Unfurled
Posted in Colored Pencil on July 27th, 2009 by Shawn FalchettiTags: Colored Pencil, pastelbord
5″ x 7″ Prismacolor colored pencil on gray pastelbord. Completed 2009.
The Artist’s Magazine Finalist
Posted in News on July 22nd, 2009 by Shawn FalchettiI’m very excited and honored that “Crescendo” has been selected as a finalist in the Portrait/Figure category of The Artist’s Magazine 26th Annual Art Competition. My name will appear in the December issue of the magazine, with the other finalists.
Perils of the Internet
Posted in Musings on July 18th, 2009 by Shawn FalchettiA while ago I added my blog address to a few link listing services, including Blog Catalog, Top of Blogs, and Artspan. One of the quirks of increased traffic to your site is…well, increased traffic. I received my first art scam email about two weeks ago, written in bad, broken english offering to urgently buy two of my works. This is a variation of the “Nigerian prince” scam where a check is sent for more than the selling price, you are asked to return the difference, and then the check bounces. If you’re really unlucky, you’ve also shipped the artwork during that time. A good example of sample scam letters, and how to properly respond to them can be found here. Fortunately I immediately tossed it into the junk mail folder.
