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Coffee Art Project

October 12, 2017

Update: My painting won First Place!!! Wowza!

tracy hetzel, longbluestraw, watercolor illustration

 

Existing on a lonely Sunday even though the house is filled with family. They are still asleep and will be til noon. I am the morning person. It is my “me” time, where I welcome being trapped inside myself. My thoughts start to bleed and run wild in the abandoned hallways of my mind. The coffee and cigarettes fuel my introspection. The quiet embraces me, accepts me, until the garbage truck turns down my street and brutally brings me tumbling back to reality where I notice the pile of last night’s dishes still in the sink.

I am proud to be one of 40 artists exhibiting at this year’s New York Coffee Festival. If you happen to be in NYC this weekend, October 13-15, 2017, stop on by, check out the art, and have yourself a cup of joe.

The Coffee art Project supports Project Waterfall, which is committed to bringing clean water to communities which grow our coffee through the Allegra Foundation and other registered charities.

So far, Project Waterfall, has raised more than £520,000 and delivered clean water to over 20,000 people in Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Nicaragua in partnership with WaterAid, Charity: Water and Water for People.

The Coffee art Project is a non-profit initiative aimed at encouraging artists by providing them with an open platform to showcase their works.

They are funded by donations, sponsorship and art sales. All works are for sale in the exhibition(s) and on the Coffee art Project on-line gallery. For each artwork sold, 50% will be donated to Project Waterfall.

In Repair

June 23, 2017

butterfly, in repair, watercolor, tracy hetzel, illustration, broken, broken heart, broken wing

“Today my forest is dark. The trees are sad and all the butterflies have broken wings.” —Raine Cooper

butterfly, in repair, watercolor, tracy hetzel, illustration, broken, broken heart, broken wing

In Repair

butterfly, in repair, watercolor, tracy hetzel, illustration, broken, broken heart, broken wing

“When I can’t fly, I start to fall, but I’ve got wheels, I’m rolling on.” —Miranda Lambert

butterfly, in repair, watercolor, tracy hetzel, illustration, broken, broken heart, broken wing

“The purpose is hidden within your wounds.” —Rune Lazuli

“Then one day I realized I had scars the shape of wings.” —S.C. Lourie

butterfly, in repair, watercolor, tracy hetzel, illustration, broken, broken heart, broken wing

“The moment between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life takes place.” —Unknown

Watercoloring Pages

January 18, 2017

DIY watercoloring pages by tracy hetzelwatercolor pages

A friend a while back once said to me that if I made a coloring book, she would buy it. Well, I’ll do you one better… Introducing Long Blue Straw’s own Watercoloring Pages. I did the drawing, now you do all the fun.

Sold as a kit: Package includes 8 individual sheets each with a separate drawing, all printed on Arches Natural White 90 lb (185 gsm) watercolor paper; Scholastic Short Handle Red Sable Round Brushes (sizes 4, 2, 3/0); and Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor Pan Set (12 colors.) All to get you started on your own watercolor journey. Click Here! for the kit.

Or  Click Here! for just the pages. My first series, so excited.

Hoping these will be a success so I can have an excuse to do more. (wink, wink)

A Different Tone

September 8, 2015

punk by tracy hetzel unfinished by tracy hetzel

“I don’t understand it any more than you do, but one thing I’ve learned is that you don’t have to understand things for them to be.”

— Madeliene L’Engle, A Wrinkle In Time

Santa Baby

December 18, 2014

fashion illustration by tracy hetzel

Come and trim my Christmas tree with some decorations bought at Tiffany’s;
I really do believe in you;
Let’s see if you believe in me…