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  • Custom Portrait Winner & Call for Entries : Week #33 (8/10-8/14)

    August
    10
    2009


    Custom portrait giveaway winner Jeff
    Today begins Week #33 of my 2009 weekly graphite portrait giveaway! Each week, one winner will be selected to receive one 5×7 graphite (pencil) drawing from their photograph.

    Last week’s winner was Lauren, who submitted a sweet photo of her brother as a toddler. You can read her entry in full here.

    A note on framing for portrait winners: I recommend
    Nielsen Bainbridge Archival Gallery Frames

    available through Dick Blick.
    Sox & BJ (below) are framed using this frame:

    cat portrait drawing by Leanne Wildermuth

    Weekly Contest Announcement!

     

    WEEK 33 : CALL FOR ENTRIES
    Theme

        : ANIMALS (single subject – dog, cat or any other critter!)

    Deadline

        : Friday, August 14, 2009 (around 5pm CST)

    To Enter

        : Leave a comment as your entry (your chances are greatly improved if you share something about your subject), include a link to your photo. If you do not have a photo uploaded online, please indicate that you are e-mailing the photo and e-mail the photo to: gallery *at* intricateart dot-com.

    Your entry must be left below, or it will not be considered.

    Note: *G* Rating only

    Each Monday, I post the weekly Call for Entries along with the previous weeks completed portrait (above). I may change the subject theme each week, or leave the theme open, so please pay close attention to the details in each announcement.

    Entries will be accepted through Friday afternoon around 5PM CST, at which time I will close comments and select one winner from the entries received. I’ll publish the completed winning portrait with the following week’s Giveaway announcement. If you’re a fan on Facebook, you might just get a sneak peek at the winning portrait before I publish it here!

    Qualified entries will include a valid e-mail address, and the comment should include one link to a photograph owned/taken by the entrant. If you do not have a place to upload photos to link one, you can e-mail it to gallery *at* intricateart dot-com. Your entry, however, should be included in the comment section below, with your story – should you choose to include one.

    The Selection Process: In case you’re curious, I’ll share my little artsy process in selecting the winner. First – I do not read any entries at all during the week. I do not read them because I don’t want anyone’s entries to have any more time than any others to settle in my creative brain. At the end of the week, I close comments. When I sit down to go through all of the entries, I read the story first, and open the photo link in a new window. When I finish reading, I flip over to the photo and my initial reaction is what I go by.

    If your entry is not chosen, you may enter again. I encourage you to include a short story with your entry.

    Once you have won a portrait, I ask that you refrain from multiple entries, to give others an opportunity to win one as well.

    Your challenge? To inspire me! Choose your photo wisely – I will select a winner based on how the photo and/or story moves me.

    Good luck!!

     

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    {12 Comments}

    1
    Lauren said,

    Oh my goodness, it’s so lovely!! I just emailed you back. Thank you thank you thank you!!! :mrgreen:

    8.10.2009 @ 10:10 am
    2
    Erin said,

    To say someone will be greatly missed will be a true understatement. Haas came into our lives about three years ago when we adopted him from the pound. He became our son / best friend. He was a great pheasant hunter and was always over excited to run after a tennis ball. Last week Aug 4th will forever be the worst day of my life. In one day we lost our best friend (hit by a car) and had a miscarriage. I wanted to enter this contest for my husband. I thought it would be nice to have a portrait of Haas to put with his memorial display box. I will be e-mailing the picture. Thank you!

    8.10.2009 @ 6:57 pm
    3
    Pam said,

    What a sweet portrait!!!

    8.10.2009 @ 7:33 pm
    4
    Da Goddess said,

    Beautifully done as always. Your portraiture is just astounding. I still look at the portrait you did of Mojo and it fills my heart so fully. You have a gift, my dear.

    8.11.2009 @ 1:13 am
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    Sharon Mosher said,

    That is a beautiful likeness of Jeff and very well done!

    8.11.2009 @ 6:02 pm
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    Tink said,

    Another sad story here… I know I’ve won a portrait of Foofur for myself, but I hope you don’t mind entering for my husband Ron. As Foofur is my dog, our furry friend Boris was his. That doesn’t mean we both love both dogs like crazy!
    We got Boris when he was two years old. His owner was moving to Africa and couldn’t take him. Through an e-maillist I heard about him. When we drove to Belgium to get him, he enchanted us with his beautiful eyes. 🙂 He was a big friend to evryone, including Foofur and the cats. Bastet, our black cat, was his buddy: she washed him, cared for him, slept close to him…
    Unfortunately Boris got sick some weeks ago. We tried everything, but things got worse. It turned out he had an inoperable brain tumor. We had to take a difficult decision, but we let him go to the Rainbowbridge this week (Monday). He didn’t deserve to suffer. We miss him sooo much…
    His picture is here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=72405&id=677652271&saved#/photo.php?pid=2102495&id=677652271

    8.14.2009 @ 11:59 am
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    Tink said,

    OOps, of course I meant to say we both love both our dogs like crazy!

    8.14.2009 @ 2:06 pm
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    Lisa's Chaos said,

    Well, this was a hard one. 🙂 I would like to offer up http://farm1.static.flickr.com/188/420686866_d044ccec16_o.jpg for consideration. It is a photo of my lovely JoZe as a pup. I lost her at 16 months old, she ate something that got stuck in her intestines and I was heartbroken and shocked when the vet called during her surgery to say she could not be saved. I still believe she was trying to send me a message – 2-3 months after her death I was diagnosed with colon cancer. (I was having symptoms at the time I lost her). She was a vibrant life! Won’t ever forget her and all the joy she brought in her short life.

    8.14.2009 @ 3:48 pm
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    Lisa's Chaos said,

    I forgot to comment on your great portrait – I saw it on facebook but don’t think I said anything there – he is just a doll and of course you are magical!

    8.14.2009 @ 3:50 pm
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    Melissa Bamford said,

    Hello! I hope I am doing this right. Please find a picture of our beloved horse, Maxx (e-mailed). He was a longtime resident of Castskill Animal Sanctuary, a haven for abused and abandoned farm animals. Maxx was a former show horse who hurt his leg when jumping a fence. His owner was dying of cancer and asked CAS to take him in. She wanted him to live the rest of his days at CAS and to not be adopted out. Maxx was an incredibly kind and gentle animal. He was the horse that everyone learned with: how to put on a halter, how to walk a horse, how to groom, etc. He actually helped you put his halter on and take it off. His favorite game was giving you a backrub. Sadly, Maxx was euthanized on August 5th due to severe hoof problems. He was nearly 40 years old. His halter reads: Maxx — you are loved. And he always will be.

    I hope that you will consider drawing this beautiful animal for our silent art auction. Thank you.

    Melissa Bamford

    8.14.2009 @ 3:56 pm
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    Leanne said,

    Thanks so much for your entries this week! I’ll post the winning portrait on Monday with next week’s announcement. Become a fan on Facebook for a sneak peek on Sunday!

    8.14.2009 @ 5:06 pm
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    […] Last week’s winner was Melissa, she shared a sweet photo of Maxx and his story: […]

    6.29.2014 @ 12:49 pm

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