keeping busy

I've gotten some good practice at basic lettering lately doing certificates and a resolution for Wash U in St. Louis. Plus a bit of work for John Burroughs School. I had a bit of a time-crunch and felt really good about getting all of these done on time!

I had to do some experimenting with papers and gouache, had to more or less match the previous person's lettering and colors, plus the crest, and be able to use the light table - and then had to squeeze in all that info on the signature lines for some of them! Thank goodness for magnifying reading glasses.
Doing the crest was tricky, thank you Patricia for hints.

The resolution required a watercolor of Brookings Hall which made me nervous, but I think it turned out OK, partly due to working on oil painting not so long ago with local artist and teacher Renee Nilges.

And then over 300 words of text - but apparently some years it has been up to 850!

Makes the Burroughs chair certificates seem pretty simple.

I had a learning curve on the shipping - its the packaging that costs most, but UPS does a great job of getting things to St. Louis overnight with regular ground shipping.. And I recommend BareWalls framing in St. Genevieve! They pick-up and deliver in St. Louis and make everything smooth and easy.

Fine Art Prints Finally

Charity

Windows of Truth

Little Lamb

Four prints are now available locally including these three (so far) also on etsy -- fine art reproductions on 100% rag paper (giclee prints). I'm having trouble getting an image up of the fourth one, it will come eventually, I hope! It's been a learning experience working this out, just a few to start and see if the market is there. And I have a few other things that I will be able to get prints made of "on demand". Hopefully some of those who say they love my work but don't have the money for originals will enjoy the prints.
I'm especially pleased with the "Windows of Truth" reproductions, they really look just like the original.
Even though this process costs more than when getting large numbers printed, I won't have to join those with several hundred prints gathering dust under the bed.

Classes in papercasting and silk fiber fusion at the Art Bazaar are beginning to fill up - after the Gallery Crawl this Friday we might have to add another casting workshop :).Looks like online classes will be next, through Fiber Arts Mixed Media group. These will be done through a forum with lessons posted and participants able to send photos for comment, ask questions, etc.