Secret Moon Art

Feeling a little nostalgic today, my last day of a 34-year career. Plus, new babies are on my mind so here is a re-posting of my drawing, Buddha-esque Baby ... Does he look serene and wiser than his year? Still working on my entry for Sketchbook 2012 Project and happily I found out (thanks, Caitlin!) that my sketchbook isn't due until the end of April (because I signed up after November 2, 2011) rather than January 31-- quelle relief to find I have more weeks in which to complete the project which at this point is about 2/3 done! This gives me more time to concentrate on helping with a new baby in the family so hold onto your diapers and pray for serenity, right? ;p ~:~ You are cordially invited to visit Jude Cowell Art at Zazzle for leisurely 24/7 art browsing (posters, prints, stretched canvases, greeting cards, etc) whenever you can.

Mozart , a pencil portrait by Jude Cowell. Art Alert!! There has been confusion concerning the deadline for sending in our Arthouse Sketchbook projects so I'm posting an excerpt from the Update I received today: Reminder: There are two weeks left to work on your Sketchbook for the 2012 Project! Please postmark your book by January 31st, 2012. (If you signed up after November 2nd, you are in the Limited Edition Project and have until April 30th to submit your work.) My own confusion is almost cleared up for I'm not certain if I signed up before November 2nd or not! (That was last year already...) Guess I'll just have to complete my Sketchbook over this weekend, mail it in, and hope for the best even though I haven't begun drawing yet--because I thought I had until the end of April. Hope I've not confused anyone else about the correct postmark-by date--if so, I sincerely apologize! And I'm fairly certain that my favorite classical composer, Mozart, would approve...

With Winter Solstice 2011 approaching, our days shorten and the long nights grow colder--but my drawing of a Hidden Garden is hereby seen with mossy rocks and leaves tres green! ~:~ Now updated: Stars Over Washington . Warning: Politics may be involved...

Night in Celadon Forest has returned to Secret Moon Art in honor of the Autumn season. Don't forget your lantern is my best advice! Plus, there's a Full Moon in Taurus , you know, on Thursday November 10 (2011) at 3:16 pm est so the Taurus/Scorpio energies will be reflected by moonbeams during the evening as they swirl through the cool night air! Click to view a horoscope of the Full Moon (@ 19Tau) with the chart set for Washington DC, a devilishly Scorpionic spot on Earth if there ever was one. Living there twice in my life taught me that if it taught me nothing else... ~:~ All artwork and images are copyrights of pencil artist Jude Cowell, 2011 and beyond. Media: Prismacolor oil pencils, Rexel Derwent watercolour pencils (dry only) on black paper which allows certain effects that you'll never achieve on white paper, no matter how hard you try! Try it and see what you think, and... Draw On, Y'all Jude ~:~ Other places include SO'W , Jude's Threshold (an as...

'Hidden Garden' art canvas by cowelljude Make custom canvas prints My drawing Hidden Garden looks rather at home as a wrapped Art Canvas, yes? I can see it in a child's room or a solarium room. They do still make solarium rooms, right? Or is the phrase too politically sensitive these days?

'Predator in Blue' art print large by cowelljude Begin selling my art online at zazzle. My drawing 'Predator in Blue' is shown here as a customizable Art Print for cat lovers of a wilder variety. Rrraowr-r-r-rrrr! Now please pay very little if any attention to the 'cowelljude' title on my Jude Cowell Art Shop @ Zazzle. You see, when the shop was opened, the sign-up process wouldn't allow me to use 'judecowell' for some mysterious reason so I had to make a quick decision and ended up with a silly user name for my Zazzle account! It's still just me though, drawing on paper with colored pencils in Georgia... ~:~ Click the Begin selling my art online link to sign up with Zazzle youself and offer your own Art for Sale. I mean, if you're an artist, why not? And leave a comment here with your Shop link if you do, okay? I'd love to visit and browse! jc

Have you seen my drawing of Purple Pansies somewhere before? Maybe you have here, there, or...perhaps as the banner image for my Zazzle Art Shop , mmm-m-m? Well, don't go art browsing there yet! First, please try to spy Purple Pansies on one panel of a 6-sided spinning Time Capsule Art Cube from 1996 . Cosmic drawings are included so you can see what my pencils were up to in those olden days. Spying Hint: you'll see more of the stone stairs from the drawing above and less of the pansies. C'est la vie! ~:~ Please remember that your Comments & child-safe Art Links are always welcome here @ Secret Moon Art . jc ~:~ You might also like: Stars Over Washington where I peek under the hood of Politics and politicians using Astrology as the excellent lens it is. Fair Warning: tiptoe gingerly for there are huge gaggles of varmints, gangsters, charlatans, and stinging pests underneath the political rocks of Washington DC... Plus, there's a Food and Diet article I published...