Capture your pet’s personality, or honor a dear pet who has passed away, or a memorable place. Surprise a friend or family member with a unique watercolor.

JJ Hawkins uses your photographs as the portrait reference. With love for animals she tries to express this love with detail and realism in her paintings. JJ is currently accepting commissioned projects.



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: Email a high-resolution digital image - the clearest and best photo will result in a better painting. 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.

Before you order a commission:

• Look at my art online for representations of my stylistic range and capabilities.
• 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.

After you order a commission:
Email the following photos and information:

• What you have ordered: size.
• Your contact information: including name, shipping address and phone number.
• 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.

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Payment
PayPal, money orders or personal checks, payable to Joyce J. Hawkins are accepted forms of payment. 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
I will ship upon receipt of payment.

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©2014 JJ Hawkins. No use of any image on this blog is permissible without the express written consent of JJ Hawkins.

Shipping
Shipping is included in the Continental U.S. ONLY. All artwork is sent in an envelope and mailed in a sturdy shipping tube or box, via priority mail. Shipping tracking and 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 sewing and selling for Riley Kish and Tonner's Marley Wentworth dolls 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.