I have shown the antique pencil box I’ve been using since this spring a few times here and there and I’m almost always asked about it as well as the contents, so I thought I would write a post sharing about it.  I mean…any excuse to write about art supplies… It really is a special antique pencil box and, when I spotted it, I knew it was perfect for me.  I purchased it from , a specialist dealer in antique art supplies. I like that this antique pencil box is a box instead of a pouch.  I love a good pencil pouch, but the pencils and such roll around in the bag and I end up with a lot of broken tips.  The box keeps things in place and safe from being jostled around. I’ve collected the contents that fill the antique pencil box for a few years.  Some I’ve

One of my observant blog readers noticed that I wrote “I bought art boxes” instead of “I brought art boxes” in yesterday’s post.  We both had a laugh at it, but the truth is I have still bought a few things here and there.  Some of it was timed to arrive before we closed on our house and some of it has been shipped to my parent’s house.  I mean, what are parents for if not to get your mail and store stuff in their garage?  (And ask them for your inoculation records when you’re in your 40s.  My mom actually said, “You are in your 40s and I have no idea where your inoculation records are.”  Valid.)  Anyway, in our final week in our house, I received one of my last-minute purchases – an antique combination sketchbook and palette that I just couldn’t resist even in the middle of

As I shared earlier this week, packing up the studio has been the hardest part of the move.  (You can read about why we’re moving HERE.)  feel like I can cook anywhere.  I can do laundry anywhere.  We can have family pizza movie night anywhere.  I will miss our bed and bedding, but I can sleep in any reasonably decent bed and quiet room.  But I have wondered about creating in a space other than my studio.  There is nothing magical about a particular room, but it is designed specifically for me, the way I work, and the way I want a creative space to feel.  I’m used to the light and I know where everything is.  I know I will miss that until I can create a new studio wherever we land.  I am doing what I can to make my “portable studio”, which consists of bins, bags, and