Month: April 2009

"Who's your Favorite Furball?" contest!

“Romeo The Cat” by BZTAT

From Brewskie Butt, official spokescat of Art Adventures Studios…

Nobody hates hairballs more than the Brew, and I especially hate the GOOP that mom gives me when I have them! So I am more than happy to support my animal charity fundraiser friend, Romeo the Cat, and FURminator, Inc. in the “Who’s your Favorite Furball?” contest to honor of National Hairball Awareness Day, Friday April 24!

The winner will receive a free FURminator deShedding Tool and will also see their favorite, funniest, furriest furball featured on www.PeoplePets.com and popular pet blogs across the Internet.

Entering is easy!

1. Click on the FirstGiving link in the sidebar to your right to donate $1 (or more if you choose!) to Romeo’s FURPOWER beneficiary of the month, Kitten Rescue of Los Angeles.

2. Submit your favorite, funniest, furriest furball photo (cats only, please!) via email to romeo@romeothecat.com and tell him how winning a FURminator deShedding Tool will change your life (and your furball’s life!). Make sure to include the following information:

• Your Favorite Furball’s name
• How winning a FURminator deShedding Tool will change your life (and your furball’s life!)
• Your name
• Your email address
• What name you used with your FirstGiving donation

3, Entries must be submitted by 9 p.m. EST Thursday, April 23, 2009.

4.A gallery of Favorite Furball entry photos will be posted on Romeo’s website prior to the final winner announcement.

5. The winner will be selected via a random drawing.

6. The winner will be announced here at 12 p.m. EST Friday, April 24, 2009 and featured on www.PeoplePets.com and participating blogs.

Contest parameters:

• Contest is only open to cats (sorry doggies but it is hairball day!)
• Entrants must be located in the U.S. or Canada
• Entries must be submitted by 9:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, April 23, 2009
• Entrants agree to allow their photo to be posted on participating blogs

If you have additional questions, please contact romeo at romeothecat dot com.

Good luck and GO FURPOWER!

By the way, we have a Furminator in our house, and we have another one on the way that we won in a contest during the Pussycat Island Pawty recently! Thank you FURminator, Inc. for helping us keep the FUR and hairballs under control in our house!!!

Have a Brew-ti-ful day!

The Brew

Life is an Adventure!

Art Adventures Studios
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Art Adventures Studios, located in downtown Canton, OH
near Second April Galerie and the historic Onesto Hotel.

Custom Pet Portraits–Original Paintings of Your Pet

UPDATE: Prices have changed. See new prices here.

Since you asked…

A number of folks have asked about my prices for painting custom pet portraits. My prices are deeply discounted at the moment as I am trying to get the word out about my work. I am going to be honest. I fully intend to raise my prices eventually, because, truthfully, I could be making more money selling burgers than I currently do selling my artwork. I want to keep my prices affordable for my fans, but I also want to pay my bills.

If you want a pet portrait by BZTAT, now’s the time to do it.

My current prices described below are subject to change at any time. Prices listed are based on a single pet with average difficulty painted on gallery wrapped stretched canvas with acrylic paint. Prices may be adjusted based upon the size of the piece, the surface and media, and difficulty of the image (multiple pets in one painting add difficulty). Shipping costs are extra. Payment in advance is required. Portraits generally take 2-4 weeks to complete depending on difficulty and waiting list.

16 ” X 20″ – $100
18 ” X 24″ -$125
24″ X 30″ -$175
30″ X 40″ -$250

I also do custom drawings and digital images. Please email me for pricing on these.

I work from photos of your pet. If you are local to Canton, OH, I would love for you to bring the pet to the studio for a photo shoot! If not, you can email me photos or give me links to Flickr or other online photo streams.

Please email me at BZTAT@artadventuresstudios.com to make an order or to get further information about getting a custom portrait of your pet. I look forward to hearing from you!!!!

Life is an Adventure!

BZTAT
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Art Adventures Studios

Art Adventures Studios, located in downtown Canton, OHnear Second April Galerie and the historic Onesto Hotel.

Perry the Birman: Painting of a Cat

“Perry the Birman” by BZTAT

Meet Perry, a beautiful Birman cat from San Diego, CA! Perry is a Twitter Critter friend (@PerrytheBirman). His person (@debweeva) commissioned his portrait after getting to know us on Twitter and seeing my artwork online. It was a priveledge to paint this beautiful creature!

Alas, I have never actually met Perry, although I would very much like to, as he is so amazing in photos. I created his painting from photos posted on his person’s Flickr page. This particular photo was striking to me, and was the general basis for the painting.

I initially thought that I would paint the basket, but I decided against that later. I prefer an element of fantasy to my pictures, and the basket didn’t really lend so well to that.

I made a preliminary drawing onto a black canvas and started blocking in color. As you can see, I left an area for the basket that I later filled in.

I made some changes to the eyes, added some whiskers, and put in some grass. I kept adding layers of color. People often ask how I achieve the intense color that is the trademark of my paintings. I do this through a process of building up color by painting many layers of varied colors on top of each other, always leaving some trace of each layer.

Finally, the painting is finished!

Painting Perry was a great adventure, and now, I off to paint his canine house mate, Samson!

Life is an Adventure!

BZTAT

Would you like a custom pet portrait of your pet? BZTAT will paint your animal for a very reasonable price. For information, email her at bztat@artadventuresstudios.com.

Follow works in progress by BZTAT on Twitter by searching #bztatptg.

Art Adventures Studios, located in downtown Canton, OHnear Second April Galerie and the historic Onesto Hotel.