Kicking it Up a Notch and Sharing The Love

It's June, summer is here and the heat is on outside here in beautiful central Texas and in my studio too. I'm feeling motivated.

  I would like to try something I have not done in awhile and is long overdue. I believe that if you have a skill, that can be put to good use to help others, than by all means put that skill to use. Doesn't matter what it is. Can you play an instrument? Can you knit or crochet? whatever your skill, you can help others with it.

  So...............Starting July 1st, For every pet portrait commission I receive, I will donate 20% of all monies earned to the Williamson County Animal Shelter here in Texas. This is a great facility. It is a no-kill shelter and they work really hard to find all their charges a forever home. My grand dog Lilo came from there and there are so many animals taken into this shelter that they are often out of housing space. Still......they manage to help every animal brought in. They even have a program where you can bring a dog home to stay with you for the weekend. It gives that baby a chance to be out of a cage and be a normal dog. They have an excellent foster program as well.You can read more about the shelter here.......Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter

  And................For the month of July, I am dropping the price of my colored pencil drawings to match the price of my graphite drawings.That means you can get an original piece of art, in full color, of your furbaby for the same price, still 20% will be donated to the shelter. All my pricing and policies are up on my website here...................PencilsAndPaint

  If you so chose however, I will still create your piece in graphite. And here's another little bonus. I normally require half of the cost up front but for the month of July, pet portraits only, I can break payments down even further. You can pay for your piece in three payments. I know times are tough for a lot of us and I do try to make owning a genuine piece of art a possibility for everyone.

  This is for pet portraits only. Any pet you want. Your dog, cat, fish, bird, chupacabra, kangaroo or dinosaur. If it barks, scratches, swims, flies, crawls, has two legs or eight. It's eligible.

  Now, since I'm only one artist, the chief, cook and bottle washer, I will have to limit the amount of commissions I receive so I will not be inundated. I also like to strive to get these pieces to my customers in a timely manner so, for now, I will be taking the first six commissions that come in. I may be able to do more but right now I have to play it by ear, so to speak. If this is successful, I will be doing more of these campaigns in the near future. I have done artwork for charities in the past that have worked out extremely well.

  So please consider helping out the Williamson County Shelter and all the homeless pets that so desperately need good, loving homes and in the meantime, give all your own furred, feathered, finned or otherwise, family members, a big hug from me! Thanks so much