Missing May

Hi everyone.

Just a quick note to let you all know I haven't forgotten about Shelter Painter! I was very sick last month and I'm still not back to 100% yet. I'm working on May's painting, but it's going slowly. I'll post it as soon as I can.

Until then, thanks for visiting! Please keep an eye out! This one's going to be cute!

Beka

April - Where did the month go? And NEW PAINTING: Dewey!

So the month of April has come and gone -- and in a blur, I might add. Writing consumed nearly every waking moment for me, but finally my thesis is now complete! I'm so happy to be updating this again, and hope you all haven't forgotten about us!

This update is a big one! Four new pieces are now available in the shop, including painting #8 (completed on schedule in April but unfortunately not posted until now) and three sketches.  I'll write an entry about the sketches later this week, but for now you can check them out here at the SP website. I should also add that an art donation will be uploaded this week as well. We are so grateful to everyone who has expressed interest in participating in our project, and can't wait to bring this newly donated painting to you.

Now for painting #8

Adoptable Cat: Dewey

Rescue: Animal Resource Center (in Michigan)

Dewey's Profile

Dewey's Shelter Painter Shop

The Painting:

April 18, 2011

Dewey's experimental art nouveau painting is the eighth in the Shelter Painter series!  He is a handsome tuxedo cat who loves to play with fishing pole style toys (so that's exactly what he got in his picture!). Such a cute guy, and we hope he's adopted soon. 

Products Available (or coming soon) in Dewey's Shop

1. Poster
2. Bag
3. Mousepad
4. MINI Print (Postcard with my banner & her info on the back)
5. Magnet
6. Keychain
7. Postage Stamps
8. Christmas Ornament
9. (NEW PRODUCT) I-Phone 3 Hard Case!
10. (NEW PRODUCT) I-Phone 4 Hard Case!
11. (NEW PRODUCT) I-Pad Hard Case!
12. (NEW PRODUCT) Stickers!

More to come! If you would like something that isn't available, just let me know :) 

Remember, a percentage of artist royalties will be donated to his shelter (Animal Resource Center)! 100% of royalties from all products will be donated.  

Coming Soon to Shelter Painter!

This is an exciting time for Shelter Painter! Two, possibly three artists are interested in donating art to our project store, and a couple artists are also interested in actually producing paintings specifically for SP. We are so grateful for this show of support! I am currently working on painting #8 for shelter #8, and hope to have this finished sometime this weekend or possibly next week.

I'd like to take a moment to share a few other new developments here at SP. :) 

1. I'm working on adding new link buttons to the website and may be writing some HTML code to go with these in an effort to make linking to us easy breezy. These will be added periodically, as often as I have a chance to work on them.
   
2. A password protected shelter resource center is also in the works for our website. I'm hoping to develop templates for business cards and postcards that shelters and rescues could use, complete with our paintings and our website information. I'll probably set up a survey for suggestions, so if you're interested in helping to shape this new portion of the project watch for the survey link! I'll post it here, on Facebook, and on Twitter (and shelters will receive links through email).
   
3. When Shelter Painter reaches 12 shelters, we may go into a "retro" stage. What I mean by this is, instead of searching out new shelters to paint, we might return to shelters already in the project and paint a second piece for them one at a time. We'll probably go in reverse order, from the newest back to the oldest - the thinking here being that newly added shelters have less time to sell products than those who were in the project near the beginning. Any thoughts about this?
   
   This also means that if you have a favorite shelter you'd like to see us work with, the time to nominate them is NOW! :) There are only 4 spots left before we reach shelter #12, so send nominations to shelter (dot) painter @ gmail (dot) com as soon as you can. 

That's all for now! Thank you again to all the artists, visitors, and customers who have supported the project so far :)