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Custom Portrait Call for Entries : Week #36 (8/31-9/4)

August

2009

Today begins Week #36 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.

Weekly Contest Announcement!

WEEK 36 : CALL FOR ENTRIES
Theme

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

Deadline

: Friday, September 4, 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

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

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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cc in WI said,

Here is a before and after photo of Diesel my grand dog. He is a Yorkie Poo that my daugther rescued as a pup. He is not yippee, but he is hyper and loves to visit grandma. He’s a cutie.
http://catherinemariecalvetti.com/custom3_1.html

8.31.2009 @ 4:07 pm

Usedtobeme said,

Leann,

Meet the new face of domestic terror:

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q168/wtfroflmfao/100_0106.jpg

This is Bella. Bella will be two in October. She is my BFF. She follows me everywhere, sleeps under the covers by my feet and sits on me whenever we’re watching a movie. I have lots o’ pictures of Bella. If you think a different one would be better, say the word and I’ll shoot you a couple. I rely upon your professional eye because my eyecrometer is broked.

8.31.2009 @ 5:55 pm

Karen M. said,

Meet Logan. He is my Leopard Gecko. Logan, well..he actually sort of ‘appeared’ at our house, needing a home. No way I would purposely go out and get a reptile. Being a lover of all ‘warm blooded’ creatures, I was not so sure about him at first. Yes, he is quite gorgeous with all his spots. But geez, he eats live crickets. And he’s not furry or cuddly like my cats or dog. But he’s funny and interesting and really very easy to care for. And he really is quite a beauty. He always looks as though he is smiling. You really can’t help but fall in love with someone like that. Photo to be emailed. 🙂

9.1.2009 @ 12:46 pm

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!

9.4.2009 @ 5:06 pm

Graphite Portrait Giveaway - Custom Portrait Winner & Call for Entries : Week #37 (9/7-9/11) - Leanne Wildermuth : Artist by Nature said,

[…] Last week’s winner was Usedtobeme and her BFF, Bella. You can read her entry here. […]

9.7.2009 @ 8:52 pm