! They were a puppy, a Picasso dog, a girl, an elephant, an orange cat, a monster, a yellow cat, Elephant Random Pick Drawing, a rabbit, a hampster, a charcoal bird, a red Picasso dog, and the Miro piece, above. Yay! (If you were a winner of one of these, please e-mail me your address….)
• There were 3 special drawing assignments…
• … and many, many hits to my blog. (New people… I hope you’ll come back often!)

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!!!!!

Red Dog Winner…

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

Red Picasso Dog Giveaway

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!

Charcoal Bird Winner!

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!!

Three Birds and a Doggie

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?)

Charcoal Bird Giveaway!

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!!

Hampster Winner!

Commenter #9, Sarah from the UK!!!

Hampster Giveaway

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!

Elephant & Rabbit Winners!

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!

Rabbit Art Giveaway

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!