Tomorrow is the first day of Leprecon! So if you are in town come check it out, it’s at the Phoenix Mesa Marriott here in Mesa, AZ. I have spent this last week trying to get everything ready, with the one thing that took up most of my time was trying to finding mats for the pictures. I knew what colors of mats that I wanted to match with the paintings and the frames I had for them, but after searching through four different stores I had to settle with some second best mat choices. After cutting them I found that they didn’t quite go well with two of the paintings and I wasn’t happy. My husband remembered a smaller art store that we hadn’t been to in years because they were a bit pricey and the store was cramped and unorganized, but I figured we might as well check it out. When we got there, the first mat I saw was EXACTLY what I wanted in the first place!! In fact they had a lot more in store selection then the other places, and their prices were similar to the other places I had checked out.
So now everything is matted and framed and ready for the art show. I must admit this is my first art show so I’m feeling a little nervous. Mostly because I won’t be there the whole time so I can’t protect my art from any bad scrutiny. I know that sounds silly but my art means a lot to me.
I just finished another piece for the art show, one I had as an option should I find some extra time for it. It was done on black paper with prisma pencils, which causes issues getting a good scan out of my scanner for some reason, but here is the original sketch:
She is the second of a light fairy series, this is the first one:
Well, I still have some last minute things to do so I’ll type again soon!
Filed Under (Art Projects) by Lizzy D. on 10-05-2010
I had intentions to post this the other day but my body went on strike and shut down on me on Thursday. I spent most of that day sleeping and being a vegetable. I guess I was using more energy than I’d thought the last couple of weeks. Listen to your body folks or it will stop listening to you. Friday was busy, then the weekend flew by, and now here we are!
First I finished my painting titled ‘Lightning Sprite’. You can see the a larger version in my fantasy art gallery. There were so many times I wanted to give up and quit but I couldn’t. For one, I would kick myself for the rest of my life knowing I failed at a piece, but the main reason I kept going because my husband wanted to see it finished. I know I say this so many times on this blog but I consider myself a very lucky woman to be married to such a wonderful supporting man.
While we are on the subject of my husband, he gave the most wonderful mother’s day present. He took me to see “Celtic Women” this last week. It was even better than I imagined it to be. We were up in the nose-bleed section but we could see the whole stage perfectly. The concert was in the ASU Gammage, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. I thought I would just put that in for those curious. So yes it was an amazing experience and I had never felt so special or so loved in my whole entire life! So again thank you “Love”.
The next morning I had to take my son to the dentist to have some cavities drilled. Because he has autism he had to be sedated first. He had to drink the mixture and then wait for 45 minutes. I thought that the drug would slow him down; instead he started bouncing off the walls! And to add to that he walked up too almost every kid in the waiting room, asked their name, ran back to me to tell me their name and then ran back to the child so he can tell him his name. It was embarrassing but cute. At the end the dentist said my son did great! But he still has to go back in to get the rest of his teeth done. 
So this weekend is Leprecon. For those of you that are going to be down in Arizona for this event please stop on by the art show and see the beautiful work that me and the other artists have worked so hard on. I’m a little nervous being that this is my first time I’m putting art in a show but I’m excited at the same time. It will be fun to see how this goes.
