Sunday Sketches - Barn

Hi everyone at Sunday Sketches! 

Hope everyone is great! More of the same for me:

1) our NWU political current events radio show continues at 11pm EST tonight, in case any of you have trouble sleeping and nothing else interesting to do -http://www.blogtalkradio.com/solidarityforevernwuat-large/2014/10/13/howdy-howdy-lets-get-rowdy-solidarity-forever-this-week
2) helping my mother blog - to post, get more followers, etc http://artsnquilts.blogspot.com/ - does anyone know of a fun blog hop like Sunday Sketches, but for quilters? Would love to find a way to get her more traffic
3) helping raise funds for my brother's adoption fees is still going on https://www.etsy.com/shop/aliciaraya?ref=hdr_shop_menu (25% of etsy earnings go towards helping my brother & his family adopt Shiloh, an orphan from Eastern Europe. More on this adoption & his successful adoption last year of a girl can be seen here: http://www.fromhouse2home.us/) I know selling art amongst artists is like selling coal in Newcastle, but it can't hurt to put it out there - you never know when a person needs a special custom drawing, like the one above!
4) Changed blog template. Am a little sorry about this - I actually enjoyed the other colour scheme for years, but it was hard to read. I am somewhat unhappy with the current scheme, but I don't have better ideas right now & it does the job. If anyone had groovy ideas re a blogger template/colour scheme, would love to hear it! Also added Etsy widget, which seems to show the current drawing I have above 


This sketch was a commission from the custom charcoal gig - the buyer wanted a 15 x 19 charcoal drawing of her grandmother's barn. Since i live in the rural South, I completely understand the draw of rural barn landscapes. I made the drawing on Rives BFK printing paper. The best part is that 25% goes to the adoption :D

I sell other random stuff in my shop - like tarot readings, custom oil paintings, some jewelry, photography, and the wood pieces I've been making with Jim these past 3 years. So please have a look, especially as the Christmas season approaches!

Hope everyone has a great Sunday