I'm starting things up again!

Hello! My name is Emi for those of you who don't know me. Basically, a while ago, I started this fundraiser I called "Art for Ronan." I sold my art to raise money for the Ronan Thompson Foundation. I did very well with my fundraiser and was able to make nearly $300 for the foundation. As much as I wanted to keep going with my fundraiser, I had a lot going on personally and was also really struggling to get people to buy my art or even just donate to the foundation. Taylor Swift is a very important person in my life. She is the whole reason I even know about the Ronan Thompson foundation in the first place. Today, (or... technically yesterday since I am writing this past midnight..) Taylor's mom was diagnosed with cancer. Because of this sad news, I have been inspired to start up my fundraiser once again. I had gone probably more than half a year without painting and I just randomly started painting again last weekend. I really believe in signs and I feel I got all of this motivation now because I need to start this fundraiser up again. I had paused it because things were too overwhelming, but I feel in my heart that this is the right time to pick things up again.

Ok, now that all of the background information is done, I will explain Art for Ronan to those who have never heard of it. Hopefully, that is most of you reading this post and considering donating and helping my fundraiser. Basically, as I previously said, I sell my art in exchange for donations. I take commissions and will paint anything. All you have to do is donate directly to the Ronan Thompson foundation (http://www.theronanthompsonfoundation.com/), send me proof of your donation and I will send you a painting, either one that I have already done or one you personally request. The minimum for each donation is $15. Larger donations are both welcomed and encouraged but every painting is set at a $15 price. My contact information is artforro3@gmail.com. I pour my heart and soul into every painting I do. Shipping is 100% on me so all you have to do to contribute is donate directly to the foundation and I will paint you whatever you want. Here are pictures of my most recent pieces.

 

The pink is a gift for someone, but the other two are 100% available. I am also obviously willing to do one similar to the pink one if anyone is interested. If you are interested please contact me. I also have many things I have done in the past. Here are some of my personal favorites. A few of these are actually still available :).

 

 

 

Please consider buying a painting from me. Even if you don't, please donate to the Ronan Thompson foundation. This is such an important cause. Again, my contact email is artforro3@gmail.com.

 

Love always,

Emi at Art for Ronan. 



An update.

Hello! I haven't made a post in months and since I had some time on my hands I decided an update was necessary. September is over but that doesn't mean childhood cancer is. Art for Ro will likely continue for the next three years (while I am in high school) and possibly during my college years too, though that is still undetermined. Basically I just wanted to make a post saying I'm still here, and so is Art for Ronan! I know I've constantly promised that I would make more art and keep up with things but the last few months have been crazy for me. Less than a month after I ended school, my grandfather became very ill and my mother was gone for a large part of the summer. He sadly passed away at the end of the summer (right when school started) and things just got very sad and chaotic after that. Now that a little over month has passed since school started, I am catching up with the pace of things and my grades are getting to where I would like them to be. Basically, what I am trying to say is that more art is coming your way! I hope this means I get more customers as well because if no one buys my art, I won't raise any money for the Ronan Thompson foundation. I have gotten so much better from when I started and I promise you won't be disappointed if you buy something from me. I work so hard on each painting and put so much love into everything I do. Plus, if you dislike something, I'll make you another one! I can't promise everything will be fast but I can promise it will all be the best quality it can be and you'll be helping a cause that needs the help so very much. So many kids get ignored everyday and it's just ridiculous childhood cancer doesn't get the research it deserves. Please buy something from me, or tell your friends. This cause is so important to me and to so many other people as well. I will start working on things this week. I'm going to try to update this blog every weekend so please join the mailing list or make sure to check every once in a while to see if there's a new piece up that you feel really suits you! After October 27 a TON of Taylor swift related pieces will be going up so keep your eye out for those! Also, I DO take requests for custom pieces so feel free to ask. It can be on canvas or paper, canvas costs more. My contact email is artforro3@gmail.com. Thank you. I hope you consider buying something from me and if you don't, please donate to the Ronan Thompson foundation! Have a lovely day

Love,
Emi at ART for RO.

Not a lot going on at the moment

 

It is nearly the end of Monday the 28th of April 2014 and I am going to bed miserable. The whole day I've had such a prevalent feeling of insignificance. Not worthlessness, insignificance. Not a feeling of not being worth anything just not being worth enough. I mean this in the sense that I'm just average. I'm not worthless I'm just not special and I'll never be special and man is that a terrible feeling to have. It's a feeling I've developed by hearing people say things like "You mean the world to me and I'm so glad you're in my life" to others. I just have never had someone think of me that way except possibly my twin sister. All I want is for the people I care about most to look at me and just be so happy I'm in their lives regardless of how annoying I get sometimes. I don't know why I'm feeling this so much today. Maybe it's because of that beautiful girl who's been going around noticing people on social media......

It is now the evening of Tuesday the 29th and I have to say today was a thousand times better than yesterday. I had a staff meeting for the newspaper I'm on today so that definitely cheered me up. Being part of the newspaper makes me feel like I have a purpose, like I am contributing to something. I think that may be a reason I started Art for RO, to feel I was contributing to something, somehow. To make myself feel like I really could make a difference, and I hope I am making one or will make one someday in the future. The rest of my day was really relaxed. Since I had so many tests today, tomorrow is a lot calmer and so I had just about no homework today. I even ended up taking an hour long nap... There are just about 54 days left until my 15th birthday and I'm really excited. This is the first birthday in a long time that I think the change in age is making me feel different. I can't remember the last time I thought."Holy crap I'm actually going to be __". One thing that is really making me feel strange is the fact that when I turn 15 I will no longer be a freshman in high school. I will be 1/4 done and that, that really feels strange.

Wednesday the 30th. Not much happened today. I had a fairly calm day at school. A French presentation and a quiz were all I had to worry about today and I think they both went fairly well. Lunch was great :) I got to be an extra in a commercial! (Not a real TV commercial, just one for the newspaper). It was really great. We laughed a lot and I felt really happy. Gym sucked as per usual. Having my friends in that class doesn't make it any better because it still feels like everyone ignores me. I painted a little today which was nice and I'm going to bed pretty early compared to how late I've been going to bed for the last week. So, overall a fairly uneventful day....

I am writing this as it is nearly midday of Saturday the 3rd of May. Yesterday was such an eventful and busy day I forgot about the recap. Also, I'm not going to talk about Thursday because it was extremely uneventful and my Wednesday blurb was already super boring and I want people to read these. Here I go:
I woke up on Friday exhausted but with enough energy to decide I was going to wear a skirt to school. I wore my mustache skirt because it's casual but still makes me feel like an awesome princess. The school day was fairly normal. First period a Vietnam war veteran came to speak to us which was a great experience. In between sixth and seventh period they played Love Story in the hallway which made me feel even more like an awesome mustache princess. After school the event I am covering for the newspaper took place so I stayed at school in order to get pictures. It was a community service day and it was nice to see a lot of people doing things for a good cause. I ended up staying over an hour longer than planned so I got home at 4:00. I watched some TV, ate some snacks and in a couple of hours I had to change back out of my sweatpants and into my skirt because my family was going back out to the theater. The show I watched was absolutely fantastic and I am so thankful I get to experience so much wonderful theater.
This morning I woke up to find two new posts on Maya's blog. The first one I read was about how terrible the month of may is for her. In this post she mentioned that this year Ronan would've turned seven. That made me cry, a lot. I remember being seven. I can't remember if it was amazing being seven but it sure wasn't bad. Seven was one of the good ages for me and it just makes me so freaking sad that Ronan never got to turn seven. Cancer is literally the worst. Today is my brother's birthday party and tomorrow is his birthday so I probably won't have time to paint but I sure am going to be advertising my blog like crazy for the next few days and months, and since I have a pretty free summer I will be painting like crazy. I'd like to raise another hundred dollars before I begin sophomore year. It just isn't right that innocent little children like Ronan get their lives taken away from them before they really start. I have to go now as I have a busy day ahead of me. Lots of love, I'll write more tomorrow.

So... it's Sunday the 4th (which also just happens to be my brother's birthday) it's pretty late at night and there's not a lot going on at the moment. I did nothing today but work on homework and cry. Luckily I was so busy I didn't allow myself to get too sad. Yesterday however, was a day to remember.
It was so nice to see my brother so happy and surrounded by people who he really cares about. Throughout the whole party I had mixed emotions because as happy as I was for him, seeing people with a lot of friends just bums me out. That's all I want. Friends who REALLY care about me. Not to insult my friends, they are absolutely lovely human beings and I adore them. Sometimes it just feels like they don't adore me and I just feel lonely ALL the time. But enough of the sad stuff. Happy birthday Matias! I hope you enjoy being 16 and I can't wait for you to drive me places.
New York in less than a week, my 15th birthday in a little over a month. I have so much to look forward to and I'm going to use that to keep me going. Oh, and Taylor, if you somehow stumble upon this... There are two almost fifteen year old girls who would love to meet you sometime so please stay in New York at least one more week, Thanks. With that I say goodbye for now. And if you've read this whole thing. I love you to pieces. You rock.

Love,
Emi at Art for RO.

Am I always starting over?

 

I've had a lot on my mind recently and so I decided I'd make a blog post. I know I haven't made a post in forever and even though this is an art blog I am going to try to use this as a place to get my feelings out every once in a while because keeping them bubbled up isn't helping me.

Since this is an art blog, I will start with my art. It is becoming harder and harder for me to make art. Mainly because of time and other commitments but also because I keep feeling less and less motivated. With every person that turns down a piece of art from me I lose a little more hope. Is my art even good? Will I ever make a difference in this cause? The truth is I don't know how much more successful Art for RO will be but I do know that I am a freshman in high school and I was able to raise over $200 just by selling my art and that is something to be proud of. Today a hummingbird was flying outside my window and it stayed there for a really long time. I was too mesmerized to take a picture but it made me feel Ro with me and inspire me to keep trying to help these kiddos who need us to speak out for them. 3% is ridiculous.

Next lets talk about Taylor. She makes me so happy and I couldn't be more thankful to her. Not only does she spread love and joy everywhere she goes, but without her I wouldn't be making art for Ronan because I would've never learned about Ronan. Thank the universe for that girl, for endless reasons. I hope one day I can meet her. I am not Taylor's biggest fan, I know that. But that doesn't mean she doesn't mean a heck of a whole lot to me. I know she means a lot more to some people (mainly because I am extremely close to someone who loves her soooo much). I just know that she is extremely important to me, and one of the reasons is that person I just mentioned. Because her happiness means everything to me and Taylor makes her happy and I will never be able put into words how much that means to me. I need her and she needs Taylor, so I will forever be thankful to Taylor for that, as well as all that other awesome stuff she does. Never change Taylor, we all love you.

Newspaper. I just need to take a few moments to appreciate everything the lovely world of journalism has given me. I have never felt like I belong somewhere more. The newspaper has literally been my saving grace. It's been the one thing keeping me happy and motivated. I cannot wait for the next 3 years as part of this crazy, intelligent, lovely group of people. You all make me so happy. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. The J forever <3

I am turning 15 in less than 2 months and I am terrified, I just hope this birthday is better than my last. I get to go to New York very very soon and I am ecstatic!!!! Love love love that city. With that I say goodbye to you as I should've been asleep an hour ago.


Love always,
Emi at Art for RO <3

Sundevil Mountain

As promised I have began painting again. This is my first frame-able piece. It is a thin one sided canvas that measures 11x13 inches. It has a dark green and light blue background. There are mountains and bronze and gold swirls to look like wind as well as a gold and bronze sun. The colors remind me a bit of the ASU sundevil colors so if you're a sundevil this might just be the perfect piece to hang in your dorm room! As it is fairly larger than my normal pieces it is priced at $20. I only increased the price by $5 because I understand you still need to buy a frame so I didn't want to make it too expensive. If you are willing to pay a bit more that is always appreciated. All proceeds go to the Ronan Thompson Foundation. If you are interested please email me at artforro3@gmail.com . Thanks. Here are some pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

Love always,

ART FOR RO. 

What 2014 has in store!

Hello my lovelies! I have not made a post in forever because as you can imagine the first few weeks of 2014 have been jam-packed! I was traveling for the  last week of 2013 and then came back and went straight to school on Jan 2. Exam review started right away so basically I was spending all of my time studying. Now that exams (and the first semester of my freshmen year) are over I will get back to painting. I received a ton of cool supplies for Christmas and cannot wait to start painting again. In 2014 I will be offering a lot more original pieces. Most of the money I raised last year was from custom pieces and while I loved doing those I'd really like to sell more original pieces this year! I have HUGE canvases, normal sized canvases, small canvases and even a black canvas so there will be many options coming your way. As usual you can ask me to make you a custom piece for no extra charge. My contact email is artforro3@gmail.com :) PLEASE buy a painting from me. They are super affordable, I LOVE making them and all the money goes to a great cause. Thank you. Here are some pictures of my favorite pieces.

 

 

Love,

ART FOR RO. 

 

 

  

Discounts!

As promised I have made a flyer for my discount week :) All information is below. This deal applies for everything, though $5 will not be discounted much. I WILL give you options. If I don't discount it I will still give you a little extra something. Please email me and take this opportunity to buy one of my pieces if you've been hesitant before. Thank you! Tell anyone you can. 

 

 

 

 

 

Love always,

ART FOR RO.