Celebrating 1,000 Blog Posts with a Painting Giveaway!

“A purposeful act or extension of kindness

to another is never wasted,

for it always resides in the hearts of all

involved in a chain of love.”
~ Molly Friedenfeld

I wanted to do something special to commemorate my 1,000th blog post here. Since I started blogging over eight years ago, the online landscape has really changed. My SandySandyArt.com art blog has grown and evolved along the way. To celebrate, I would like to "pay it forward" and offer a giveaway of an original painting. Pictured below is a selection of some recent black, ceramic tiles, hand painted with alcohol inks by yours truly. Some are done with stencils, some using canned air and some are a combination of both. They come ready to exhibit, with hooks on the back for hanging and an acrylic easel for table top display.

Alcohol Inks on Black Ceramic Tiles by Sandy Sandy

Today's winner is a caring, positive, generous lady who has paid it forward, many times over, to others in the community. The first person I would like to nominate is Molly Gummerson.  She's a busy mom and artist who always finds time to help out at the local art center in Medford, NJ, MAC. Molly is unselfish with her time and her talents. Thank you Molly for your kindness, recent referral and your altruistic spirit. Congratulations! Please be the first to pick out the tile you would like to own, then email me at: sandy@sandysandy.com with the tile letter and description along with your mailing address or to make pick up arrangements.

Here is a photo of our inking group that was here over the weekend for the St. Paddy's Day Workshop. You can see that we were all having a grand ole time!

Sandy Sandy's 2016 St Paddy's Day Alcohol Ink Workshop

Below is the work produced by students here on Sunday. I am impressed with such a high caliber of results even though three of the participants were complete newbies! Everyone was helpful and encouraging to each other and so much fun and progress was experienced by all.

Alcohol Ink on Black Tiles - Student Creations - 3-13-16

 Thanks for stopping by and for commenting if you did.

If you'd like to nominate someone deserving of my 1K blog post "pay it forward" award,

please leave a comment with a link to where we can see more about their good deeds.

Thanks again, please pay it forward and Happy Creating!!

X ♥  O

 

A HALLOWEEN WEEK GIVEAWAY!

"Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen,


Voices whisper in the trees, 'Tonight is Halloween'!"


~Dexter Kozen

It's Halloween week! (And guess what I'm going to be this year?!) In celebration of my favorite holiday of the year, I decided to launch A HALLOWEEN GIVEAWAY. THIS  SATURDAY I'll pick someone by 3:00pm EST through RandomNumber to receive this free original alcohol ink painting by yours truly.  All you have to do to win it, is comment below this blog post or under the original post on my facebook art page and include the words, "I love Halloween." or "I'm in!" (If you comment on both, you'll get two entries.) Open to everyone worldwide! Good luck! Please pay it forward and share. 

I will announce the winner on this blog and on my facebook art site. The winner will have 24 hrs. to respond by email to: Sandy@SandySandy.com with their mailing address. If I do not hear from them, the next name will be announced and they will also have 24 hrs. to respond and so on.

Thanks for stopping by and GOOD LUCK my pretties!

X ♥ O

4TH FREE TREE FRIDAY GIVEAWAY

"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes 

of others only a green thing that stands in the way. 

Some see nature all ridicule and deformity 

and some scarcely see nature at all. 

But to the eyes of the man of imagination, 

nature is imagination itself."

~ William Blake

The Giving Tree IV

~~~~~~7" x 5" matted Original Alcohol Ink Painting on Yupo~~~~~~

N.F.S.

Giveaway - 4  - 25 - 14

FREE TREE FRIDAY GIVEAWAY for 4 - 25 - 14 

All you have to do to win it, is LIKE my facebook art page or already be a fan, then comment under this original post HERE or on my facebook art page.  Please include the words, "Free Tree" or "I'm In"! You will get an extra entry this week when you sign up for mynewsletter, SHARE my post on facebook or on G+! Please LMK on your comment if you signed up and / or shared. The winner will be announced next Friday, 4/25/14, after 12:00pm EST here and on my facebook art page. It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to check back to see if you have won! If I don't hear from the winner within 24 hours of Friday's posting, a new name will be drawn. Open to everyone worldwide!

Congratulations to this past week's winner, Lori Labelle!

You've got to enter to win, 

so be sure to enter this week's drawing 

if you'd like to own a free tree original!

"Success is almost totally dependent on drive and persistence. 

The extra energy required to make another effort or 

try another approach is the secret of winning."

~ Denis Waitley

Thanks to everyone who's participated in FTF so far!

GOOD LUCK AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO

PAY IT FORWARD!

X ♥  O

Wishing You Happy Holidays and a Joyous Spring!

Free Tree Friday Continues . . .

“Trees are poems that the 

earth writes upon the sky.” 

~ Khalil Gibran

The Giving Tree III

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~7" x 5" matted Original Alcohol Ink Painting on Yupo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

N.F.S.
Giveaway - 4  - 18 - 14

Here's my new FREE TREE FRIDAY GIVEAWAY for 4 - 18 - 14 

All you have to do to win it, is LIKE my facebook art page or already be a fan, then comment under this original post HERE or on my facebook art page.  Please include the words, "Free Tree" or "I'm In"! You will get an extra entry this week when you sign up for my newsletter (and yet another if you "SHARE" my post on facebook! Please LMK on your comment if you signed up and / or shared. The winner will be announced next Friday, 4/18/14, after 3:00pm EST here and on my facebook art page. It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to check back to see if you have won! If I don't hear from the winner within 24 hours of Friday's posting, a new name will be drawn. Open to everyone worldwide!

Last week's winner was Theresa Lee! 

GOOD LUCK AND PLEASE PAY IT FORWARD!

X ♥  O

IT'S FREE TREE FRIDAY!

"Nature’s great powers, 

like gravity and electromagnetism 

are unseen to our senses, 

but their power is indisputable.” 

~ Rhonda Byrne

The Giving Tree II

~~~~~6.25 x 4.25", Original Alcohol Inks on Yupo Octopus Paper ~~~~
N.F.S.
Giveaway - 4  - 11 - 14

Here's this week's new original FREE TREE painting. I hope you like! All you have to do to win it, is comment below this post or under the original post on my facebook art page and include the words, "Free Tree" or "I'm In". AND . . .  you will get an extra entry this week when you sign up for my newsletter and yet another if you share my post on facebook! Please LMK on your comment if you signed up and / or shared. The winner will be announced next Friday, 4/11/14, after 3:00pm EST here and on my my facebook art page. It is your responsibility to check back to see if you have won! If I don't hear from the winner within 24 hours of Friday's posting, a new name will be drawn. Open to everyone worldwide!

So who's the winner of last week's painting, you say?

I'll admit, I'm really excited to announce today's Random.org pick for our FIRST FREE TREE PAINTING WINNER! It's an artist friend very dear to my heart! Yippee! We have a winner for "THE GIVING TREE"! (And I am sure she will claim her prize and give it a good home, el pronto!) 
AND Drumroll ..........the winner is.....................................
.................

Nan Johnson, who BTW commented here right on my blog! 
Congratulations Nancie! She also put her name in on facebook, but I didn't count it twice. Please email me at: Sandy@SandySandy.com with your ship to: Name and address within 24 hrs. to claim your prize!

Thanks for stopping by. 

As always, I appreciate your interest and input.

Good luck with FREE TREE FRIDAY 

and please pay it forward.

P.S. Be sure to meet me at 
Palmyra Cove Nature Park 
this Sunday, 4/6/14, from 1-3pm for  my 
Flowers Feathers and Fur Show Reception.

One lucky guest will win yet another original painting on Yupo paper then!

Also, I am excited to be
abandoning my first art gifts this weekend!

This giving thing is getting addictive!

Have a great weekend.

X ♥  O

Announcing FREE TREE FRIDAY!

“There is no wrong way 

to perform an act of kindness.”

~ Catherine Ryan Hyde

The Giving Tree I

~~~~~~ 4.5 x 6", Original Alcohol Inks on Yupo Paper ~~~~~~
N.F.S.
Giveaway - 4  - 4 - 14

I recently became excited by an interesting post on facebook about a worldwide movement, the Art Abandonment Group. The idea is to secretly abandon small art pieces in random public places. A note attached to the package explains that it is a gift with a mention of it's origin and contact information. See more about this compelling movement here.

I am looking forward to announcing the winners of my Yupo Paper Art Giveaway for Artists on April 1st! So far there are 85 entries into the drawing. Six pads of Yupo paper (so far) and three original paintings or painting lessons will be awarded to the lucky winners. If you are an artist interested in winning some Yupo paper, art lessons or original art, be sure to check out the rules and enter using the link above! I am really enjoying the excitement of the giveaway and I don't want it to end on April first.

SOO, I decided to launch FREE TREE FRIDAY during the month of April! Each Friday I'll pick someone through RandomNumber.org to receive a free original tree painting by yours truly. Here is my first FREE TREE offering. All you have to do to win it, is comment below this post or under the original post on my facebook art page and include the words, "Free tree." or "I'm in!" Open to everyone worldwide! Good luck and pay it forward.

Drawing held 4-4-14 -

Congratulations Nan Johnson!! 

Thanks for stopping by. 

As always, I appreciate your interest and comments.

X ♥  O