Tag: Okey

December Doodle – Sleepy Okey

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"Sleepy Okey" Drawing by BZTAT

Today’s doodle may stray from Wikipedia’s definition below, but, in mind, it is still a doodle. Instead of doodling on paper these days, I doodle on my iPhone, playing with different photos with photo apps. Today’s drawing started as one of these “digital doodles” and I added to it with some pencil sketching on a print. You can see an album of other digital doodles here.

A doodle, according to Wikipedia, is “an unfocused drawing made while a person’s attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be abstract shapes.” My doodles often have some focus to them, but they are less formal than a regular drawing. Sometimes the images are somewhat cartoonish and sometimes they are just scribbles and line formations.

For each day from Dec. 1 – 15 (2011) I will make a December Doodle drawing and hold an auction for it here on the blog. These drawings will make nice gifts, and if you want, I will gift wrap and mail to whomever you would like the gift(s) to go. And since animals always are in greater need as winter takes hold, I will donate 10% of the proceeds to a registered animal charity.

Which charity? You help me decide! Post the charity that you would like me to support on my Facebook Fanpage, and I will randomly select from all the submissions on Dec. 15, 2011. (Charities must be for animal rescue, in the United States, and must have a 501(c) non-profit status.)

If you would like to bid on this drawing, simply place your bid in the comments below.

Here are the deets on today’s doodle:

8 1/2″ x 11″ Unframed Prismacolor Pencil and Marker Digital Doodle Drawing on paper by artist BZTAT

Leave bids in increments of $5 below in the comments section.

Minimum Bid $40 USD

Shipping: $8 USA $18 International

BUY NOW OPTION: You can buy the piece now for $75 as long as no bids have been made in the comments below. Simply write BUY NOW in the comments and send a payment of $75 + shipping via Paypal using the email address bztat at bztat.com.

Highest bids at 10:00 pm EST on Thursday 1/8/11 win the auctions.

Winning bidders: make payment of bid + shipping to Paypal using email address bztat at bztat.com.

New Holiday Card Featuring Okey the Parking Lot Kitty!

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"Meowy Christmas!" Drawing by BZTAT

I posted several holiday cards for sale on Friday. I got a note from a friend soon after posting them who was wondering why I didn’t make an Okey card. That’s about as much arm twisting as it took.

I love drawing pictures of my Okey, but more than that, I love how so many people love following her story and adventures in recovery. Okey is well on her way to being a happy well adjusted house cat at this point. She still is skittish in some ways, but she becomes braver everyday. I am still very smitten with my little girl!

If you would like to order Okey cards, you can do so here. Cards will come with a small note explaining her story.

I hope that you have an Okey Dokey holiday season!

Okey's October: Walk?

See all the “Okey’ October” artworks!

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Drawing by BZTAT

“A dog is one of the few remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.” ~ O.A. Battista

There’s nothing like the smiles and the wags of a dog anticipating the company oh it’s human on a walk!

In honor of my cat Okey whose “Gotcha Day” is October 30, I am making an artwork every day in October, and posting it here on my blog. As I have done with “drawing a day” activities in the past, each artwork will be available for bidding in an auction in the blog post dedicated to it.

Along with each artwork will be a “Thought for the Day” that will offer some kind of encouragement about overcoming challenges.

Okey has inspired a worldwide movement to bring awareness to the links between animal abuse, child abuse and domestic violence called: Okey’s Promise: Art for a Cause. All of the proceeds for the auctions will go towards the Okey’s Promise: Celebrating the Human – Animal Bond project, which is my second Okey’s Promise public art project.

My recent Kickstarter fund raising campaign for the project fell short of its goal, so I have had to start over with the fund raising. You can contribute here if you would like to support the project outside of the auctions.

To make it a little more fun, I am going to have a special contest! Everyone who bids on one of the Okey’s October artworks here on the blog will be entered into a contest for a free artwork! You don’t have to win a bid, just make a bid. All bidders will be entered into a random drawing for a special artwork at the end of the month.

Here is the info about today’s artwork:

5″ X7″ Mixed Media Drawing on paper by artist BZTAT

Comes with an acid free mat ready for an 8″ X 10″ frame

Leave bids in increments of $5 below in the comments section.

Minimum Bid $40 USD

Shipping: $8 USA $18 International

BUY NOW OPTION: You can buy this piece now for $75 as long as no bids have been made in the comments below. Simply write BUY NOW in the comments and send a payment of $75 + shipping via the ChipIn widget in the right sidebar.

Highest bid at 10:00 pm EST on Wednesday 10/25/11 wins the piece.

Winning bidder: make payment of bid + shipping to ChipIn widget in right sidebar.

Please allow 4 weeks for USA shipping.