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Kaleidoscope Sunrise Art {new in the shop}

white starburst art on sunrise colored background

I don’t normally post about every little thing I add to my shop, but I really like this one so I thought I would share. It’s very peaceful and calm, like a sunrise. To be totally honest, I don’t pay attention to that many sunrises, because I’m not at all a morning person. I’m more of a night owl who finds morning people completely baffling. If I had my way no one would look at me, speak to me, or try to interact with me in any way prior to 10am (which doesn’t work out too well in the worlds of jobs and motherhood). Chances are, if I’m up early enough to see the sunrise, my eyes are still barely open and all of my brainpower is concentrated on forming coherent thoughts. Think I’m exaggerating? You’ve obviously never met me.

Currently Working On {kaleidoscope art with Micron pens…my favorite!}

cup of micron pens and art suppliesOhhhh….Micron pens. How I love thee.

Seriously, I wish the makers of Micron pens would sponsor my artistic endeavors and just start sending me a box of microns every few weeks. I sure use enough of them. I have at least two of every size, along with the color ones that I just HAD to buy but never really found a good use for. I’m not sure I NEED every single size….I mean, is there REALLY that big of a difference between a .20mm and a .25mm nib? Wait – who am I kidding, of course there is! To this day, I still get excited when I go over to my parents house on Christmas and receive my stocking chock full of Micron pens and black Prismacolor markers. Does anyone else get super excited over things like that? No? Just me? Oh well….

Anyways, I found a partially started then abandoned drawing in the garage a few weeks ago when I was looking for materials for another project, and then THAT project got put on the back burner so I could revive THIS one. Fickle, I know. When I found the paper I just had the basic skeleton of the shapes sketched out in pencil, so I started going to town with my beloved Micron pens and filling in the details. I’ve probably put three or fours hours of work into it at this point. Don’t you love it when you start a new project and all you want to do is work on it ALL the time? Before I had kids I used to sit and work for ten, twelve hours at a time and get the whole thing finished in a few days. That can’t really happen any more but I’m happy with the progress I’ve made so far.

detail of kaleidoscope art done with micron pen

detail of kaleidoscope art done with micron pen

work in progress of kaleidoscope art in micron pen