Showing posts with label skateraid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skateraid. Show all posts

Monday, September 08, 2014

SkaterAid Auction! Go Bid! Woo!

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From the SkaterAid 2014 website:
Purchase a handmade piece of art created from the deck of a skateboard! These pieces of art have been created by professional artists, outsider artists, children, skateboarders and families, and there's something for every taste and budget. All come with hanging hardware included.

SkaterAid, a skateboarding, music and art festival, returns for its tenth year to Decatur this coming fall. The festival features ramps, jumps and contests for skateboarders, and music is provided by teen bands from area high schools. A live skateboard deck art auction is held throughout the day, with a selection of eye-popping art created by professional and “outsider” artists from used skateboard decks. All proceeds generated by the event are donated to families who are battling pediatric brain cancer. The event will be held Sunday, Sept. 28 from 2-7 p.m. at East Decatur Station, a business complex just west of the Avondale MARTA station at 109 New Street, Decatur, Georgia.


The final phase of the auction will be the SkaterAid event on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. SkaterAid will be held at 109 New Street in Decatur Georgia from 2-7pm. Bidding will close by section. Section A will close at 4:30, Section B at 5:30 and Section C at 6:30. Bidders must enter their final bids at the live event or arrange for a proxy.

If you are a high bidder at the time the online auction closes, you will be notified by email. SkaterAid will re-register for you as a live auction bidder. You or your proxy can pick up your bidder number at the registration tent so you can continue to bid.

If you are not a high bidder, you can still win your favorite! Simply register to bid at the SkaterAid registration tent. Use your registration number to continue bidding at SkaterAid.

Monday, August 04, 2014

Skateboard Art: Wrapping it Up!

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Skateboard Progress: More and More
Dot dot dot dot dot...And repeat!

I love working in bright, bold colors with a folk art flare. It's a style that I've recently discovered for myself. And to think of it, I believe I was headed in this direction early in my career but somehow got distracted. Oh well, no matter...I'm back! 

Skateboard Progress: The Final Piece

This skateboard is getting donated to SkaterAid 2014.

(Click on the photos to see them better.)

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Sunday Sketchbook (And Progress!)

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Remember when I painted a skateboard for SkaterAid 2013? That was pretty sweet! Just the other day, I recieved a call for art for this year's SkaterAid (it's going to be the last one too) and I knew I had to participate again. So I dug up an old skateboard from my basement and started working on an idea.

I usually spend a day or so just...thinking. What do I want to paint? What will I paint? What haven't I painted yet? And I go though my usual themes: girl's face, birds, hearts, skulls, etc... And I came up with a fox. I haven't painted a fox in awhile, let's go with that.

Skateboard Progress: Sketch
Sketching! And a possible title? I'm not sure yet.

Skateboard Progress: First Layers
First layers of paint.

Skateboard Progress: Dot Dot Dot
More and more layers of piant. 

I don't have any concrete plans for this and I'm doing my usual winging it. So we'll see how this goes! I'll take plenty of photos along the way!

Monday, August 19, 2013

SkaterAid 2013 in Decatur! Check it out!

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SkaterAid 2013

I finally finished a skateboard to be donated to SkaterAid 2013. I found out about this show during my recent visit to Atlanta and it seemed pretty easy to join. So after confirming that it really was super-easy to take part in, I got to work!

SkaterAid 2013

SkaterAid, a skateboarding, music and art festival, features ramps, jumps and contests for skateboarders, and music is provided by teen bands from area high schools. A live skateboard deck art auction is held throughout the day, with a selection of eye-popping art created by professional and “outsider” artists from used skateboard decks. All proceeds generated by the event are donated to families who are battling pediatric brain cancer. The event will be held Sunday, Sept. 29th from 2-7 p.m. at East Decatur Station, a business complex just west of the Avondale MARTA station at 109 New Street, Decatur, Georgia.

SkaterAid 2013 Detail

SkaterAid 2013 Detail

SkaterAid 2013 Detail

I simply sanded and primed the deck and used colored pencils to create the image. Then applied several coats of matte medium to seal it.

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