anne is an artist

As much as I can't stand winter, fall is one of my most favorite times of year. As soon as I get over the shock that summer is over, bring on the pumpkins, fall leaves and crisp air.

Luckily I get to travel around Northern and Western Wisconsin for work during this time. I am excited for next week!

I've also suffered from camera withdrawals. Mark has had my camera for quite some time, and I'd like it back. We've gone crazy with Shrinky Dinks and I have some pretty sweet Day of the Dead skulls I wanna show off.

In light of my financial success (I am debt free [besides school loans which will never go away]!!!!!) My only extraneous cost is now my new PICCOLO which I am renting. I love my new piccolo!

Which isn't a lot to say about America as a whole right now. America should have waited till it paid its Netflix bill, before it went out and bought its own piccolo.

Scary times!

I was in Chicago a while back and I was traipsing through the Dick Blick store that they have downtown. HUGE and HEAVEN are the first words that I would use to describe it. I came across a beautiful sketchbook with several different colors every few pages. I HAD TO HAVE IT. But now was not the time nor place, so I decided I'd get it in Milwaukee. NO ART STORES IN MILWAUKEE HAVE IT. "What is wrong with this city?" I thought to myself.

I did end up ordering it off of the Dick Blick site about a month ago. GLORY! I've never gotten a sketchbook that I was excited about really finishing. I've been drawing in it nearly every day.

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I've also been going crazy with the Shrinky Dinks. I've been gluing them everywhere. Especially magnets. They make great fridge magnets. Mark has gone even crazier. He's drawn every food substance (fruits, veggies, the whole pyramid) and made them into fridge magnets. I want to start making amino acid necklaces with them, but I'm getting too much of a kick out of the skulls to do much else.

Another IF on a Tuesday.

Illustration Friday: Sugary

Artist in Repose.