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I’ve reopened my Etsy.com store for business. So far I have custom caricature commissions and blank note cards for sale. I will attempt to list five items a day, five days this week, in preparation for the holiday shopping season. If you sign up for a FREE Etsy.com account, please mention my seller name Sandstone, so that I can get some love from Etsy.com. Whether you sign up or not, please go check the store out when you have a moment. Constructive criticism is welcome. Thanks! As you can see, I’ve been making both cosmetic and content changes to MikeTheArtGuy.com. I hope to have everything complete by November 1st. Which will give me a few weeks to knock out any bugs before Thanksgiving and the dreaded holiday shopping season.
So I get a call from a “Wireless Caller” (my caller ID can be frustratingly vague all too often) on the home phone. The guy, who sounds like he just woke up, without stopping for the usual ritual of greetings or identification, asks if there will be food at the Taste of Amherst Wine and Brew Review. I hit the MainStreetAmherst.org website to check, as I wasn’t sure. I knew that you got grape and hops-based alcohol and a dandy glass to take home, but I wasn’t sure about food. I would assume that there would be some kind of Horse Divorce (the true pronunciation of hor d’oeurves). So I checked the site, found no info, except for a phone number for information. I shared that information with him. He thought that was the number he had dialed. I told him that that it wasn’t. Without an apology or a thank you for the information, he hung up. YOU’RE WELCOME! Weird. The leaves are changing color and kids are already dreaming of sugar overload. And here in NE Ohio it’s getting colder, dang it. Me, I’m thinking of the Winter Holiday Shopping Cycle, but you’re probably more interested in where I’ll be this month. Saturday, 10-3, 11 am to 3 pm: Perk Avenue Grand Opening. Perk Avenue, the best coffee shop in Amherst, and possibly Lorain County, will have it’s official Grand Opening Bash at this time. I will be doing caricatures and pimping my other activities. Stop by, get caffeinated, and get turned into a toon! Saturday, 10-3, 7 pm to 9 pm: A Taste of Firelands wine tasting at Matus Winery. There will be a silent auction. You can get 8 samples of wine for a mere $25 dollar donation. I’ll be doing caricatures at this event. Proceeds go to Firelands Schools Endowment Fund. Also, on Saturday, 10-3, The painted chair that I donated to the Taste of Amherst Wine and Brew Review Event will be up for sale at St. Joe’s in Amherst. I won’t be here, but you can buy my funky purple chair and give some love to the Amherst Schools. Sunday, 10-4, 4 pm to 6 pm: Private Party in South Lorain. Wednesday, 10-7, TBD, Lorain Public Library System Staff Development Day Caricature Class, LCCC Spitzer Center. I’ll be teaching various staff members of the LPLS staff the late, great art of caricature. This event is not open to the public. Saturday, 10-10, 11 am to 4 pm, Findley State Park Halloween Campout, Wellington, OH. I’ll be the creepy caricaturist at this event and this year I’ll be charging my usual low prices. Saturday, 10-17, 2 pm to 6 pm, Family Fun Fest at LCCC. I’ll be doing caricatures and I will have artwork for sale. Also, you’ll be able to place art commission orders for the Winter Holiday of your choice. Tuesday, 10-20, 10:30 am to Noon, Monster Drawing @ The Rocky River Senior Center. Since my initial Creating Comics and Manga class went over so well, the loverly Margaret Allen has scheduled me for two more classes this year. The first, this one, is my famous Monster Drawing class. Learn basic figure drawing by using classic movie monsters. Find out more by calling 440-331-1114. Sunday, 10-25, 2 pm to 3 pm, Monster Drawing Class @ Mill Hollow Reservation. More listings coming soon…
Okay, I found a cool event going on in Sandusky this weekend that was in need of a caricaturist. I will be at the 4th Annual Sandusky Catholic Community Oktoberfest. Beer and brats! I was told to expect over 1000 people for this event, so I’m excited. I will be doing caricatures and promoting the business and, of course, checking out the Oktoberfest cuisine! Nom nom nomitty! In case the link above doesn’t do it for you, try going here: http://www.sanduskycentralcatholicschool.com/oktoberfest/mainpage.jsp to find out more about this exciting event. Sunday, I will be at Grandma Joe’s Ice Creamatorium for Woolybear hijinks in Vermilion, OH. Be sure to stop by and join the fun. Here are some of the places I will be coming up in the next few weeks. September 12: True North Cultural Arts ArtsFest: A fun show for the whole family that features artwork by various artists. I will have tent set up and will be doing caricatures and selling new and original art and prints. True North is located at The Metroparks French Creek Reservation, 4530 Colorado Avenue, Sheffield Village. You can call them at 440.949.5200. September 13, Sunday. I will be at Countryside Antiques Big Sale doing caricatures and selling artwork. This event is part of the big Avon end of summer shenanigans, which includes several family-oriented and other events around the city. Countryside Antiques is located at 36290 Detroit Rd, Avon. For more info, call (440) 934-4228. September 17, Thursday. Private corporate event. September 20, Sunday. I will be Granny Joe’s Ice Creamatorium doing caricatures while people enjoy a wide variety of ice-cream based treats and enjoy a bit of Brown and Orange fun. No, not the Cleveland Browns, but the local, indiginous crawly creature known as the Woolybear. That’s right, time for Dick Goddard and the Woolybear Festival! Granny Joe’s is located at 5598 Liberty Ave, Vermilion. You can call them at (440) 967-3663. September 25, Friday. Doing caricatures at the monthly Skyview Lodge Wine Tasting event in Parma. Last month was the first time for me, doing this. It was lots of fun! You should come on out. The Skyview Lodge is located at 336 Pearl Rd, Brunswick, OH.
click any picture to enlarge Here are some samples of a new product I’m offering Sunday at the Pet Fest in Lorain, at Black River Landing. These are all like my quickie human caricatures, done on 11″ x 14″ drawing paper with Sharpie Markers, only with the addition of full bodies and greytones (Prismacolor Grey Markers). They take about 30 minutes each to do (but will eventually take less time as I do more). Simply put, I take a shot or two of your pet with my camera and let you wander off to enjoy the show, and let you pick up your item later.After giving you an estimate of time it will take to get done. How much would you pay for this service? Send me an email and let me know before Sunday, 10 am EST and I’ll put your name in for a drawing for a freebie done of YOUR pet. I’m still scanning artwork from the Amherst Public Library’s recent comics class. It will be up on the site in a couple of days, so keep checking back. In the meantime, look for one of my students in the Spotlight section of last Sunday’s Chronicle Telegram. Mike 
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