My Special Collection

I will number this day 3 and 4 of #inktober, time is limited so I finished this one up tonight along with starting another. Day 3's prompt was "collection," and if there is one thing that I have the biggest collection of it is art supplies.

In my journey to find my artistic self I have accumulated a wide verity of art supplies, why you ask, because I want to try everything, I want to see what speaks to me, the collection consist of:

Acrylic paints and mediums, watercolors (of course), markers, pens, pencils, colored pencils, paint markers, and inks. Lets not forget about canvas and papers also.

I have played with just about every medium I can afford and even a few I wish I had not purchased. I will use just about everything I bought unless I absolutely hate it. There are a few that get pushed to the back while I am learning a new medium but I will eventually go back to it. I guess I am still trying to find my niche along with always wanting to try something new. That is one of the reasons I wanted to participate in #inktober, I this will create a better habit of practicing. I have learned one thing over the last couple of years, I have to get more sleep if I ever plan on going anywhere with my art, I am thinking that is where my creativity block starts.

Happy Inking and Creating

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Unknown said…

That's just part of her collection. I should know. She's
My daughter. What is awesome is she does such a good job with any artistic medium she decides to try.

October 4, 2016 at 9:17 PM

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