Instagram Giveaway!

“It's not how much we give

but how much love we put into giving.”

~ Mother Theresa 💖
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Announcing - I'm having a
#CantQuarantineArt #LearnLoveCreate #OnlineArtCourse #Giveaway

on Instagram 🎨

🌻 See part of the lesson in alcohol ink on Yupo HERE.

I will be giving away 12 FREE ONLINE SUNFLOWER SKETCHING COURSES 

on Sunday, April 5th! 🌻 See part of the lesson in watercolor on Yupo HERE.🧡

Enter to win and see more information on
my Instagram page.

“When one door closes another door opens, but we so often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us."

~ Alexander Graham Bell 

Hugs, Stay Safe and Happy Creating!

X ♥  O

Be Yourself, and Accomplish Your Goals

“To be yourself in a world that is

constantly trying to make you into something else

is the greatest accomplishment.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hummingbird symbolizes joy and love
and accomplishing that which seems impossible.

ANNOUNCING A

 GIVEAWAY ON INSTAGRAM- OPEN to ALL MY FOLLOWERS THERE! 

 Just LIKE, COMMENT or SHARE - ANY OF MY HUMMINGBIRD PRINT POSTS

for a chance to win two prints in this #Hummingbird #Print #Giveaway … 

On #MemorialDay, May 28th, I will pick 3 winners

of two unmated 5 x 7” hummingbird prints each (of your choice). 

These will fit into a standard 8 x 10” mat and frame.

Open to everyone - world-wide! See print selections here:

 and ... the FUNdamentals of Alcohol Ink E-Course.

Spring/Summer 2018 Class Opens June 6th

Thanks So Much for Stopping By

X ♥  O

Yupo Paper Giveaway!

Announcing a Yupo Paper Giveaway Sponsored by Legion Paper! This contest will be open to Yupo Artists in the USA and Canada. Complete details will be released soon. There will be six prizes, each totaling more than $70.USD in retail value! To become eligible and receive all details as they become available, join the YUPO ARTISTS GROUP ON FACEBOOK HERE. #DoItOnYupo  #LegionPaper  #YupoWithSandy

 Good luck and happy creating!

X ♥  O

 

Ten Rules For Students and Teachers

 "Be happy whenever you can manage it.

 Enjoy yourself. It's lighter than you think."

~ John Cage 

John Cage's Rules For Students and Teachers:

• 1. Find a place you trust, and then try trusting it for awhile.
• 2. General duties of a student--pull everything out of your teacher;
  pull everything out of your fellow students.
• 3. General duties of a teacher--pull everything out of your students.
• 4. Consider everything an experiment.
• 5. Be self-disciplined--this means finding someone wise or smart and choosing to follow them. To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self-disciplined is to follow in a better way.
• 6. Nothing is a mistake. There's no win and no fail, there's only make.
• 7. The only rule is work. If you work it will lead to something. It's the people who do all of the work all of the time who eventually catch on to things.
• 8. Don't try to create and analyze at the same time. They're different processes.
• 9. Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It's lighter than you think.
• 10. Break rules. Even your own rules. Leave plenty of room for X quantities.
  

To Celebrate 1,000 Likes on Facebook, I'm Having a
Christmas In July Giveaway!

Six Original Alcohol Ink Paintings Are Up For Grabs!

Get Updates About the Online Alcohol Ink Workshop with Me this September!
Learn • Love • Create

X ♥  O

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

 

Final Free Feather Friday Giveaway ~ Friendship Feather #4

"When I sing, I close my eyes. 

If I see a feather, everything is fine." 

~ Sarah Brightman

FREE FEATHER FRIDAY ~ Giveaway #4

W i n this original painting!

~~~ "Friendship Feather IV" ~ 7.5 x 6" / 10" x 8" Matted ~~~  Original Watercolor Painting on Yupo Paper

 ~~~ "Friendship Feather IV" ~ 7.5 x 6" / 10" x 8" Matted ~~~ 

Original Watercolor Painting on Yupo Paper

All you have to do to win this original Rainbow Feather Watercolor on Yupo paper, is LIKE my facebook art page or already be a fan, then comment under the original post on my facebook art page.  Please include the words, "FREE FEATHER" or "I'm In"! You will get an extra entry this week when you sign up for my newsletter or SHARE my post on facebook! Please LMK on your comment if you signed up and/or Shared. The winner will be announced this Friday, 6/27/14, after 10:00 am EST 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! See Sandy Sandy Art on facebook for more details and to sign up. Congratulations to the winner of last week's painting, Willow Wand! Your painting is on its way.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Please Pay It Forward and share this post!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a great day!

X ♥  O

Free Feather Friday Giveaway ~ Friendship Feather #3

"What art offers is space; 

a certain breathing room for the spirit." 

~ John Updike

FREE FEATHER FRIDAY ~ Giveaway #3

 ~~~ "Friendship Feather III" ~ 7.5 x 6" / 10" x 8" Matted ~~~ 

Original Watercolor Painting on Yupo Paper

All you have to do to win this original Rainbow Feather Watercolor on Yupo paper, is LIKE my facebook art page or already be a fan, then comment under the original post on my facebook art page.  Please include the words, "FREE FEATHER" or "I'm In"! You will get an extra entry this week when you sign up for my newsletter or SHARE my post on facebook! Please LMK on your comment if you signed up and/or Shared. The winner will be announced this Friday, 6/20/14, after 12:00 noon EST 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! See Sandy Sandy Art on facebook for more details and to sign up. Congratulations to the winner of last week's painting, Lola Simonton! Your painting is on its way.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Please Pay It Forward and share this post!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a great day!

X ♥  O

Free Feather Friday Giveaway ~ Friendship Feather #2

"Painting is poetry that is seen 

rather than felt and 

 poetry is painting that is felt

rather than seen."

~ Leonardo da Vinci

FREE FEATHER FRIDAY ~ Giveaway #2

 ~~~ "Friendship Feather II" ~ 7.5 x 6" / 10" x 8" Matted ~~~ 
Original Watercolor Painting on Yupo Paper

All you have to do to win this original Rainbow Feather Watercolor on Yupo paper, is LIKE my facebook art page or already be a fan, then comment under the original post on my facebook art page.  Please include the words, "FREE FEATHER" or "I'm In"! You will get an extra entry this week when you sign up for my newsletter or SHARE my post on facebook! Please LMK on your comment if you signed up and/or Shared. The winner will be announced this Friday, 6/13/14, after 12:00 noon EST 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! See Sandy Sandy Art on facebook for more details and to sign up. Congratulations to the winner of last week's painting, Sheila Delgado!! Your painting is on its way.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

It has been an action packed week with family visiting from out of town. We have been very busy! The first day we went to Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ. There is a wonderful retrospective exhibit there through September 21st. We had a blast! I plan to go back at least one more time before it is over.

Sandy Sandy with her (almost) birthday buddy.

On Wednesday and Thursday, I head back up to NYC for two more demos sponsored by Legion Paper. Check out my new demo slideshow here. They really are great fun. 

I would love to meet you there!

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Have a great day!

X ♥  O