Greetings everybody! Back in Arizona from California. And ah yes! Happy Thanksgiving! I am glad to be back in Arizona because I have all my art supplies here waiting for me ready to go. When I was in California, I went on a Black Friday shopping spree online at most art supply stores. Well, At least I tried to.
I went ham on large scale canvases. The plan was, was that I was going to order my canvases online, but to have them picked up by my parents in Arizona while I was in California. But, everything had to be done separate. It was just nuts. I ordered my large canvases all at once to only have them raise a red flag in my online shopping cart that half of my canvases were available at two separate stores. And of course, the store tracks your location, so it was trying to have me go to different parts of Los Angeles to pick them up like a scavenger hunt. I was NOT with it.
So, I had to go down my entire shopping list to have me choose new pick-up locations that have canvases available near my new residence in L.A., And then my other canvases had to be picked up in my second place of residence here in Arizona, AND THEN my other purchases that were supposedly sold out in stores could only be shipped. So I had those shipped to my home in L.A.
When I finally made it back here to Arizona, my dad informed me that they didn't have the canvases available anymore when he went to pick them up. The only thing that he could retrieve were the paints I purchased. It was such a weird thing to go through. Nearly every artist went as crazy as I did trying to snag the largest canvas. It pissed me off honestly because those were the best deals us artists can get out of the entire year. So, I missed out on that. HOWEVER, I do still have the four canvases I picked up in L.A. and brought them all the way home with me.
My mom asked me just today what I was going to paint on them. And I'm going to tell you the same thing that I told her. "I have no idea." Before heading to California, I brought out wooden shelves that I planned months ago on spray painting. I wanted to take them with me to work on there. but I figured I wasn't going to have any time doing it. And here, I had all the time in the world. I guess now, maybe I didn't bring them because I didn't want to overwhelm myself. I mention the shelves because I actually ended up storing them back into my closet. Perhaps next week I can begin working on them.
I can't believe I have so much work to do. I'm excited, and I can't wait to get started. But real big question is, where am I going to get started. I guess you and I have to find out on Instagram and Tiktok. So be sure to check out my reels, okay?! I will be recording an episode to Audie's Art Podcast so, be sure to check that out today. Follow me on my social medias for links, and stay creating people. I luv u all. Peace.
♥Audie