Thank you for being part of my life, and contributing to my experience as an artist. I hope each of you has a wonderful season filled with joy, family and friends, good food and health. May your new year be prosperous, and all your hopes sprout and grow.
See you in the New Year!
~Xan
Stroke of Green's First SALE
Ten cards and envelopes usually sell for $20.
These "New Year, 2011" cards are now
20% off:
$16.00 for 10 cards!
My New Year, 2011 card is perfect for the folks who don't know what holiday is appropriate to mark, or sort of *ahem* missed the one they were aiming for. Everyone knows when the years change, right?
No?
Well then maybe this card is a good reminder. ;)
I'll be rolling out lots of new designs in the new year, for all occasions; funny, happy, sad, and just-because. This year's holiday collection uses dogs to pass on the messages, but coming designs will include all sorts of creatures, including humans, and maybe no creatures at all. Designs for all tastes (I hope!)
If you haven't been by Stroke of Green yet, check me out. Bookmark me for the future, too!
Oh, and I have a Stroke of Green Facebook page as well, where I post various eco-friendly ideas and products I find. Feel free to join in that conversation, too.
See you there!
No?
Well then maybe this card is a good reminder. ;)
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I'll be rolling out lots of new designs in the new year, for all occasions; funny, happy, sad, and just-because. This year's holiday collection uses dogs to pass on the messages, but coming designs will include all sorts of creatures, including humans, and maybe no creatures at all. Designs for all tastes (I hope!)
If you haven't been by Stroke of Green yet, check me out. Bookmark me for the future, too!
Oh, and I have a Stroke of Green Facebook page as well, where I post various eco-friendly ideas and products I find. Feel free to join in that conversation, too.
See you there!
| Stroke of Green is my greeting card company, for those of you just joining us. I launched my new line this fall with several holiday-themed designs, had them printed with soy inks, added recycled paper envelopes, and biodegradable cellophane packaging for an eco-friendly greeting card choice. |
Xan's Art
Meanwhile,
over in the other half of my art world, I did do that *Portrait
Marathon I mentioned in my last letter. 
Well, it's not quite
done. I have one left to finish. You can see the progress
of the first 10 on my blog, and all the finished paintings collected on my website.
I've been thinking of doing a tutorial. I'd love your feedback on this idea. The concept is to demonstrate how to use Artrage (a relatively low-cost painting program) to do the painting, but it requires that the tutees have the program, AND a tablet and stylus. That's a pretty high requirement. Even less expensive tablets are around $100 new, and the cheapest version of the program is about $25. What do you think? Would any of you be interested in this?
For an idea of what the program can do, look at most of my greeting cards for the last few years, and look at the digitally painted work on my website.
If not something this involved, would there be a tutorial you'd like to see me offer?
Thanks for any thoughts or ideas you might have on this!
Well, it's not quite
done. I have one left to finish. You can see the progress
of the first 10 on my blog, and all the finished paintings collected on my website.I've been thinking of doing a tutorial. I'd love your feedback on this idea. The concept is to demonstrate how to use Artrage (a relatively low-cost painting program) to do the painting, but it requires that the tutees have the program, AND a tablet and stylus. That's a pretty high requirement. Even less expensive tablets are around $100 new, and the cheapest version of the program is about $25. What do you think? Would any of you be interested in this?
For an idea of what the program can do, look at most of my greeting cards for the last few years, and look at the digitally painted work on my website.
If not something this involved, would there be a tutorial you'd like to see me offer?
Thanks for any thoughts or ideas you might have on this!