Yummy Silliness.
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Thank you for all the comments the past two days! Here’s another chance:
Book Giveaway, Day #3!
Lately I’ve been doing a slew of radio interviews to help promote “The Art of Silliness.” They’ve been lots of fun, and it got me to thinking that it’s time to give away some copies of the book!
“The Art of Silliness” is a workbook-style book that you can draw right into…click here if you’d like to preview some inside pages.
I’m giving away five books this week! International entries welcome. Just leave a comment for a chance to win a copy (and come back each day this week for four more chances!). I’ll pick today’s random winner at noon PST Thursday (4/18).
And please, tell your friends!
To win a copy, leave a comment now!
(And thanks to Perigee Books for providing the giveaway copies!)
*****TODAY’s Random Winner*****
Emma said:
You are so silly-I want a book and some pineapple!
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am i the first?! whoohoo! third try to get a copy…
Here’s my comment – hope you pick me!
I need more silliness in my life! This book would be it. Please pick me! Thanks for the chance to increase my silliness.
Silly you, silly me, silly book, silly pick…
Roll the dice… 1, 2, 3
Will today’s winner be me?? ; ))
There’s always room for more silliness in my life!
ooh! pick me, pick me 🙂 i love your work and could really use some good smiles today.
Here is my comment for more silliness :))
I love this picture of dried pineapple!! If it was magnified and then blown up, I would hang as art!! 😉
please please please pick me 🙂
Ok, i try… I think is dificult, but… I love that book, and all of this blog. Thank you for the opportunity, i write from Spain. ^____^
Silly Sandy loves to sketch silly stuff! I’m on a mission to improve my creativity. Been following you for a few months. As soon as our AZ to CO move is complete I hope to take some classes. Love your whisminess.
So you don’t get sick:
Wipe pineapple with clorox;
Eat paper copy
I would love to win a copy of this wonderful book! I am interested in using it with my two young grandsons.
I’m stand on my head whilst typing is that silly enough to pick meeeee!
I’ve been eyeballing this book for a while…looks like lots of fun!
Loved your classes and still enjoy the books i have from you!
Just got your books, drawing lab and animals yesterday,love them. Would love to win this. Than you. Peggy
Our world is far too serious, thanks for bringing some silliness into it!
Carla – always love your silliness – I would love to have your new book!
just found out about your book giveaway! wishing me luck! 😉
What a fun idea – I just love your creativity! Thanks so much for sharing and also for the opportunity to win your wonderful book! 🙂
I love your work and I would be happy to win your book.
Jorin
Your art blog is the only one in response to which I have actually made art myself. Thank you! (Just think what I would do if I won your book!)
I would love to have a copy of your book! Your art is wonderful! 🙂
What a fun idea! Thank you for having the giveaway, I’d love it if I won a copy of the book!
I’d love to win a copy of this book so I can hone my silly skills!
I’m back! For a second chance to win. I would love a copy and thanks so much for your generosity! Have a great day. I am now signed up to received notifications from your blog. Yay!
Back again for another chance!
My second try to win the book
Silliness, silliness…Oh, how I need to learn the art of silliness! Thanks for the chance 🙂
I take my chance to win your book… even if i live in France !!! 🙂
Let it be me…winner winner chicken dinner.
Hope I win a copy of your new book:)
What a treat to have a fun book to re-learn silliness and be able to draw silly right in your very own book. I forgot what it was like to make my book my own. Thank you carla!!
I’ll take another chance at a book!
Help me to get silly, let me win!
Love you and the way you help all of us bring out our inner self 🙂
Beautiful flowers indeed! Yummy too, I bet. 🙂 Would love this book so good luck for me! 😀
I hope I win!!!!!!
Love your art! I would love to win this book! Thanks for the chance!
You are so silly-I want a book and some pineapple!
Я обожаю ваши удивительные рисунки! Они незабываемы, волшебны и очень оригинальны! У меня есть вышитая картинка по вашему рисунку: http://fullmoontheedgeofthesoul.blogspot.ru/2013/02/fairy-1.html
Спасибо за ваше творчество!
Марина NOSTROMO
I love your amazing pictures! They are unforgettable, magical and very original! I have an embroidered picture of your drawing: http://fullmoontheedgeofthesoul.blogspot.ru/2013/02/fairy-1.html
Thank you for your work!
I apologize for my English!
Marina NOSTROMO.
I love your art so much:) and I would love to win a book of silliness
I am an old silly one.
You made me draw again, have fun and play instead of wrestle with insecurities. Thanks from a Dutch fan!
Thank you for giving us an oppurtunity to win your book, Loving your posts each day!
I would love the book! The Drawing Lab book is wonderful!
The online class Art of Silliness was a great challenge for me, inspiring and a lot of fun. I got some of your other books and would love to own Art of Silliness too.
Greetings and best wishes from Switzerland
Waltraut
You are so inspiring ! Every time I read you blog or I receive your news letter I find a new color, a new design, a new emotion. I love your work and I love your books, it seems that for you everything is creation, everything is art. What a beautiful way to feel life ! Thank you for that.
I hope I am lucky enough to win a copy!!!
Thanks again for the giveaway, Carla! The dried pineapple scans are pretty neat; I should try scanning random sort of flattish objects too to use in my art.
Mmmm. Pineapple! I love that stuff – even the pineapple that houses Sponge Bob! Talk about Silly!
Ohhh I´d love to win.
Thanks for this opportunity. Life is always better when one uses their creative side!! Does anyone else besides me, dream consistently of creativity!!!
Count me in, I would love a copy of the book!!!
What a delightfully silly giveaway! Keeping fingers crossed! Thank you kindly.
What a wonderful concept from a wonderful teacher 🙂
Love your other books! Loved your class on faces! Would love to own this book! And I should win this book because I am a very silly artist!
Sillyness definitely goes with Catherine Constance’s “Fun and Nonsense”… 😀 x
I live in Boston & with what happened at the Marathon, trying to be silly might be helpful. It has been a gloomy week … even though the sun is out & spring weather is upon us.
I would love to win!!!! 🙂 I am looking forward to your ragamuffin animals class AND the journal and purse class! You are so creative!!!!
To win a copy
of The Art of Sillyness
would please a giraffe(e)
I love the simplicity of your drawings, they are wonderful additions in my journals
the animals are so expressive I especially love your rendering of the giraffes. I would
enjoy very much having one of your books , and practicing some silliness .
Thank You, for sharing so much with us…
Thank you so much for this giveaway! I love your work! I have your book, Imaginary Animals, and am having loads of fun with the exercises. Thank you for making art fun and silly!! :):)
those pineapples look very tasty; and that plea to tell my friends each day about your giveaway does make me smile – what, limit my chances of winning ;)!!!
How wonderful, a chance to be silly and create at the same time. I certainly could use some silly-time!! Fingers crossed & a silly smile for you 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity!
I love pineapples
and Haiku.
thank you
I love your work! I love your books! You’re such an inspiration, Carla!!!
I live at the bottom of the world and would love the book. Any chance of releasing it as a paid-for .pdf? Postage is prohibitive from USA these days…
Oooh… I could really use a generous dose of silliness right now… pretty-please-with-sugar-on-top and thank you!
silly, silliness, bring it on ! Ooooh, put my name in the hat please 😀
Just love, love your stye and where you get your inspiration from. Thank you for the chance…fingers crossed…
needing silliness here . . . 🙂
I’ love to win the book. Didn’t realise the offer had already run 2 days as I just got the email today.
I have the book on my birthday wish list.
Sandy in the UK
oh how fun! you are so generous carla! thanks for this chance to win one of your books!
Giveaways, yay!
Just started Drawing Imaginary Animals–what a fun book. Bet the new one is just as fun.
I could use some silly fun right now.
I love the dried pineapples, haven’t tried the bananas yet. I have food allergies, so it is nice to find things I can eat on the run.
Debbie
I’d love some silliness! My granddaughter could “help” me quite a lot with it!
That is one book I could use
Wow! So many of us here hoping to win your wonderful book.
Thank you for silliness. And I wou´ld love to get a copy
Another day, and another try, maybe this one will make me smile 😀 Thanks again!
Carla, you have gone haiku crazy. Guess I better start putting pen (pencil, marker, crayon) to paper!
Hi Carla,
Perfect place and person to share this sorta’ silly happening: My very funny and creative granddaughter and I spent an absolutely fun and beutiful afternoon at the park near athe lake. We had a picnic lunch complete with S’mores and grilled hot dogs. We tried to touch the sky while we were swinging, watched the “Eoly Poly” bugs scurrying about, honed our Frisbee skills and of course sketche a bit in the sand. On the way home we were talking and my sweet girl siad, “Gramma do you know what animal you remind me of?” “Hmmmm, a dog?” I ask. “No, a giraffe of course!” I had to laugh because when i questioned her thought process on this choice of annimal, she said I was “as fun as a pet giraffe!” No idea where that came from but I love it and I thought of your year long giraffe creative exploratory and HAD to share…..=} Smiles all around!
How very kind of you to do this give away! Thank you for the opportunity! Best of luck in the sales, it looks FABULOUS! Annette
I need some silliness right now.
Some silliness would be great right now – it’s been a hard couple of days.Thank you for this opportunity!
Oh Good! We all get another chance to win this funky book!
third time lucky…i hope! would love to win this book.
Looked at the preview of the book & it looks AwEsOmE !!! Would really love to win one!!! Thank you!
WOW WOW WOW Love your art and would love to win one of your books.
UMMMM YUM
and pretty too
yea, another chance to win your fun and silly book 😉
I’m only gonna enter a few more times…!
Carla! Thanks for promoting silliness in the world. I’m sure this book is as great as your others! Can’t wait to see it.
At first I thought those were flowers. I had to look twice when the haiku said they were pineapple!
: )
Third times the charm, right? Is it my turn yet? Love the pineapple flowers, by the way.
silly drawings here
from generous Carla there
pick me oh pick me
Thanks for another chance to win your new book. My grandson and I love to follow your blog and we use your inspirational work to inspire us. Love your work so much! Thanks, Mary.
Sent from my iPad
Ha–I would NEVER have guessed those were dried pineapple. Thanks for the chance to win the book!
Love your sillies every day.
Dried pineapple…
Yum
😀
Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone could win.
~~~~~~~Art of Silliness~~~~~~~
~~What fun it would be to have~~
~~~~Crossing my fingers!~~~~
Silly as snow in April! Love the pineapple flowers.
I could use some silliness in my life! Thanks for this chance!
Barb
Your books are wonderful!
My life is full of silliness but I sure have a rough time getting it down on paper. That is why I love your style of art. It’s like breaking out of prison
Weird looking pineapple flowers… what great ideas you have 😀
I worked through The Drawing Lab and had such FUN!!! Here’s to silliness!
Thanks for the chance to win
LuniLadi
wow…this would be fun
Everyone could use a little more silliness in their lives 🙂
yummmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good to be silly…once in awhile….
Thanks for the opportunity!!!
I’d love to be in and of your book!
I’m still in my box and need out!
I need to add more silliness to my everyday habits! 🙂 pick me, pick me!
Good thang I like to be silly it’s not always appreciated but I continue on!!! LOL Love all your art!!
I love your Trader Joe’s pineapple haiku!
I would love to win your book. I have one of your drawing lab books and this one looks like more fun.
Would love to add The Art of Silliness to my Carla Sonheim collection!
I am Silly Sam and I want a Silly book!
Hi Carla! Thanks for putting such amazing energy out there – by taking a couple of your online classes, I feel like I’m finally starting to loosen up artistically. Thanks so much!
It’s good to be silly!
I love dried pineapples! Thanks for the chance to win your book.
So this book is exactly what I need to welcome Spring!
Love the Haiku! Reminds me of a Silly class…
I’d love to win your Silly book 🙂
love to win
a summer of fun
art of silly
A book! A book! My kingdom for one of Carla’s books!! Eh eh …❤❤❤❤
Yes , I would love a silly book !
My daughters and I love your books and artwork, Carla! Your silliness really appeals to us. We homeschool but ignored all the educational type art books when buying our resources, and bought your books instead. Much more fun!
The book looks like fun. Would love to win a copy. Thanks for the chance.
No giveaway is ever silly! LOL. Do count me in to win please!
I am loving your Faces 101 class! Thank you!
Im a young mum whos studying atm, graphic design. id love this book to increase my flexibility in my sketchbook that I do not get out enough. I feel inspiration from your drawings will entice me to go crazy with the illustration subject!
Glad there are so many whimsical pictures here. Love it!
Your Art od Silliness ans the Drawing Lab arrived yesterday to my place at the bottom of Western Australia and they are awesome. In anticipation of their arrival I also purchased your online junk book workshop which as I work in all natural mixed media I did have to modify somewhat but still it is amazing. As a full time artist and drawng phobic I am having a lot of fun. As I have a copy f silliness already if I win I have at least 2 people in ind who would love this as a gift.
I could use a little silly about now! Thanks for the chance to win.
Good luck with your silliness! Hope to win some of my own!
I love to have a book of an artist so talented! thanks for the chance to participate!
My birthday dream would be to win your book – Maybe I will know by the 26th!! LOL
Would love to win a book by silly you!
I would love a copy of this wonderful book.
That is silly! Gotta love silly!
cute pineapple flowers….. whoda thought that I would ever say pineapple was cute, how silly of me, LOL
Your blog makes me smile. What a cool thing…to make someone smile whom you don’t even know! The book will have the same effect, too.
Oh my goodness! So many entries. But you have to be in it to win it! I would love a copy of your book Carla.
May the universe be with us.
A copy of your book would be wonderful – love your stuff!
I know the book will be wonderful, Carla…would love to get a copy !
You are inspiring! I’d love to win one. =)
The silly thing is…I revisited my Flower Crazy class from last April today AND received an email from you about your new Silly book! HOW SILLY IS THAT!
Silly Serendipity!!
Here’s hoping I am the lucky winner of this awesome looking book!
I have and love your other two books and would love a chance to win your Silliness book!
Keep up the silly work! I often use your drawing prompts with my 6th grade students, they love them!!!
This seems like a fun book! Silly and fun 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win one of your books! I’m excited to see if I’ll be the winner 🙂
After Flower Crazy I see flowers everywhere, but must admit that I hadn’t seen these. Off to Trader Joe’s for some dried pineapple. Yum!
Thanks for hosting a giveaway, Carla! 🙂
Great Haiku and thanks for the chance to win. More silliness is always welcome in my life
I just watched the u-tube about the rag/animal class. Loved the video. I’m excited to do the class. Joyce
Like the approach to creativity.
spring in calgary
another day of snow
please send ‘silly’ book
🙂
Thanks Carla!
Would love to win. Already got one of your books
I’m having a life changing but intense week and I could use a little silliness!
Oh my goodness, I’d LOVE to win your silly book!
you crack me up, really scanning pinapples? Brilliant
My 13 year old son loves anything pineapple flavoured, he gets seriously silly at the sight of it!! I’d love to win your silly book 🙂 thankyou for the chance!
looks like a wonderful book…I’d love to win it!
I just put this book into my wish list on amazon. Now I wish to win.
Hi Carla! I would love to win a copy of your book!
Love the pineapple idea – you always make me think of things in a different way… trying again for a copy of “The Art of Sillyness” ~ with thanks!
I’d love to have this book as a solid binder of the course I took from you twice. Your class was the best thing I’ve ever done, drawing-wise. It meant the first step in believing I could draw. And look where I’m now!!!!
I just discovered your blog. And i LOVE it!!! What an artist you are. Love to win the book , greetings Miek
Yes please, I love to win your book!!!! I took a course once, but love to have the book, Cann’t say it enough.. I live in the Netherlands, so I have no Idea what time it is where you are..
Thanks Carla, for this give-away. I loved the Silly-5-course. And if I win i’ll give the book to my mother-in-law who loves drawing. We share all your books. I know she will like this one as well.
I would love to win this book and bring the sillyness to sweden! Finally I have become creative and paint blobanimals every Day.
Want! Want! Want!
(We get some 2nd hand quarry books here in the Philippines. You gave me the idea of giving them away too.)
I’d wish to win a copy for my daughter. She loves your work!
Oh là là, cela donne envie… il faut espérer…. merci de ce partage
Looks tasty and wonderful!
Love to win your book!
I just love pineapple, but have never had it that way before. Mmm, might need to look into it. 😉
Beautiful pineapple flowers at the black background.
Thank you for the chance to win the book!
Would really love the chance of winning this book of yours?????
Creating, playing, being silly!!! The perfect combination! Thanks for the chance to win your book.
Love the silliness and permission to draw what you want!
Just love, love, love your artwork! Thank you so much for your inspiration. xoxox
Definition: sil·ly (sl)
adj. sil·li·er, sil·li·est
1. Exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish. See Synonyms at foolish.
2. Lacking seriousness or responsibleness; frivolous: indulged in silly word play; silly pet names for each other.
3. Semiconscious; dazed: knocked silly by the impact.
The definition in the dictionary seems harsh at times but accurate in essence. Silly is fun, silly creates joy, silly gives us permission to be free from our own judgement. The “Art of Silliness” is synonymous with the art of having a creative joyful life.
My surname is Cillié and is pronounced Cil-yeh but but as we are living in the United Arab Emirates and people are not familiar with the French pronunciation, they are addressing me as Mrs. Silly. After correcting them for 10 years and have now embraced being Mrs. Silly. Looking forward to getting even sillier as I reach my fifties. 🙂
I have the 2 signed copies of your book and my friends have been green with envy 🙂 LOVE the Art of Silliness book and would love to win one for my 11 year old daughter, she has inspired me to draw again and brightens my days with her silliness!!! 😀
Lots of love from both of us x
Oh please!
I would be thrilled to win!
Hi!
Is it in time? Here in Germany the sun is shining and it’s noon… 😉
Many Greetings
Cynthia
I love your books very much, so I’l give it a try, for a bit of drawing fun (very welcome!)
Wow, I would love to win this book and play, I’m 40 and getting back into drawing/art and love how you explained the girl who couldn’t put pencil to paper for fear of failure. This book looks like it could get me over my fears and the new creative adventure that I’m on ….thanks for the opportunity ❤
Thank you very much for this giveaway!
How did I miss the first three days?? ACK!!
pick me I need a silly day!!!!
Hi, I think in Belgium we could really do with some more silliness. Gosh, what a terribly heavy world while there could be lost of fun, really! I would love to have this wonderful book! And I don’t have a clue as to what the time over there could be now!
Man, if we were voting, I’d go for Mrs. Silly above…too funny.
Since the drawing is random, please put my name in the pot 🙂
Wondering if my toddler would eat “pineapple flowers”…
Thanks for your light, Carla.
My Husband gives me THAT look sometimes, and its accompanied by what have you had on the scanner.. seaweed, buttons,snakeskin,tomato stalks,vintage material,I have never tried dried pineapple.. maybe I’ll try dried pears. Long live silliness!
I already have and enjoy Silliness 1, 2, 3, and 4. I know you pick randomly so I just wanted let you know how much I enjoy them.
Love your site! I am drawing giraffes all the time now!
Silly sun rises
Pen full of color and dreams
Making happy day
Please enter my in your contest and have a great day.
P.S. Thank you for bringing Haiku into the picture
Just to say I would adore winning a copy of your book.
I am going to have to buy some of that pineapple next time I go to TJ’s.
Fingers crossed that I win some silliness.
They look like flowers! I wish we had a Trader Joe’s.
Love your books and love your imaginary animals. I showed them to my art group and we had fun drawing silly animals. Now we look for them everywhere!!!
Yum! They are pretty and tasty.
What a fun giveaway! Your book looks like so much fun!
Silliness rules!
I am much too serious! I need to learn silliness!
I was just thinking about you the other day and how I needed to check to see if you had an online class starting up soon… 😀
i cross my fingers and add myself to this very long list…it’s hard to type that way
I love silliness and I need to learn how to bring more into my life!
I do hope I win your “The Art of Silliness” book!
Hi! Today is Thursday, April 18th. I just found your site last week and I’m so happy! I have not had any creative juices flowing for a long time until I saw your tutorial on blob hunting. It has competely freed me up to be creative like I was when I was a kid. Thank you! (ps) I hope I win your book!
I would love a chance to be silly with your workbook. I have had my eye on it for some time.
I think the world needs more silliness!
Amazing, I would have never thought to scan fruit slices – they look awesome. Congratulations on the new book! I too would love a chance to win!
What a fun giveaway! Good luck everyone. 🙂
Your book looks wonderful!
I thought the pineapples looked like flowers.
Your new book looks wonderful Carla. I think we could all use more silliness in our lives 😀
Thanks for the giveaway!
Dawn
Woohoo, you rock Carla! Thanks for a chance to win this fab book…:)
first try – maybe i’ll be lucky
I love your concept in creativity, as well as the activities you have in the book I recently purchased from you! Hugs Sandy
During the last crazy flowers class, my 5 year old would sit with me and watch the videos then paint along with me. I love that creativity is so deep inside each one of us from the time we are young. And that as adults we can hopefully find the time to explore it! Thanks for the book giveaway chances this week!
I’d love to win a copy of your book. Thanks for the opportunity!
Scanning pineapple … funny !
I’ve been eye-balling your book since it came out!…I’m FINALLY retiring next week after 33-1/2 years with the same comapny and I will FINALLY have time to “play” and do what I want to do!!! I would love to “play” with your book and get my creative juices flowing…because now that I’m “all growed up”, I can finally follow my dreams and work on being the artist I’ve always wanted to be!!! (…and thank you for the generous offer…it’s AWESOME!!!)
Ooooh! It looks like a fun book! I hope I’m one of the lucky ones!
Hah – another great haiku (and yummy snack from TJ’s)! Thanks for another chance at the book!
So many comments! Such wonderful inspiration!
Thank you!
Carla, you ROCK! I would love to expand my horizons even further with another one of your books. I like how you set this book up, from what amazon shows.
I am in the same boat as Laura Bak-Mahlkuch I just retired after 34 years and am so excited to have more time for art. I have signed up for Scrap Animals and am very excited about that. And I would totally love to get your new book!!!
Love the haiku – especially the ‘eat’ bit!
Thanks!
I love your artwork, and would love to win your new book!
The pineapple slices look like some kind of exotic daisies. They also look sort of like what a scientist might see through a microscope. I wonder what pineapple cells look like?
I was born an adult. I tell everyone I’m living my first childhood in my 60’s. When I looked at your book, the “adult” in me told me every reason why such silliness is stupid. But the child in me can’t wait to do the drawings. (I have to admit, the adult is just scared. She really wants permission to do them, too.) She would really, really love your book. But if I don’t win it, I will buy it for her because she needs as much silliness as she can get!
Wow, so many responces Carla, everyone wants your book! I know my daughter would love a copy so maybe I’ll get luck and win one for her. Love your work, your posts always brighten my day!
Silly….who doesn’t love SILLY?!?!
would absolutely love to have your book–my “I can’t draw” daughter would totally benefit as well–if she could convince me to share!!
Scanning dried pineapple…and then eating! Now that is silliness! I would have much trouble with self control in waiting until the scan was finished. I would love to add more silliness to my life. I’d really love your book!
love the silly pineapple… would also love the book…
so crazy busy lately…finding time for art would be such a gift…and silliness would just be the icing on the cake! Love your style. A journey through your book would be like a vacation!
Rescued damp hat from the pool. Tossing it in again for another chance. Stay as silly as you are.
I’ve got a copy of Drawing Lab and would love to have The Art of Silliness.
Still trying to be silly but I need help!
Lots of silliness is Good!