My granddaughters each take a box or colored pencils and coloring books when they go places where they are expected to be quiet like church so I made them each a pencil roll with their name, it holds 12 pencils and is easier for their little fingers to get the right pencil out and put it back. I have several of these for my pencils and drawing tools and a couple have been recruited for knitting needles. Sometimes I’m better at organizing my tools than using them. But I have decided to use them! Darling daughter turned 35 this month, she and college roommate have planned a fun weekend to mark the occasion because 35 is half way to 70. Guess who will turn 70 this year!?! I have made the decision to use my art supplies with wild abandon ( as wild as I get but accepting there will be bad art days and just enjoy the process) because I cringe at the thought of DD filling the dumpster with unused art materials. I’m going to leave piles of filled sketch books. If my kids want to tear pages out and frame them I will be thrilled. Recently I have attacked my travel sketchbooks, those sketchbooks I buy special for a trip then do one or two pages and bring home a mostly blank book. I have been sketching from my travel photos to fill the pages sometimes I add notes, progress is slow but I see improvement. Sometimes I jump up and sew a couple quilt blocks while the paint dries.
Keeping busy—Ann—
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