Win My Header Art from Gardening Gone Wild

If you head over to the ever so popular Gardening Gone Wild blog, you'll notice a clean and user friendly layout and an illustration of a Passiflora incarnata rambling all over the header. I'm incredibly proud to say that not only is this is my illustration, but that I'll also be giving it away along with a few other goodies! Who wants to win some free stuff?








One Lucky Winner Will Receive




1. Two Passionflower Illustrations

These are the illustrations that were used to create the passionflower header at GGW: One is a drawing of a stem with tendrils and two leaves, and the other is a drawing of the flower against a leaf. (The leaf background was omitted in the final illustration)






2. Five Fun Fruit Drawings

These were the drawings I used for my post: Five Exotic Fruits Ripe for Dessert. These were drawn in the decidedly more playful style that I sometimes use for spot illustrations.




3. A Copy of My New Book

The book I'm writing for Cool Springs Press will feature fifty artistically arranged container combinations for the indoor garden, along with growing instructions for each unique houseplant combo. It might not have a name yet and it won't be released until Spring of 2014, but I will send the winner a copy as soon as it's printed!




4. An Urszula Dudek Notecard

The bonus prize is a notecard by Urszula Dudek, the premier artist of tropical plants! While my artwork is best described as illustration with most drawings taking just a few hours to complete, Urszula Dudek is a fine artist of the highest caliper and spends days rendering her large paintings in painstaking detail.

(I finally got to see Urszula and her paintings in person at the International Bromeliad Conference in Orlando this weekend, and my wife and I were just entranced by her incredibly rich and detailed large scale bromeliad paintings. I highly reccommend that you check out her work and buy a print for yourself at her Fine Art America site.) 





Here's How to Win!


1. After reading my guest post over at Gardening Gone Wild, leave a friendly comment at the end of the page.

2. Then report back to me by leaving a comment here on this post with your name and a way to contact you. If I can't reach you within a week, the prize goes to someone else.

3. On Tuesday, October 9th I will have the lovely Mrs. Rainforest Gardener draw the winning name from my gardening hat, which I will post here on my blog.


It's that easy!

Fine Print:
For your reading convenience, the fine print has been printed at full size.
Winner must reside in the continental United States. Contest runs from 5 am EST Tuesday October 2nd through 11 pm EST, Tuesday October 9th. Winner must respond by October 16th or else another name will be drawn. In the event that a prize is unavailable, a fair replacement will be substituted.

23 comments:

  1. I left a comment on Gardening Gone Wild saying your illustrations are so beautiful

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  2. You are a genius, Steve Asbell! I would die to own even one of your incredible illustrations.

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  3. Just commented, what a great post!

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  4. Absolutely, frisking brilliant. I love the tropical but didn't know the native was just as beautiful.

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  5. You are so talented, I think your Mom passed on her genius. Your book is going to be amazing, and I am happy to be a part of the journey as you create it.

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  6. I really appreciate how willing you are to share your artistic process with us. Your artwork always pleases my senses, and I include your writing as part of that. Thank you, Steve!

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  7. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I know your Mom was and will always be proud of you and all of your creativity! Thank you, Nancy

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  8. Ok, left a comment there...thanks for this wonderful giveaway! Beautiful work!

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  9. Love the redesign of GGW, Steve, your illustrations are amazing.

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  10. Wonderful article and illustration Steve : ) Left my comment.

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    1. contact me thru my email address : ) Thank you

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  11. I saw your beautiful artwork on the redesigned GGW blog (& left a message), then went to your blog. Thank you for sharing. your work and the "how to" part of it. You make it look so easy LOL, until I try & draw something from my garden. Yikes!

    Your work is a lovely tribute to your Mother.

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  12. Yeah, I'm gonna need to go ahead and win this. Like now.

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  13. Lovely work. Wonderfully written! Kudos.

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  14. I left a comment but it's in the moderation queue. You so such gorgeous work, Steve. (And you know where to find me)

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  15. Okay by "you so"....I meant "you DO."
    Need coffee.

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  16. I really admire your illustrations partly because I have tried doing botanical illustrations with colored pencils and always struggle with getting the shading right. Beautiful work.

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  17. Wouldn't ever pass up a chance to comment on your artwork, Steve. Left my words over on GGW.

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  18. Gorgeous artwork, I left my comment at GGW. You can click through to my blog and contact me.

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  19. Hi Steve! I read the post and it is wonderful! Your Mom would be so proud of you and I am sure that she was. Your drawings are incredible. I will cross my fingers. You can reach me at sweetstuffssassysucculents@gmail.com

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  20. You guys rock! Thank you all for your kind words and for entering in the contest. I can't wait to see who wins!

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  21. Steve, What a wonderful look into the process of drawing those gorgeous passionflowers. The new header at GGW is perfect for the site.

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  22. Your work is going to carry you far! I can't wait to see what happens for you!
    I think I Nancy every time I see a Passion flower. Sure miss her.

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