lisa kopelke

a grand trine...

... of the artistic kind. I was thrilled to have an art installation in the new studio and home of Imagine Ballet Theatre, but even more thrilled to have it during a recent party for United Way of Northern Utah. I made some fantastic connections, met some great folks, had a terrific new drink called Underground (locally distilled even!) and had my three worlds all come together. The show was called "Art in the Raw" where I displayed my illustrations, no framing, clipped to a wire and invited guests to get really close so they could see all the details & paint strokes that are often lost in reproduction. Looking forward to visiting with the Untied Way folks more often in the future.

photo by jamie lampros
for more photos of the event please click here.

doodle

study in animals #4

giraffe

study in animals #3

whale

how to make a picture book

I made a flow chart for an author event this weekend at Planet Rainbow explaining the very basics of what it takes to actually make a book before it's submitted to an agent or editor. I must point out that my funny author & illustrator friends reminded me of the things I forgot to add to the chart like the impulsive coffee drinking, chocolate eating, laying on the floor in a fetal position crying and all the procrastinating, wait did I just say procrastinating?! Er, um, I meant research! Yes, all the research on the internet that goes on to check your facts. Anyhow, I also had on display paintings, sketches, manuscript & a dummy. And that was only about 1/1o of all the stuff I create for a submission... I had the best time talking to fellow authors & artists!