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Hurry...Blog Hop Giveaway Ends May 5!

It's here! The Final Destination Blog Visit for the

$200 e-gift card giveaway!

Our last and final blog destination belongs to  and this is the final location where you'll find the last TWO words left in our secret word collection.

Pick up the last two words here.
Bring ALL your secret words here.

All Entries will Close May 5

Winners will be Announced May 7 at : ArtfulGathering.com

Winners will be drawn at random through random.org. One winner will be chosen to win the $200 e-card gift certificate to Jerry's Artarama, and two winners will be chosen at random to win a $25 e-gift card to Jerry's Artarama.

Please leave all the necessary contact info with your secret words in the moderated comment section of Artful Gathering's Hop Page.

Thank you so much for hopping with us and we look forward to seeing you at Artful Gathering 2012. Special thanks to Jerry's Artarama, Artful Gathering's prize sponsor of the blog hop event.

Good Luck, and thank you for playing!

Roar in Delight from Inspiring Images

I've been busy with my camera, taking all sorts of pictures around town and in the neighborhoods for inspiration. There are so many scenes I want to transform with watercolors! The lion on the right is from Flagler College, which used to be the grand Ponce de Leon Hotel in the days of oil tycoon Henry Flagler. It's time to get busy painting though, since April is already half over!!

Not only do I have lots of ideas for paintings, but paper mache pieces and holiday lamps are swirling around in my head. And Tinsel and Treasures is not too far off, as is a local Halloween art show I'll be participating in - but more about that in another post!

In just a few weeks, on May 3, Artful Gathering registrants will be able to start signing up for classes. And then not too long after that, I'll be leading my online summer session of Up, Up and Away with Paper Mache - A Vintage Hot Air Balloon Ornament, June 6 - July 17.

So why not find your inspiration and try something new this summer? Check out the classes being offered at Artful Gathering.com. Join the Artful Gathering Blog Hop, and you could win a $200 e-gift certificate for art supplies!! See rules below.

Please HOP over and visit the sweet and amazing

Cristina Zinnia Galliher

http://zinniasart.blogspot.com

(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

From June to August 2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.

Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry's Artarama!

Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.

You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25 e-gift card from Jerrys.

Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the $25 e-card to Jerrys.

    

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

 

 

Art for the Birds

We recently took a boat tour of Salt Run, a long stretch of water that flows from the St. Augustine inlet and the Atlantic Ocean. It was a birding and boating tour, and my, oh my, was it beautiful! I took lots of photos of St. Augustine from the vantage point on the water, and I downloaded them into my "Images to Paint," folder on my Mac. I can't wait to get started exploring these images for inspiration.

 

Picture above is the Bridge of Lions, that I altered in Photoshop as a duotone and then colored. It makes me think of some European town and new adventures. Speaking of which....the day for class sign ups is drawing near for the summer adventure at Artful Gathering. On May 3, you can sign up for classes once you've registered at ArtfulGathering.com.

 

I hope you join me for an exciting summer of learning!! Head on over to the uber talented Monica Zuniga's blog for a chance to win an e-gift certificate and see her amazing art. (Blog hop details are below.)

  http://monicazuniga.blogspot.mx/

Happy exploring!!

 

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From June to August  2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.

 

Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry's Artarama!

Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.

You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.

Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the $25 e-card to Jerrys.

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

 

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing

Monica Zuniga

 http://monicazuniga.blogspot.mx/

 

(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

Another Clue to the $200 E-Gift Card Giveaway!

Next up in the Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat blog hop is the talented Diane Cook! She is a mixed media jewelry artist. Head on over to her blog: 

http://www.rosa-josies.blogspot.com/

 ...and pick up the next secret word. By now you should have a lot of them! (See the rules below.) And it's all building towards the big day when in May you can actually start signing up for online classes at ArtfulGathering.com! Remember, the first session of classes start's June 6, and features my paper mache hot air balloon class. I so look forward to "meeting" my students on the first day!! Here are more details about this exciting summer event.

Rules for Blog Hop Giveaway and More About Artful Gathering

From June to August  2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.

Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry's Artarama!

Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.

You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.

Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the $25 e-card to Jerrys.

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!