Monthly Archives for November 2011

Holiday gift ideas for your favorite gardener!

Hey all….

With the holiday quickly approaching, I thought it would be wise for me to bang-out a few more flower boxes! I’ve added three more flower boxes to my Etsy Store, and I’m hoping to add a few more next week. I just received a new order of old plates last week…and they look great! Some new states, some old, but plenty to choose from. If anyone has a special request, I may be able to fill it. I don’t have every state, but ya never know…I may have the one you’re looking for!

Here’s the link to my Etsy Store  – Click Me!

Happy Shopping…Erik!

Anna’s Treehouse…

Howdy all!

Here is another installment for the Sketchbook Project.

I’m calling this one Anna’s Treehouse, she’s a friend of mine at work. She was looking through my treehouse book and suggested I draw a treehouse on a beach. And so I did!

I wanted to keep the open air feel of the beach, so there is no roof over this one, except for the palms of course. And every treehouse on a beach needs a tiki torch and a few tropical refreshments! As the gentle breeze blows across the sides of the treehouse I can almost imagine myself there. Thanks for the idea Anna!

Cheers…Erik

Grumbacher Holiday card and my first ATC…

Hello all…

In my push to make more art, I committed myself to an online Holiday Card Competition, and a Holiday Artist Trading Card swap. Both of these are hosted on Grumbacher’s Facebook Page - http://www.facebook.com/Grumbacher

I’m real happy with how both of these came out. I designed the holiday card as a 5 x 7 folded card. I used 140 pound hot press paper. I couldn’t even begin to guess on the brand, at one point I bought several sheets, each of a different brand. As time went on, and I kept cutting the sheets down, and I forgot to label each piece.

I like the hot press paper because I can really lay down some nice pen work. Since I prefer to use the watercolors as a wash, the smooth surface really works well for that.

The ATC is the first one I’ve ever made. I’ve always thought it would be fun to try, so I did. It was fun! I’ll pop that in the mail tomorrow. If anyone reading this is interested in starting a holiday swap, let me know!

That’s all for now. I hope to get a few more treehouses finished this weekend, but who knows…

Thanks everyone for taking the time to read my rambles and drop a comment…I do appreciate it!

Erik

Friday’s treehouse…

Well, the treehouse project was on hold last week and this week. The real house need some attention. This weekend I hope to get caught-up on the treehouse project and maybe, just maybe, some other random art stuff I’ve committed myself to. More on that if I actually get them going.

I’m not feeling real chatty today, so here it is, my treehouse. I know I should elaborate about this more than I am, but I truly can’t come up with anything else to add to this! HAHAHA! Sorry folks…the tall silent has struck again! HA!

Happy dreams of treehouses…Erik