This 9" x 12" watercolor painting started out as a wave study and I just ended up turning it into a painting. It was an accident, I swear. So here is the weird part; since I was just doing a watercolor experiment, I grabbed the paper that was closest to me;
Bienfang Canvasette. It's a 182 lb paper-impregnated canvas - usually used for oils or acrylics.
Canvasette makes the painting look different. It has lots of texture, for instance. And for all I know it will easily last for the next 500 or a thousand years but I can't be completely sure. So I've decided to have a contest and give this painting away to some lucky person or sentient being.
Yep, it's a giveaway of a probably otherwise collectible piece of original art. I've given a little thought as to how to do it so here is my idea: Comment on this posting. You just have to do it in a way that will make it possible for me to identify and contact you if you win. See my suggested routes below...
RULES FOR THE WAVE STUDY PAINTING GIVEAWAY:
- You must comment on this post to win, and don't do it anonymously or I won't be able to figure out who you are to send your painting to you. However, I do NOT want you to post your email address because you'll get spam. So please do one of the following:
- Friend me on Facebook (see sidebar for a link) then tell me your facebook name in the comments below.
- Follow me on Twitter and give your Twitter @ handle in the comments below. As with Facebook, you'll find a link to my Twitter in the sidebar of this site.
- Follow this blog using the Google Friend Connect panel in the sidebar, and mention your Google ID/name below.
- One entry per person/follower/friend.
- There must be a minimum of 10 entries in order to have this giveaway, otherwise it seems silly. I mean, if fewer than 10 people care, why bother, right? So tell your friends! The more the merrier.
- Not open to family members, sorry. You guys already get freebies from time to time.
- Contest ends on April 15, 2011 at 5 PM Pacific US time. Shortly thereafter, if we've had at least 10 separate people entering for this painting, I'll have a third party draw a name from a bowl and I will attempt to notify the winner. If I don't hear from you by the following Monday, I will have my third party draw a second name. One way or another, this painting is going to a new home!
- Oh, and you have to promise to send me a picture of you, posing with your new painting. :)
It is an experimental work, as I said. It's kind of a weird surface for watercolor - but it still could have some value someday.
So lets see some comments/friends/followers whatever, k? And as I said, tell your friends. I think I'm supposed to add 'no purchase necessary and void where prohibited by law' so there you go.
Spread the word.
