having recently reworked my art space so that floor sitting is possible, I’m eager to show it off!
what does your studio/art space look like?
here is mine:
Along with a much messier storage area which also houses a creative space for my daughter:
having recently reworked my art space so that floor sitting is possible, I’m eager to show it off!
what does your studio/art space look like?
here is mine:
Along with a much messier storage area which also houses a creative space for my daughter:
@Vaishali Prazmari @Nadia Bouhdili @Anastasia Doran @Susan Dobrian your turn!
@Nadia Madden This is a wonderful idea!! Your studio looks beautiful and I especially love the Peacock Throne!! I’m going to be sorting my art space out over the next couple of weeks so I’ll definitely post photos when it’s done!
@Anastasia Doran maybe before and after pics? lol inspire us!
Lovely, Nadia!
My very messy studio! No peacock throne for me!
@Susan Dobrian What a lovely open space! And I love your magnifying glass, I think I need one of those too.
I love seeing all of these! Mine is a mess and I'm a recovering Montessori/Kondo haha, and rehabilitating back into my true self, ie. embrace the mess!
From left to right: Nice Vietnamese pencil case given to me by a good friend who went there on a trip studying weaving and where I keep my brushes for the Faces classes (separate from other classes' brushes to not overuse), also because it's got 2 colours I've always been on the hunt for in the form of original pigments and never found (coral, and a certain kind of Indian green that in miniatures is usually made as a mix of indigo and peori ie. blue and yellow, but I'm still hunting for it as an actual pigment - one of these fairly useless life goals that make me even more determined to find); Cook's Matches for my candles, top left is the actual window - would you believe that behind all the glorious mess there is actually just pure sunlight right now?! - pic of my dad asleep in a hilarious way; red fire blanket; painting of Fire in progress with zarafshan gold sprinkling which Sara will remember (also - nice surrealist coincidence that the Fire painting is next to a fire blanket. Because it's HOT! haha) - and actually on the same theme there is another bit of fire poking out to the right of that painting which belongs to a metre-long big miniature going on the wall; then the Blue City, some architecture on marbled paper; then a small painting of green ginger; below which is a photo of my Dome oil painting (as I'm painting a tiny part of it as part of the big miniature); Grimm's Rainbow (kid's toys), my notebook and a light blue biro, and central to ALL of that, on my laptop screen itself - is @Susan Dobrian 's glorious studio: my studio is the marginalia to your studio in the middle. So there you have it - a glimpse into my messy brain and life right NOW now as I've just read it and it could be tidier but then... I could also go and enjoy a cup of chamomile tea with my kids in the garden and chocolate's waiting. Bye!
@Vaishali Prazmari your studio looks like my studio 90% of the time… I just cleaned and sorted and re-organized a bit to turn it into a floor sitting area and I wanted to capture it before it returns to its usual disorderly sef.
Oh my, how did I not notice my clutter on your screen!😂
LOVE the fire painting in progress above your desk! And like that you’re embracing a bit o’ chaos. Then I won’t beat myself up about it... when your friends mutter about Kondo around you, you know, a girl starts to think they’re telling you something!
Thank you @Kathlyn Powell ! That fire painting is called simply FIRE! - as that's just what it is. I should post about it online somewhere soon, it's actually finished and I'm even pleased to say that the giant miniature behind it is also 90% done, I just worked on it today! Can we see some of your studio selfies too?
Oh, I would so love to see 'Fire' when it is done or whenever you choose to share. I know I will love it! Even though we recently had too close of a call with a wildfire out here just a week or so ago -- our house backs up to a contiguous wild area to parkland that burned. All the creatures -- the heart grieves.
I took a photo of my somewhat tidied up desk -- still a chaotic whirl but you know how it is!
Brilliant window and natural light!
Yes, it is lovely. I see iridescent hummingbirds in their swooping mating dance outside this window, and sometimes the gorgeous gamboge hooded orioles as well.
oh, that skylight!! I'm longing to tear out the whole wall in my studio space and put in floor to ceiling glass to look out at the woods behind my house. But then I worry we will want to sell the house someday, and it would be a strange feature for a laundry room!
@Nadia Madden Oh, I'd go for it, Nadia! Now is the golden moment of our lives, past and future don't exist! (Besides, who could complain of a glorious view while doing laundry?)