Being pregnant and working on an art show involving desserts could not possibly be a better combination (hoping to come to fruition on or around Valentines Day of next year). I'm always hungry these days so looking at pictures of food can't be that dangerous, right?
Tonight, instead of working on the princess image (which I SHOULD finish, soon... but can't seem to get around to), I am carving chocolate covered strawberries.
Droooool.
I'll be 30 weeks along tomorrow in my second pregnancy. There's so many things to do (illustration-wise), before baby comes. I have all my class-prep work ready to go for the illustration techniques section I'm teaching in October (on acrylics) for MacEwan college, but there's quite a bit of artwork to finish... and... ahem... most of that should happen before baby arrives. Feeling the crunch of deadlines, but I'm also feeling this incredible nesting urge. Instead of painting during the doodlebugs naps, I've been cleaning closets. Go figure!
Today, instead of working on the princess licensing image I should be working on, I put some paint on one of my plywood sketches. I've been wishing to find a way to keep my pencil lines under visible and dark under paint and this technique seems promising. (Liquitex glazes and acrylic wash with pencil).
Oh, and ps: Here's the princess image thus far. Still have so much farther to go and I'm painting like a turtle.
Please join me in the gala opening (casual) of the Kaleido Arts Festival this Friday. It's from 7 - 10 pm on the arts district of 118th ave. There are four different shows opening and I have four pieces in the Festival.
Here are the listed galleries (not sure which one mine will be in yet, I'll edit this post when I know more)
The festival runs from September 9 - 11 and you can visit their website for more information. Thank you for voting on the different art pieces I wished to submit! The Ghana piece looks gorgeous in it's frame, I'm so pleased with my framer (Birks on 118th & 124 st).
I'm delighted to be able to share the finished designs of my cousin's thank-you cards. The groom is a pilot, who before the wedding had a rather fabulous beard (I was shocked to see he had shaved it for the wedding). This is the second stamp design I've done for a wedding (something very economical for the bride and groom, as they can choose the paper stock and ink colour themselves and have the option to use the stamp for other purposes later on, such as a scrapbook). The first was an invitation for my brother & sister-in-law last year. I love the look that the stamps provide and how different the applications can be.
Some of the other sketch designs:
Boy do I ever appreciate my agent! I got a stack of leanin' tree card samples in the mail this week, which was tremendous fun to open. The icing on the cake was my son exclaiming, "They're Beauuuutiful!". Can't beat a genuine compliment from a toddler, because they're quite honest creatures.
