Sunday, March 27, 2016

My new Studio

We finally moved into our new house and I have the studio almost done. I still have to hang up the ornaments that I make, but aside from that everything has a place.

Let me show you around. Its small but efficient.






We bought 2 ikea tables and put them together to give me a place to draw and also a place to craft. 
When my daughter came over she could be on one side and I could be on the other, it works out really well.




I am lucky that the closet is large, it holds a lot of my art supplies and when I don't want to look at it I can close the doors. The cubes are from Michaels , they hold a lot and they are easy to put together.
I found this table at a consignment store, I painted the bottom black with chalk paint and added some nice knobs from Hobby Lobby. This set up works well for me, I have my printers and scanners near by.
We bought this book shelf years ago, it managed to survive the move. Once again those cubes really work out so great. I was going to put up cabinets but it really closed in the room, so I need something else to hold even more things that I can't get rid of.
On the side are 2 pieces of art created by an artist I admire, Judith Moffatt.


I did the pony above as a present for my father who loved horses, I created that at the age of 4. 

 

The first piece of art my friend Katie Atkinson gave me when we left Ct. This painting was used in a greeting card for the company Good Cause. My friend Jeannine Audette had the studio wall art made for me by an artist that I love, Normas Francini, and the the squares were done for me by my coworkers at Weekly Reader, it was a tradition to make one of these when an illustrator would leave, I treasure mine.
I am very happy to have the studio all set up and am grateful that everything has its place. The two windows look outside to a pretty country road, where there are plenty of birds chirping.

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  1. It must feel nice to have a new studio == everything so clean and organized! Looks great, Susan! :)

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    1. Thank you, I am glad to have the move over and this space set up.

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  3. What a nice, bright, organized studio! I love all those art supplies in the closet. Happy drawing!

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  4. Looks great! Makes me want to start over with mine, lol. Enjoy!

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    1. Thank you, I spent a lot of time on Pintrest salivating over other artists studios.

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  5. Lovely Susan. You are scaring me with your organizational skills. I'm going to chalk it up to the 'newness' of the studio, for my own peace of mind, if nothing else.

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  6. Yes, chalk it up to the newness, we built a much smaller place but the upside is that everything is new, I have become a neat freak, that will last about a month I am sure. I was thinking of the post you did of your studio a while ago, you have wonderful views, I love seeing artists studios.

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