Andrea Realpe Fine Art

  A "slide" at a school in Ecuador.   This holiday season I am selling Sweet Daisy and White Crane. I will donate the entire cost to a non profit organization. The non profit organization is called Project Ecuador. Project Ecuador is a charitable organization established to help underprivileged children and underdeveloped schools in Ecuador, Argentina, Guatemala and other countries in central and South America.  Please give the gift of giving by giving a child the opportunity to succeed in life.  Not only will you invest in a good cause, but you also get a piece of art by Andrea Realpe. Thank you and have a great holiday season. A daisy is a symbol of innocence, youth, gentleness, purity, loyal, love, beauty, patience and simplicity. Purchase Here:  The crane is associated with good luck, longevity, happiness and health. His long wings are open to show his state of happiness.  Purchase Here:

~Congratulations to all the winner's. ~ I administered an art contest on anxiety.  It is about anxiety disorder and also a dedication to those who suffer from it.   Alone With Thoughts First Place Winner ~ John Entrekin     Your work is fantastic John.    I can feel the mans emotion through your art.            http://fineartamerica.com/featured/alone-with-thoughts-john-entrekin.html      Clinging Vine     Second Place Winner ~ John Entrekin Many anxiety sufferers tend to cling on someone for support.  This speaks many words to those who suffer.  Great job on both pieces of art. Congratulations on winning first and second place. I can see that you are truly talented and your voters obviously have the same opinion. http://fineartamerica.com/featured/clinging-vine-john-entrekin.html   Racing the Lightning Home  Second Place Winner ~  Dawn Senior-Trask I enjoyed reading your description of this

    A young flower is ready to blossom into a beautiful full blown rose.  Without warning a storm sets in with raging winds, lighting and rain. The flower weeps, believing she won’t live to see her peddles unfold.  Knowing that she is powerless to the forces of Mother Nature, she leaves her fate to the dance of the wind. After a destructive and treacherous battle, the young rose rises triumphant above the devastating power of the storm.   She thanks Mother Nature for only taking one leaf, and granting her the courage to get through the night. Mother Nature replies with a beautiful rainbow signaling that the storm is over, but that it won't be the last. ~By Andrea Realpe http://andrea-realpe.artistwebsites.com/featured/bleeding-rose-finished-andrea-realpe.html

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I went to California this summer.  It was my first time flying there and I managed to capture incredible photographs from the airplane. The mountains are amazing and I had to share it with all of you.     mountains photos

~Great Job Everyone~ Here is the link to the contest http://fineartamerica.com/contests/rose-drawings.html?tab=overview   Cameo Rose First Place Winner ~ Carol Wisniewski Carol this is an amazing watercolor painting. Congratulations! Red Wine Second Place Winner ~  Sangeeta Chopra Your work is amazing, Keep it up. The White Rose Third Place Winner ~ Arti Chauhan Great job Arti! Very photo realistic, All other participants thank you for submitting your amazing work.

  Title: The Year of the Tiger Medium: Painting - Acrylic on Stretched Canvas Dimensions: 24 x 16 in. Place your bid for the tiger at ebay.  Click here to place your bid http://item.ebay.com/250680435126

Steps to Realistic Pencil Drawings ~Step 1: Pick out a clear detailed photograph. Chose wisely, no blurry images. Your final drawing results will be very gratifying depending on the quality of the original photograph. ~Step 2: Draw an outline with 2H pencil. Draw it lightly so that if you make a mistake you can erase easily. ~Step 3: This is the fun part. Now you really have to look at the photograph. For example, with a rose pedal, notice every vain on the rose. Notice every flaw of the rose, the more you notice the more realistic your drawing will be. Start with the left corner of the page, so you do not smudge the graphite. You can also put a plain white paper on the section you are not using. When I do pencil portraits, I start with the pupal of the eye and work my way out. ~Work very slow; do not speed. Work an hour an inch, that is how you get the best results . Remember the more practice the better your drawings will get. Practice makes perfect, so practi

  Tittle: Lake Ella Spherized (Acrylic painting on canvas) 20 x 16 inches    I wanted to capture the warm feeling that I get when I walk around Lake Ella. Many people go there for the scenery, exercise, walks, picnic, shelter, and just a simple outing. I go there to see and feel life. I see the muscovy ducks, turtles, three pekin white ducks, fish, and many friendly faces. The light symbolizes life. It also symbolizes how something so simple like a walk around the lake can make you feel very warm and alive with not a care in the world.     The symbolism of the sphere is the feeling of wholeness that everyone shares when they walk sixth-tenths of a mile around Lake Ella. Learn the history, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ella

~Congratulations to all the winner's. ~   Great Panda II First Place Winner ~ Keith Lovejoy Great job Keith!  Two wins in one contest. Now that is impressive. http://fineartamerica.com/contests/panda-contest-.html?tab=vote&artworkid=957637   Great Panda Second Place Winner ~ Keith Lovejoy Beautiful Digital Photograph!   http://fineartamerica.com/contests/panda-contest-.html?tab=vote&artworkid=957550   Morning Snack Third Place Winner ~ Sheryl Unwin The panda is sure making me hungry. This piece came out beautiful.  Prisma colored pencils make a a wonderful piece of art http://fineartamerica.com/contests/panda-contest-.html?tab=vote&artworkid=941103   Panda Date ~Susan A Becker I had to give credit to Susan because this oil painting really caught my eye. The colors are fantastic and blended together in a playful way. You got my vote. http://fineartamerica.com/contests/panda-contest-.html?tab=vote&artworkid=716846 All other participants thank you for subm

I am administrating an art contest on panda bears. It is similar to the Taylor Swift Contest that i also administered back in April, except Its about cuddly panda bears. The contest is at finartamerica.com at the moment. If you dont already know, FineArtAmerica.com is a social network and e-commerce marketplace on the web. Its amazing for artists. Great way to promote your art work.  Hungry Panda is also in the contest ready to get some votes! Rules are simple. Any visitor to FineArtAmerica.com and members are able to vote in the contest. You may only vote once per image You may vote for a total of 2 different images You may cast your votes at, http://fineartamerica.com/contests/panda-contest-.html First, second, and third place winners will be featured on this website. Winners will be annouced at finartamerica.com and this website, so stay tuned. Interested in purchasing Hungry Panda?  Click here, http://www.andrearealpe.com/p/argallery.html

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  Title: Mothers Day          Medium: Mixed medium The background is a description on why I love roses, a note to my mom, lyrics from the song Kiss From A Rose, by Seal, a poem from Marie, and there is a hidden quote. Send me a message if you think you know the hidden quote. *Hint* Bold letters, eight words.  First person to guess the correct quote gets a free print of Mothers Day! :O) ~Click on the picture to enlarge~

   The Taylor Swift contest was a great success. Thank you to all the participants in the contest for submitting your amazing work. Congratulations to all the winner's.         LOVE STORY First Place Winner~Kendra Tharaldsen-Franklin Kendra made this drawing specifically for the contest and is a huge fan of Taylor Swift.     TAYLOR SWIFT Second place winner~me      TAYLOR SWIFT Third Place Winner~Murphy Elliott Beautiful portrait! *To all other participants you are all winners with great talent. Other top finishers, Jan Giilmore, Jose Valeriano, Emily Michaud, and Brian Degnon ~~~~GREAT JOB EVERYBODY~~~~    Contest info, http://fineartamerica.com/contests/taylor-swift-.html?tab=leaderboard

   I got commissioned to do a tattoo drawing for someone that admired my work. My first reaction was I have never done this before. I don't know what I am doing and I don't want to disappoint my client. I was hesitant in the beginning, but then the idea of getting my work inked on someone for a lifetime completely changed my decision.    My client asked for Kanji characters, which are the Chinese characters written in modern Japanese writing system. He wanted the drawing to be Japanese style with a cherry blossom tree. He pretty much left it open and free to do what ever I wanted. He told me that he wanted to see what my creative juices will come up with. This is what I came up with, To view more art click on the link http://andrearealpe.bigcartel.com/ *This artwork may not be reproduced or used in any shape or form without written permission from the artist.   Hidden Dragon Tattoo Copyright 2013 - Andrea Realpe - All Rights Reserved Email Andrea:

I am the contest administrator for Taylor Swift Contest, on fineartamerica.com. My pencil portrait of Taylor Swift inspired me to start this contest for other artists. Here are my rules, post your best work of Taylor Swift. Examples, pencil portrait, painting, digital photograph, and the list goes on. Here is the link to vote for Taylor Swift Contest,  http://fineartamerica.com/contests/taylor-swift-.html First, second, and third place winners will be featured on ~~For the Love of Art~~.

  Lucrezia Bieler  Lucrezia Bieler is a Swiss papercutting artist with a diploma in Scientific Illustration (with honors). She is  best known for her amazing scherenschnitte. Scherenschnitte is the art of papercutting design. Her famouse work include, Evil bunnies are tempting me with their fluffy fur, Rattle Race, Mermaids Yin and Yang, Mermaid, I have a million nightingales on the branches of my heart singing freedom, and much more. She won several awards,“Best of Show” and “Award of Excellence” at the CraftArt Festival in St. Petersburg and has exhibited at more than 40 shows this decade, including three at the Smithsonian. Among her papercutting skills Lucrezia also works with different media, such as watercolor, and acrylic/oil. Her main focus is fairly tales, nature scenes, portraits, and scenes from daily life.   She shows her dedication by having care and patience with cutting lines that are no thicker than thread-width. She also only uses one piece of pa

  That is me with my famous Hungry Panda.     Under the Sea Joey Williamson created his version of The Legend of Zelda. He did a creative pen and ink piece for Illustration class.   Erin Carter's photograph of herself. She did a wonderful job in combining several pictures and making them into one.