end of season custom painting sale

Erika Jessop Studios is offering 20% off on select custom painting sizes now until Labor Day (September 6, 2010). Book a canvas painting during this time and receive this incredible discount on the following canvas painting sizes:

• 11 x 14 (regularly $160) SALE PRICE $128
• 12 x 12 (regularly $160) SALE PRICE $128
• 16 x 20 (regularly $280) SALE PRICE $224
• 18 x 18 (regularly $280) SALE PRICE $224

This offer is limited to my canvas supply. Please send me an email if you’re interested in booking. 50% deposit due at booking. Visit Erika Jessop Studios for more examples of my work.

do you live with a creative genius?

Sometimes it can be a challenge. After all, we creative types can be very demanding and fickle…”Fetch me my paints! No, my watercolors! Now bring out the crayons and markers!” 

I had the young art prodigy in mind when I created this new tee shirt, printed with the words creative genius.

My original illustration is on a white cotton tee. They’re available in two styles and nine sizes. 

$25 (U.S. shipping included)

100% cotton
The image is not printed on the surface. It is dyed into the fibers of cotton, so it feels nice (not stiff).

baby & toddler sizes: 
6 mos, 12 mos, 18 mos, 2T, 3T, and 4T

kids sizes: 
Small 27″ (chest) 18″ (length)
Medium 31″ (chest) 20.5″ (length)
Large 34″ (chest) 23 (length)

(PLEASE INDICATE YOUR SIZE SELECTION IN YOUR PAYPAL MESSAGE. THANKS!)

before the weekend…

Thank you for the great response to my shop update this week! I’m happy to see that folks are getting used to my schedule time (Tuesday at 1 pm MTN, in case you were wondering). I wrapped up a new, and quite large, painting on wood for a local juried exhibition and I want to share a couple of photos of it. Brandon made the beautiful wooden frame that I painted it on. 

It is now living at Boxcar Gallery here in Denver. It’s entered in their annual juried exhibition. I will find out on Monday if it made the show or not! *crosses fingers*

What Becomes of Us?

4 ‘ x 2 ‘

details:

 

And here’s a sneak peek at a new original logo in my etsy shop. I will show it off on flickr next Tuesday, but my blog readers get the first shot at it!

So let me know if you’d like me to customize it for you.

Until next time!

erika j

 

 

coming soon…

I have a new little series of paintings coming to Etsy (in the Tuesday update next week). Here is a sneak peek at my favorite so far. Most of them will be small (10 inches or less). I think this one in particular is a perfect little shelf sitter.

It is about 5 inches tall and 3 inches wide.

…I love lavender

 

I signed it on the back

I also have a brand new etsy banner that I like much better than the previous one, so check it out! 

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I also just finished a cute canvas painting for the sweetest little girl! Her mommy, Amanda Westhart, had some amazing ideas for the piece, including Mr. Bunny who sits by the tree. He is Ava’s favorite friend. I even painted the flowers to match the fabrics in her room.

18 x 18 inches on canvas

good day!

erika j

free template!

With only four days until Valentine’s Day, I’m offering something very sweet. Here is a free 5 x 7 template for you! This card is a completely customizable layered psd file, just like all of the templates I sell. Please use it for whatever you’d like (personal or commercial), and please credit me and my blog.

download by clicking on the image below:

photo by Jonnye Bower

Enjoy!

You can also purchase your choice of my template sets; Vintage Wish, Hip to be Square, and the Garden.

 

Purchase Vintage Wish – $20

 

purchase Hip to be Square – $20

 

purchase the Garden – $25

dottie comes to life!

Hi everybody! You might remember this canvas painting I did in December 2007. I named her “Dottie.” She has always been one of my very favorite paintings because I made her for fun and let loose. 

 

Dottie, 9 x 12 inches

Well, this week I got a sweet email from my sister in law, an artist from Nebraska who especially loves art journaling, scrapbooking, and sculpting with polymer clay. She made this!! Can you believe it?

Dottie by Rhonda Kearney

She sits about 4 inches tall and has the cutest striped tights. I feel so honored that Rhonda interpreted her this way. 

Now (3-D) Dottie lives at our house and she’s SO happy here!

Rhonda Kearney’s blog: http://rhonda4kids.blogspot.com/

Rhonda’s Etsy shop is coming soon! When it’s up and running, I will post a link.

In other news from the amazingly talented family I married into, my husband Brandon is working on a new original birdhouse that will land in my etsy shop when it’s finished! I can’t wait!

Love,

Erika

as promised…

new additions to my shop this week

original canvas paintings with hand-sewn flowers

original canvas painting “among nature…”

2” song bird wooden pendant

1” wooden hand painted pendants with green accents

I had so much fun making jewelry this week!

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also, I have posted two new original logos

available for sale and customization!

and the “my mom shoots people” and “my dad shoots people” shirts are also available on etsy now

$4 off when you buy one there

I hope your week is going well!

Love,

erika j

http://www.erikajessop.com

digital illos

This week is off to a great start. I can’t believe how quickly January has flown by! Just a short note. I create these before and after composites to demonstrate my digital illustration product. I was really pleased with how my illustration of Will turned out. His dad sent me the photo from his birthday party. I was inspired to do a comic style treatment. Love his dino jammies!

I created this 5 x 7 piece late last year for Janette Canare and her daughter Larissa. Janette emailed me the top photo and I began the transformation process in Photoshop, “painting” over layers and layers until I reached the finished illustration in the “after” frame.

I offer these illustrations as 5 x 7s. My clients can choose to receive the digital file only and print it themselves, or order a high quality print on fine art paper from me.

Email for pricing

erikaj.art@gmail.com

and today is very special for a sweet twelve year old girl from our city…

Happy Birthday, Rachel! xo

 

 

just a teensy weensy bit annoyed

As many of you know, I launched my commission-based business about two years ago on flickr. I was very inspired by many photographers and painters who showed their work there. There was an immediate response, and in a few months, I began to develop a waiting list of clients interested in my paintings. It was an amazing time.

In 2008, I noticed a steady decline of general activity on flickr. Perhaps we’re all just getting busier. Blame it on whatever you wish. I think people were (and are) growing weary of flickr. I can now add myself to that group. I suppose a healthy dose of ignorance has carried me through thus far, but how long can I edit, watermark, post…only to find my original work proudly displayed on someone’s myspace profile? The client I created it for deserves better. And so do I.

I am dedicating my work back to myself in 2009. I love what I do so very much and my clients make it fulfilling and enjoyable, not flickr. So if I don’t post something there, you can always find the latest here. I can freely promote myself here and that’s no longer an option with flickr. 

Please don’t take this as an insult to anyone on flickr. I treasure the community there, just not the hacks. My plan for this space from now on is to share fun things, freebies, and shop announcements (sans the promotional links). I will use it to stay in touch with the lovely friends I’ve made there. I’m quite unsure of what 2009 has in store for me and my business, but I am going to work harder than ever before. New opportunities will present themselves.

Alright, enough of that! Here are some photos from our Christmas break in Nebraska…

learning to make a famous family recipe – Kringler cookies

showing off our new cold weather gear at grandma’s Christmas Eve party

When we came back to Denver, we saw the Civic Center downtown, beautifully decorated.

Check out Brandon’s new light-up hat! : )

I made this illustration a couple of days ago.

a similarly cute version for boys : )

Then, over the weekend, I grew addicted to making these yo yos. I’ll be sewing them on jewelry and hair accessories soon.

That’s all for now. Thank you for listening to my little vent.

Love,

erika j

merry (handmade) Christmas

I have tried to do most of my Christmas shopping on Etsy this year. I feel like handmade goodies are much more fun than gifts from the big department stores. Plus, I get to support other artists! And there are some amazing, talented people on Etsy for sure.

So here’s a head’s up on what I have going on in my shop. 

ALL original paintings & prints are on sale until Monday, December 22.

FREE SHIPPING on almost everything! 

So head on over there! I promise to post some photos of my family opening the Etsy goodness I bought them this year.

Love and warm fuzzies,