Giveaway! over at Pikaland and a little sale!

The lovely Amy over at the fun and fabulous Pikaland is hosting a painting giveaway of mine - part of my 6x6 original painting series, the little bird called "Wanting" is being given away! Hop right over and leave a comment to before the 22nd to be part of the drawing. Also to celebrate my Etsy shop's 200th sale I am giving everyone a 20% discount on all my items up until October 1st. Just mention artesprit in the message to seller's box and I will discount your item by 20% ! Time to start shopping.... 

Poise :: IF and Greta the ink sketch

greta an original ink sketch, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

This week's IF prompt was Poise. Greta here is most poised in her petite toe pointing way. I am still feeling rather under the weather (hence the umbrella!) and so am going to rest my way through today. No need for a relapse!
Hoping to get some behind the scenes shots of the lovely work pouring into artstream for the Jen 11 show for you! have a wonderful weekend and think spring! Melt damn snow, melt!

Gelatin monoprints

tiff gelatin monoprint with india ink by susan schwake
Here is one of my gelatin monoprints which is part of a larger series of ink on ink. Freehand ink drawing onto backgrounds of lush layers of printmaking ink floated on slabs of gelatin. I did a little tutorial on this here and am getting ready to set some dates for some weekend workshops in the studio here.
Today is a rainy-get-things-done-inside day so it's perfect for wrapping up some pieces which are going to a show down in Rhode Island pretty soon.... but more on that later!

A friend of Nature

A friend of Nature, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

Another adventure in Gocco... a new print. At my etsy shop.
I have printed her on some vintage papers as well. But she looks best to me on the card stock.