Win prizes and help me win a trip to NYC!!!!

Help me and win goodies!
Way #1 - Wishlist my trip on trazzler and get your name entered in the random drawing every 3 nights to get a goody
Way #2 - Get 5 of your friends to wishlist my trip. For every set of 5 friends, I'll send you a free print. Got 20 friends? That would be 4 free prints!! See below for details...

I was nominated as a semifinalist on trazzler for a story I wrote about one of the places I went to on my honeymoon. (Before my life as an artist, I wanted to be a travel writer). If you wishlist me, I'll put your name in a drawing, and every three days I'll draw a name and send that person a goody in the mail. The list of prizes include an original painting, cards with envelopes, and prints. If you win, you are welcome to choose what kind of picture you like. I don't want to send a cat to a dog lover. At the very end of the contest, September 14th after 8 pm, I'll put ALL the names in for a drawing of an original painting.

Sound like fun? Let's get me a $10,0000 trip to NYC!!! If I win, I'll send EVERYONE a goody! So go to www.trazzler.com/trips/yangshuo-in-guilin-guangxi-cn and click on the green wishlist button under the picture of the Yulong River. You'll have to sign up for Trazzler first, but if you have a Facebook account, you can directly connect and be a member automatically, so it's very easy! The first drawing for a goody will be tomorrow night. After you're all signed up, go to my trip and wishlist me! It will show who has wishlisted me, so it is from that list that I will draw names for the free goody. If you have five friends wishlist me, and they tell me they are your friend, I'll send you a free print of your choice. For every set of five friends, I'll send you a free print.

New Watercolor Paintings - Siamese Cat and Horse plus low carb cake : )

Friend me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/rachelsstudiodotcom for more of my art adventures!

Here is the parrot painting I've been working on, or is it a Macaw? Someone on Facebook mentioned it looked like a Macaw.

I just started working on this new horse portrait tonight.

Hopefully I'll be done with this siamese cat painting by the middle of next week and it can go to its new home!

Today was my mom's birthday so I didn't get much painting done. But I did make this cake...

My mom and I are both hypoglycemic, so this is a low carb cake made with soy protein, egg protein and stevia for sweetener (and other stuff). The frosting is sugar free, made with butter, cream cheese and stevia. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!! Happy Birthday Momba!

New art - tabby cat watercolor painting "Basket Case"

Aaaaaaaah, feels so good to get a painting done. This is from a photo contest winner. Congrats Charlotte!! This signed, limited edition print is available right here on my blog ---------->

I'll have the original posted soon, but the owner of the photo gets first dibs. Be sure to enter your photo for the next contest on my Yahoo group or my Facebook group.

Your chance for a free print...

Here's your chance to get a free print I did of an applehead siamese cat. I listed it on a new, fun website called Listia. I always like to use my art and painting to support great new ideas, so I thought I'd share the site with my readers : ) Just click here or on the cat!

Here's progress on the parrot painting, (a recent winner of my photo art contest)

I'm also reading a great book on the artist de Kooning right now. It won the Pulitzer Prize. Click on this text to see it on Amazon...

Do I look intelligent?

Wow, maybe this should be my new medium...

Go to the following page and click on the image to start the video - it's 3d computer drawing!
http://om.ly/?Djas

Winner of the Poll

It seems like eons since I've had a poll winner and I miss it - I love the interaction with new people I meet on the net, and I love the pictures I find through the poll!!! So this will be my next painting. Congratulations to Tanya D, her picture won the poll!!! I just love the colors in this beautiful parrot - I can't wait to get started.

If you want to enter my next photo contest, upload your photos to my Yahoo group or my Facebook group.

I'm back!!!

I'm SO sorry I haven't posted anything here. I was planning to blog from China, but I think Blogger is blocked in China because I couldn't get on any of my blogs there. I posted a lot of things to my facebook profile at www.facebook.com/rachelparkergao Here's onepicture...

This picture is in Yangshuo near Guilin. We spent 3 glorious days here. This picture was taken from the grounds of Yangshuo Mountain Retreat where we stayed. Those hills are called karsts.

I got blogged about

I participated in a charity, PAWS for Charity, to raise money for breast cancer, and they just posted a writeup about me on their blog. Click here to read more!

Planning My China Trip and New Paintings

Hi all! Just thought I'd give you an update. Most of my time is dedicated to planning my wedding, but I have finished a commission...

This is a work in progress. 30k was won on this race- I'd want a painting too!
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Most of my time has been going to planning my honeymoon. I was never one to daydream about my future wedding, but I've always dreamed of my honeymoon, and that hasn't changed. So I'm obsessed...

Part of the trip will be 4 days in beautiful Guilin/Yangshuo near the Li River. Ronald from Yangshuo Mountain Retreat took this beautiful picture close to where we'll be staying...

We're also planning on hiking in Huashan. You may have seen some of the pictures of this spectacular place from this amazing story. (Don't worry, we're not going to do the dangerous part!!!)

Huashan



This is the part we will NOT be attempting!

More our style : )

Funny Video and new painting

The best medicine when you're stressed is a good laugh...this should do it!

Although my stress is a good kind of stress (lots of commissions to finish, getting ready for wedding, a laugh sure feels good! Here is a commission I just finished...

I'm going to be a bit MIA!!!

It's the final count down to my wedding in June so I'm going to be a bit MIA until July 14th when I get back from my honeymoon. I'll hopefully be posting updates, but I don't promise anything! I did just make a reservation at the Intercontinental in Hong Kong, and I'm so excited about it...I'll be soaking up the view from this vantage point...

This is the pool on the top of the Intercontinental looking over Victoria Harbour. Gorgeous!

New Painting completed...

This is a commission I just finished...

New Winner of Random Drawing!

Charlotte McDavid, you won the random drawing!!! Please let me know your address and what subject you like of mine!

If you would like to be included in next week's random drawing, click 'follow this blog' on the top right!

Aiken Road Trip

I'm always itching to travel, but since I'm saving up for the big honeymoon, smaller trips have to suffice for now. My fiance and I drove an hour over to Aiken, SC with no plans and even NO GPS (long story). This is SO my kind of place! All the street signs have horses on them! A true equine community, Aiken has tons of horse farms and horse events. I've wanted to see a polo match forever and it just so happened one was starting right as we finished eating at a very yummy hole-in-the-wall Cuban restaurant.

But now for the real stars of the show...

Must paint, Must paint...Click on the picture so you can read my notes about why I MUST paint this (or one like it)

New Poll...

Congratulations to the owners of these two wonderful photos! You will win a free print of the finished painting and first dibs at the original!






Vote for the next winner below....

www.rachelsstudio.com next painting will be...

German Shepherd



Three Horses




Dog Facing the Light





Hound




Airedale




Ragdoll




Parrot


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The two winners of the random drawing are...
Patricia Elser and LJ. Please contact me with your addresses! If you would like to enter my random drawing, click on 'follow this blog' in the upper right corner of the blog.

Get those votes in!!!

This Tuesday I'm going to close the poll, so everyone get your votes in - so far the sunflower and the cat in the basket are winning, but anything could happen! Vote here and here.

I'll also be drawing TWO names for a free goody, since I skipped last week. I'm getting married in June so I've been a leeeeeeeeeeeeetle preoccupied! To view some of the places we will visit in China on our honeymoon, visit my google map. I'm SO excited : )


Here is a painting I finished this week - it was a winner in my last poll...



If you want to enter my photo contest, which will start next Tuesday, upload your photos to my Yahoo group or my Facebook group.

Here's a commission I just finished too...

Finished two more commissions...

" Pinky"

"Roma"


I set a goal to finish seven paintings over Spring break, so instead I finished these two! At least it's progress, right?

Tuesday winner

My Siberian, owner of Mishka won this week's random drawing! Congratulations! Email me to claim your prize at r 1 a c h e l at y a h o o c om of course without the spaces.

For the rest of you, click 'follow this blog' in the upper right corner for your chance to win a free goody : )

New - Spring Jewelry Collection

My newest addiction: designing necklaces! Inspired by Spring, this collection has hints of the Caribbean and April fields. Click on each necklace to see more images and details.

"Oceans" Black Gold Amazonite Necklace

"Three Waves" Flourite Necklace

"Caribbean Cool" Agate Necklace

"Spring Field" Flourite Necklace

"Amethyst Aura"

The book I'm in is featured on Blurb!

I was one of the artists chosen to participate in an art book whose proceeds will go towards a charity. It's featured on Blurb, click on the image to check it out