Red Bird - TOMS shoes

I've been working on several projects lately, and this is one that I just finished. I'm going to enter this design in the Teen Vogue contest. They're going to be choosing one design to launch a new line of Artist TOMS Shoes.


This design is a modified rendering of my drawing, Lone Bird & His Trees. I designed stamps of my illustrations, and once I received them, I stamped the designs on my TOMS Shoes. Then I added color using acrylic and ink. Finally, I finished the design using a marbling effect, similar to what I use for my Alter-ego t-shirts to create the illusion of blue skies.

If you like these TOMS and you're in the Nyack, NY area, you can have me customize your TOMS next week on April 8 at ML Gifts & Accessories. This is also the day when thousands of people all over the world are going barefoot for ONE DAY! Join us.

Or if you want me to customize your TOMS, and you don't live here, feel free to contact me.

preview for pinng

I'm working on a series of illustrations that will soon be available to share with the world. These love birds are a work in progress that are merely a tasting of what you will soon see on Pinng.
Pinng is a site where you can send invitations, ecards, and postal pinngs. My illustrations will be part of their Designer series, which features exclusive designs by established and up-and-coming artists.

enjoy life. take risks. CREATE.

Custom Stamp Illustrations for One Day

I'm ordering some stamps similar to these designs, so I can use them in the ONE DAY event here in Nyack.
I'll add color to the bird, trees, or flowers using acrylic ink and/or sharpies after the stamping has been done on your TOMS. I wanted something that could look similar to a screen print once the image was finished, so this is what I decided would work best. I'll soon share a sample, so stay tuned.

SPOON

Going Barefoot

I'm going barefoot on April 8 for the One Day Without Shoes event. For every pair of TOMS shoes that are purchased at any time, one pair of shoes will be donated to a child in need. But on April 8, I'll be at the ML Gifts & Accessories One Day event creating illustrations on a pair of TOMS that you purchase. I'm currently working on ideas for these illustrations, so if you have any suggestions, now is the time to share. Right now, I have a couple of solid ideas, but there is room for more.

Originally I purchased my first pair of TOMS because of the cause, but after I began wearing them, I realized that they are comfortable. In fact, they're so comfortable that I wear mine every day! Now I have another pair on their way, so I can create an illustration for this contest. But I'll also be able to wear them...

And a pair of shoes was donated to a child in need because of my consumption. Good news!

So if you're in the Nyack area, join us at ML Gifts & Accessories on April 8. (I'll share more details about when I'll be there soon.)

[disclaimer: I do not work for TOMS shoes or ML Gifts & Accessories. I really am just a passionate individual who likes this cause.]

In the Sun

And the sun came out today!

Citrus

We're loading up on the Vitamin C in our place. I'm tired of being sick...

25 Scribbles Note Cards Giveaway - Extended!

Do you have some of my artwork hanging in your home or office? If so, I'd love to see the photos. I'm planning to give away a set of one of each of my note cards to one lucky recipient. This is a total of 25 note cards!


Multiple entries are welcome, although only one photo of each piece will be used as a submission. You can either add a fan photo to my facebook page or e-mail the image to me: scribbles@shawnahandke.com . If you do not own any of my artwork or t-shirts, just become a fan of sHandke ART on facebook, and we'll count that as an entry. (But be sure to post that you did this as a comment here.)

The contest will be closed on April 6 May 6! The winner will be selected via http://www.random.org/ on del>April 10 May 10. The extension will give more people the opportunity to enter this contest, so send some pictures my way.

Shawna L Handke | Promote Your Page Too

New Note Cards

Here are my newest note cards. These and several others are now for sale in the local boutique, ML Gifts & Accessories.

The first note card was illustrated especially for the store. ML is the store on the left with a green front.






And this is the new back label for my scribbles note cards.

Spring Fever

Today it felt like spring outside, so Oliver and I were sure to get out! Although some tulips are surfacing, these are in our home.

Spring is also a time for cleaning and organizing, so I've been doing some of this.

Here are a few of the projects I'm currently organizing:
• New select prints for sale in My Society 6 store.
(More are on in the making.)
• New note cards at ML Gifts & Accessories.
• Look for my work in the pingg Designer Series soon.
• Hoping to participate in the Nyack Art Walk
• Participating in One Day Without Shoes and entering this contest.
• And new paintings are unfolding, too.

South Broadway Illustration

This is the illustration for a note card that will be for sale at ML Gifts & Accessories next week.

Two New Works in Progress

Here is a peak at a couple of new pieces that are currently in progress.


Dining Out


Splashing Thru the City

These were scribbles that were created as I began the illustration of South Broadway. They'll soon become finished scribbles-sketches.

Working from Home

It's so much fun working from home. I get to see my little guy and hold him as I work.

South Broadway in color

This is part of the illustration that will used for note cards that will soon be for sale at ML Gifts & Accessories here in Nyack.

Kate Bush Treasury

I love this treasury that features my Mossy Maze photograph.