All paintings are done in watercolor on Arches® 140lb cold-press, acid-free top quality watercolor paper, with top quality paint. Signed by me, the artist.
Your photographs: You can either email me a high-resolution digital image, or send a high-resolution digital images on a CD. You are welcome to send more than one image to be used for reference of the subject. Providing more than one photo, gives me the opportunity to study the subject from many different perspectives. Please let me know which photo I should use as the primary one. Any CDs you provide will be returned upon portrait completion. Be sure to include your name, address and daytime phone number.
Before you order a commission:
- Look at my art online for representations of my stylistic range and capabilities.
- Don't order unless you are certain I can provide you what you are looking for.
- I will not "emulate" another artist's style, so I paint pretty much what ever I think is needed to get the image and feel accurate, and make the piece a professional, appealing, work of art in it's own right.
Immediately email or mail the following files (or photos) and information:
- What you have ordered: size, and genre.
- Your contact information: including name, shipping address and phone number.
- A brief description of what you would expect the work of art to look like.
- Attach your photograph in .jpg format, do not compress when attaching, be sure your image is in focus with the correct coloring, my artistic interpretation is based on what you provide me to work with.
- Thank you for supporting the arts.
Rates
Payment
PayPal or USPS money orders, payable to Joyce J. Hawkins. Please advise me of the method of payment you plan to use. If you prefer to use PayPal an invoice will be sent to you upon completion of the commission.
Payments and Copyrights
50% of all commissions must be paid for in advance, and balance upon completion. I will ship upon receipt of payment. This rather unfortunate policy is due to past internet or mail order sales experiences I've had.
As a work-for-hire, the patron will retain all copyrights to their commissioned work, but patron must allow the artist fair use of the image for artist's own promotional purposes.
All artwork and images in the blog are the exclusive property of JJ Hawkins. All images are Copyright©2012 JJ Hawkins. No use of any image on this blog is permissible without the express written consent of JJ Hawkins.
Shipping
Continental U.S. ONLY. All artwork is sent in a clear envelope and mailed in a sturdy shipping tube, via priority mail. Shipping will vary depending on your location, and includes delivery confirmation.
Contact
Email: jjhawkinsca@gmail.com
About the Artist
JJ Ball-Hawkins completed her studies at the University of Santa Barbara in Visual Communications and has had a career in Graphic Design for over 15 years. JJ continued her fine art education by taking evening classes at Ventura Community College, Ventura, California. She's traveled to Bourbon-Lancy, France to participate in a plein-aire workshop given by Beverly Decker. Currently she devotes full time to her art, but loves her “dolly hobby” as well as embroidery, needlepoint and reading. JJ works mainly in watercolor, and dabbles with acrylics. Her work can be found in homes throughout California, and Maui.
