My daughter, Charlotte and my Mum with the Degas Paintings...
the three paintings (6 panels) will be attached to the walls of the Ballet Studio and framed with gold frames...
This studio will be called the Degas Studio...

I hope to start a mini portrait of Mariuca this week..
Mariuca is my top Entrecard advertiser at laketrees, PoeARTica and Top Artists' Directory....thanks Mariuca for being such a wonderful friend and sponsor ...
as you can see by her gorgeous photo Mariuca is going to be a very easy subject to paint ..

WIN YOUR OWN FREE MINI PORTRAIT

I'm offering my readers the opportunity to win a Free Mini Portrait this month..
# the Mini Portrait is 25cm x 25cm (10" x 10") - acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas..
# free postage
# value: $250 (au)
# one person/subject of the winner's choice
# winner will be selected from a random generator at the end of this month

What you can do:
1. leave a comment here =1 entry per comment
2. post about the competition at your blog with a link back to laketrees = 10 entries
3. RETWEET this post on twitter = 1 entry per tweet
4. Subscribe to laketrees by Email = 5 entries

please let me know in this post what you have chosen to do so I can allocate your entries by the 31st July...( I know most of you have ..thanks )


I will announce the winner on the 1st July 2009 1st August 2009
Good luck everyone!!!

Last Chance to enter: 3 days until the competition closes!!

I came across this classic piece of music at Val Zdero Art and couldn't resist featuring this for Music Monday...this is one of my Mum's favourites...

to my Sister's New Ballet Studios...now they just need to be attached to the top section of the wall...