I haven't much been on social media as of late, aside from posting a few pictures here and there with instagram. My art production is going to slow down this month, and so I thought I would give a quick update as to to what all is going on, and what will be keeping me from being overly art busy. =-)
I was asked by some of the youth teachers in our church to make a set of armor for their upcoming lessons on "The Armor of God." Here's Lucy, wearing the breastplate to that first set, and being camera shy... =-) I made the whole set... breastplate/belt, a sword, shods for the feet, and a shield. The kids are working on a presentation they will be giving before the church, and so I was asked to help them make shields that they could carry out as they sing and quote some Bible verses. We had fun painting those outdoors at church a few weeks ago. I need to make three more breastplates, cut more swords, and help them paint/design a standard/banner that they are also going to carry out during their presentation. So, this is keeping me busy and involved, but I love getting to help out with things at church!! =-)
I have also been doing SCADS of crocheting lately... I was working on a good size baby blanket for someone that is due this month, and so I was really crocheting like mad last week to get it done. This is the finished picture, though I did end up giving it a scalloped sort of border... Crochet is something that I really enjoy doing as well. Another crochet enthusiast recently introduced me to the works of "Twinkie Chan", and oh my... her crochet projects are SOOO cute!!! >< That being said, I have a little slew of crochet projects currently being worked on, that include an afghan throw, small baby gifts (spit up cloths, a "rag" bunny toy), and inspired by Twinkie Chan, a pop tart scarf that my sister wants me to make... So all that crocheting is also keeping me busy!!! I may post some of my crochet projects to the blog in the future, as they are finished. It's a dying art that needs to be revived!! "Vive la revolution!!!"
..... Sorry about that... moving on...
I also finished up a batch of some sketch cards that I currently have for sale. This is about half of the batch. I really like working on sketch cards. These ones are 4x6 on card stock, so they are a decent size and I can finish them pretty quickly. I'm selling these for $5 each, and that includes lamination and shipping in the US. I'd like to add a few 5x7 cards when I have the time, and I'd probably price those at $10 each, since they are a bit bigger and take more time and marker ink. But I'm not sure when I'll have time to get around to those. I'd prefer to sell a few out of this batch before adding more things to sell, because then I end up over piling on myself and usually give away or pack up things that aren't selling, and I kinda hate to do that!!
This picture was going around instagram last week, so I reposted it and got about 31 likes. What a fun idea!!! I'm kinda glad it only got 31 likes... I follow other artists who had over 2,000 likes on theirs.. and the more ambitious ones actually drew THAT many chicks. O_O I think 31 is a manageable number of chicks to draw!!!
I'm also starting to get ready for my next manga shop at the library. This time, they are actually having a mini comic con, and I'm really excited to participate!!! =-D That's coming up on July 17th. There's also going to be a cartooning class, crafts, and people are asked to come in costume. Since we may have a lot of people that don't usually come to the other manga shops, I'm going to do something easy for everyone. Since the summer reading program's theme is "Superheroes", I'm thinking about doing an easy tutorial drawing a super hero chibi. I also need to come up with some kind of freebie to give out after the event, right now I'm thinking about doing bookmarks. The lady that heads up the teen activities and who plans these events asked if I would come in costume. This is my first time cosplaying, and I'm excited!!! I'm doing as Scarlet Witch from the "Age of Ultron" movie, even though my hair is nothing like hers. People keep telling me I could wear a wig, but I'd rather not. So far, I have my dress and I bought a red sweater at the thrift store today, so it's almost together!!
I've been doing a lot of reading while I crochet lately... I somehow manage to turn pages while I stitch... xD I just finished up "Anastasia and Her Sisters" by Carolyn Meyer (ALL of Carolyn's historical fiction books are amazing, and I can't recommend them enough). Since my name is Anastasia, I've always been very interested in her life and the tragic end that came to her family. After finishing up that book, I started re -reading "The Family Romanov" by Candace Fleming (which is another nice look at the life of the Romanovs, but a little biased in spots. Just my opinion), and also "The Romanov Sisters" by Helen Rappaport ( which actually is more focused on the parents then the sisters, but you still get a nice look into their lives). All that reading inspired this sketch of Anastasia in one of her formal gowns. I inked this with brown ink and hope to color it sepia. If it turns out nicely, I may enter it into our local fair's art contest this year. But I am really bad about finishing projects, so.... T_T I'd like to do more sketches of the other sisters too! I've also been re-reading quite a few of my favorite manga. I may do a post in the near future about those artists.
So! This is a look into what all is going on and about to go on. Other upcoming things inlcude helping out with a rabbit day for 4-H here in our county, two upcoming vacation Bible schools that I'm helping with, running light for "Bye Bye, Birdie" in July, and crafts for "theater camp" in August. I have a lot on my plate right now and lots to focus on, so I probably will not be as art productive as I want or hope to be. I will still post things as I find the time to create them, I just wanted people to know to not be expecting as much from me over the next few weeks!!
My summer is looking real busy... hope yours will be fun, too!!! ^^
-Stasia -Chan '15
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