Happy Birthday Liza's Studio!

Today I am celebrating the birthday of Liza's Studio, my blog turned 1 year old today! Thanks to everyone who has viewed my blog over the past year! Yesterday I had an amazing 274 page views, wow! I hope everyone has enjoyed my art and to continue the celebration, I am going to share with you watercolor paintings I made the summer I was 13. Take a look!

Framing in Action Shots!

Hello! My boyfriend Jon took some photos when my Dad and I were recently framing a "Buddha with Flowers" print. It was one of two Buddhas that sold recently at the GLP Art Show. I haven't taken any of my works to be professionally framed, as I'm sure that would be very expensive, but I like to think my Dad and I do a pretty good job! Thanks for your help, Dad! And thanks for taking the photos, Jon! Enjoy the framing process!

You have to trim off the beveled edge (raw edge) of the paper, as it is too large to fit in the frame. All of the very nice printmaking paper I have used comes with a beveled edge and I had to trim some of it, even before I printed, so it would fit neatly in the press.

Attaching a wire to hang!

I'm attaching my art business card to the back of the frame.

The finished product!

GLP Art Show

The Groton Long Point Art Show today was super successful! Very excited that people liked my art enough to buy it. I'm especially thankful to the people who bought two more of the "Buddha with Flowers!" Also happy that many of my sets of notecards sold as well! Always a fun time at the GLP Casino. Have a great rest of your weekend everyone!

Gearing Up for Upcoming Art Show

Hello! I have been busy preparing for my next art show, the Groton Long Point Art Show at the Casino (Community Building) at Groton Long Point, CT. Everyone should stop by my table on Sunday August 4, 2013 from 1-4 pm. It's always a lot of fun!

Something new I'm excited to show and sell are handmade original printmaking cards. I have several different designs for sale. I am also selling one of each framed. I hope you like them!

"Flip flops on the Beach" 2013. This is a rainbow-roll print, because I used two different colors without it being a reductive cut, I rolled on two colors onto the same plate at the same time to print once.

"Purple Flowers" 2013. I think this has a vintage feel to it, with the specks of paper showing through.

"Coral Flowers" 2013. I was told this has a tropical feel to it. 

"Crabbing" 2008. A big thing for kids in the summer at Groton Long Point is to go crabbing. I've found the best bait for crabs is hot dogs!

"Sailboat Spinnakers" 2013. This one is my favorite. You can feel the rolling waves. I love colorful spinnaker sails when sailboats are going downwind. They can be tricky to manage.

This was my table as I was printing one night this week!

I'm hoping to sell them framed as well. I think they look nice like this. 

Come visit me at the art show this Sunday! I will also have a Buddha for sale in a nice frame with wire attached, ready to hang! I will also be showing a few of my soft pastels as well. Hope everyone is having a good week!

Printmaking Demonstration!

I gave a printmaking demonstration on linoleum-cut and soft rubber-cut, also known as e-z cut on Sunday July 14th at Slater Memorial Museum as a part of the Stonington Printmaker's Society's juried exhibit "Journey: Processes in Print." I explained how reductive cuts work for multiple colors, that you cut away what colors you want to keep. I rolled out the water soluble ink and printed two small soft rubber-cut prints of flowers. I hope people enjoyed learning about printmaking!

These are the finished products of the printmaking demonstration: