London's Calling...

Greetings!

It is hard to believe, but twenty four hours from right now I will be checking in for my flight at LAX and several thousand miles later will wake up to the London sun, rain, and fog!

I just want to give a huge Thank You to everyone who requested drawings and gave donations! With around a dozen requests I'm looking forward to seeking out the different interests and making some splendid sketches. Also, yesterday I finally picked up my materials and found a perfect 8x10 notebook, so your drawings will all be a tad bigger than I had originally planned (surprise bonus!).

If you are visiting this site for the first time, or have not made a request yet, there is definitely still time! The very last day to make a request would be Jan 29th since I will be leaving on Feb 1, but will without a doubt drop by the museums on the 31st. 

Thank you again,
Cheers!

Nicole

Introducing Drawings Delivered

Winged Victory of Samothrace, Louvre Museum, Summer 2008

Dear Friends and Fellow Art Enthusiasts, 

I am happy to inaugurate/commence/kick-off this new blog, Drawings Delivered, to record and reflect on the drawings I will make by request while in London (and where donations are warmly accepted!). 

I will be in London during the last week of January and I hope to spend most of the time wandering the heated halls of the free museums (UK winters, no fun). Since I will be keeping my own sketchbook anyway, I decided that with my extra free time I could make sketches to give to people who may be interested.

So I have decided to set up a “Drawings by Donation” project where you, dear reader, can simply email me if you would like a drawing and donate whatever you feel is appropriate. Since I will be making the drawings from original works in museums, they will not be fully finished masterpieces—more likely a sketch or quick study that will hopefully be beautiful in its own way. The money will be used primarily to pay the postage to send the drawings but also to help restock my dwindling drawing materials and pay admission fees to the museums that are not free. In all seriousness, you can donate whatever amount you want—I realize that everyone has a different economic situation and any and all donations will be much appreciated!

I would also like to give you some say in the drawing you request. Since people experience and enjoy art on an individual level, I hope to cater to your tastes as best I can while inevitably leaving the traces of my own artistic style in the sketches.

In short, Welcome! If you are interested in requesting a drawing simply click the PayPal donate button on the right sidebar, enter any amount, and specify your preferences (and current shipping address!) For more specifics on donating and what to include in a request, check out the tabs at the top of the page for more info. If you want to peruse the finished sketches, stay tuned until February when I will post them!

Till next time,

Nicole