I'm having a moment of feeling good. Finished "Ghosts of the past." Series finally! Almost 10yrs of it. Will finish the last series in the trilogy next year. (Complied lists of things to tie up.) But it feels good to finish something... now I won't obsess over it. My mind gets like that with a project. Intense focus. Happy dance! Ready for Christmas gift exchange focus now... wonder what it will be...

Congrats!!!!! I also have the tendency to hyper focus. There's pluses and minuses to it for sure.

Its like coming to the end of a long movie in my mind. Being a highly visual person, its like the credits are rolling... I do have my new set of pencils coming... Do some other projects take a break... I'd like to illustrate some stories. I'm trying to tell myself I'll be happy... but Mmmm.... I do want a set of Derwent Intense Inks too...Shhhhh don't tell my Eagle...

Art supplies are addictive.

Well done on the magnum opus. Ah, yes... art supplies. Art Shed were great when they had their retail stores. You could wander through for ages and get really well priced stuff. I think they've still got an on-line store. Their in-house branded stuff is available at Red Dot, though. It's not gold-plated but it's decent enough for a mid-range brand, certainly a big step up from the craft brands.

I use some mid-range pencils for colouring books. I've used the Art shed online store. My fave store is in West Ryde Sydney. Its the only place I'll have artwork framed. " Art scene." My older sister is an oil paints artist and won't go anywhere else either. (Her work is professional level.) I'm up for a period drawing focus now. I phase through it... cycles. Mostly I'm graphite, oil pastels, pencils in tanges of mediums. (Easier than painting with kids.) They can't use my high quality stuff...

I'm very phase-based on creative things. Am constantly getting distracted by new stuff!

Hola Ebony! Those are great news!!! I know that feeling, especially after everything seems to interfere with our plans to finish something. Yes!!! We are ready for the Christmas gift exchange!