Needs more love but it’s a start!
2B is all I REALLY need!
Trolley.
One of my old pieces.
My main mission is to get back into making art, and whilst I do think I’d be most comfortable drawing and painting in the main lounge room I’ve decided to set up the spare room as a dedicated art studio (I suppose I can paint in both!).
I’ve brought over all of the art that I’ve decided to keep from Maroubra. I bought a trolley (so I can easily wheel art supplies around within the art room and even out to the lounge room) and a small (but deep) standing table and ergonomic stool from IKEA. What I really need though is art supplies.
I’ve been looking for art supplies online for the past few weeks. The RIOT! Art & Craft chain stores have shut down (there was one in Eastgardens which I had planned to drop into). There’s an Eckersley’s in Bondi Junction Westfield’s, but that place is a fucking nightmare. A few people on reddit suggested that Spotlight had some bargains so earlier today I checked out the Spotlight site and it turns out they were having a 30% off everything in-store until 8pm. Perfect!
In a rush to get out the door I locked myself out! I could break in to my old house in Maroubra, but there wasn’t any way I could break into my new apartment. Luckily for me I had my phone on me so I called the locksmith (Kevin Wong). Amazingly he was free! Better yet it only took him 15 minutes to get to me! Just as Kevin got to the building another tenant was entering the building so they let him in (the apartment fob to use the lift was obviously in my apartment!), all the luck!
He was done in 10 minutes. I headed off to Spotlight and bought another easel, a couple of canvases, an art pad, pencils, brushes and paint. I saved $130 with the sale, most of that went to Kevin the locksmith, but hey happy days!