I'm still an art supply addict

 I went to Hobby Lobby today.  I was supposed to get large wiggly eyes that I can sew onto my sleep mask that I use during in-clinic treatment.  I totally blanked out on this.  I found the aisle with the colored ink pens & pencils, looking for Tombow brush pens.  

I didn't find Tombow but I found brush pens from Faber Castell: Aqua Dual pens.  I haven't tracked art supplies for at least 4 years.  At first I just got a couple black pens.  I really don't care that they're brush on one side & pen on the other, I was most interested that they can be washed like watercolor.  So I got the landscape set too.  Hmm, I can't access my stash of sketchbooks right now so a new mixed media sketchbook found its way into my basket, as well.  I did keep my smallest sets of acrylic paints, watercolor, and drawing pencils accessible.  No, I haven't been drawing on the walls, I have other sketchbooks but they don't do well with wet media.

WOOT!  I'm fitting into pants I wore 10 years ago with room to spare.  I don't know why they're in good shape.  Maybe I didn't wear them that long before "growing out of them."  happy happy

First 2011 goal

Yay, finished one of the sketchbooks on my list, the 4x6 inch aquabee. Actually I've also put away two others, but they were writing journals that are more private and I don't usually put up on the web. I think this is Sketchbook #12 in my list of completed sketchbooks. I did actually do several more sketches. I tried to collage them in photoshop but that ended in frustration for lack of time. Mom came in and started demanding more of my time while I was working on it.

Taste of France

Storefront of the cafe where we had lunch. Very popular place for lunch. I had no regrets, YUM!

Re-scanned my room sketch. Unfortunately no more sketches for the rest of the trip. I had my kit with me for the Botanical Gardens but all those greens intimidated me. I will be sketching or painting from my photos, though.

On Vacation

The portable scanner lost some data at the page transition of the double page spread. I was relaxing in the room and I felt like sketching it with a Bic pen in my Pentalic Journal.

Worldwide Sketchcrawl

I knew I'd have a busy day, so I intended to do Worldwide Sketchcrawl #30 "in spirit." Had a good start 8am at the Navy Base but was too busy to sketch the rest of the day. Drove out to Auntie's house (100 miles) where she immediately put me to work. I've also had her computer for 2 months while she was on vacation because her dial up wasn't working. I had updated windows, virus scanner, etc. from my wifi but never had a chance to work on her dial up because I don't have a phone line. Threw up my hands after 2 hours and went to the local McDonalds to download some drivers. Got it working on my netbook, then got it working on her computer. Got home at 10pm.

I've been wanting to sketch these...

2 of 3 pen drawings I did in the Strathmore #2 sketchbook. I had looked forward to seeing the boat (1st picture) in Hong Kong but I never did.

1/1/11 I like that date, gotta use it

I scored a pen set in the after-Christmas sales. It included a fountain pen, which is what I bought it for, and the rest is poor quality crap. I loaded it in the car, put it away to do more shopping, then pulled it out while I waited. It leaked blue ink all over me. Stained my jeans, stained my t-shirt, permanently. So I've been using it as a dip pen and it's working great that way. No fear of leaks, either. It's re-ignited my interest in fountain pens and dip pens so I've pulled out my old nibs, nib holder, and inks to draw and write with. Now there's a black feather topped dip pen calling me from Barnes & Noble. Don't have any room for it at the moment but I'll get one of the cute little bottles of ink next time I'm there.

32 more pages in this sketchbook (Strathmore #2). I started the 12 days of Christmas challenge and gave up after day 4. Never intended to post it unless I actually finished the challenge, oh well.