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I lucked and had a bit more money than I thought I did. Kitten was kind enough to stick to the original payment schedule for my new 'puter so I was able to do a shaved-down Blick order this month anyway. I spent the $3 for faster home delivery because the main art supply in the order is a replacement set of 48 color Conte sticks ( Read more... )

Lauren's side of the Great Australian Art Trade just arrived today, while I was sleeping. I am so happy! They're all spread out now between the other chair and my table. I got too excited and unpacked it all at once. Now I have to sit down or my back will go on strike ( Read more... )

Grown men playing with dolls time. I ordered two manikins on clearance, the Art S. Buck plastic ones instead of the traditional wooden one I gave to Eric as a parting gift. I found out they do articulate a LOT more than the wooden ones, twisting here and bending there in very clever ways to get into many more poses. Right now the male is standing ( Read more... )

But you knew that if you're one of my regular readers. I got shipping confirmation yesterday on my Clearance Sale order, the one where I saved a lot more than I spent and got caught up on many small things and large things I've needed and put off for expense. Like two good frames for a watercolor painting and for The Kill, since I'm going to be ( Read more... )

Emptied the pencil sharpener six times. Gotten a blister on my right thumb from the ones that needed babying in the handheld Prismacolor Colored Pencil Sharpener (anything that lost a point got finished off by hand), and sharpened 132 new Prismacolor Premier pencils ( Read more... )

The biggest set of Prismacolors that I've ever owned is sitting on my table ( Read more... )