Having fun with colors and circles. This is a starfish underbelly. The photo didn’t turn out too great. Sorry.

Just found this really cool site: Famous Quotes. It has a whole bunch of lyrics to nusery rhymes plus their origins. I’m a sucker for this kind of thing. While we are on the subject, if you are a sucker for this kind of stuff too, you should pick up a copy of Brewer’s Dictionary…

Yesterday I worked all day and at the end of the day, felt like I had accomplished very little. So to make myself feel better, here’s a list of what I did: – worked for ArtSpan a few hours – wrote an artist statement for the new encaustics, compiled a folder of digital images of…

I bought a french beachwood, full drawer sketchbox easel from DickBlick.com last semester. Turns out, I don’t really want it. I can’t take it on my scooter, it’s too big for our apartment, and well, it’s just taking up room. Do you want it? I’ll sell it to you for $40. I only used it…

I got a new dresser this week and yesterday I painted it. It’s a dark purple underneath with thin layers of light purple and creamy yellow on top. I now have a little more room to stash stuff away from site. I am hoping this will finally eliminate my “mystery pile” that always accumulates next…

Wow, I mustered up the courage to step on the scale today and ouch! So I am back on the Weight Watchers thing and I’m not straying until I loose 20 pounds. Aya! I’m not sure what I’m going to paint in class today. Maybe more fish. Or maybe something to help inspire me. Maybe…

I had a dream I bought a little flying machine. It only cost about $300 and I could fit it into my subaru. It kinda reminded me of an ape (ah-pay) and a helecopter mixed. Only there were no propellers. You just sat in it and pushed an “up” button a few times to get…

I’ve been partying and celebrating Mod and Jesse’s wedding. Today I feel sick. Like every cell in my body is over toxified. I am going on the wagon. I’ll have some wine with Tom on our 5th year anniversay in a couple weeks, and I’ll drink wine in France, but that is it. I need…

I’ve been getting so much praise lately. It’s been really incredible. Anna Conti posted a very nice comment to the octopus painting. Bradley posted this on his blog: “Alanna met up with me in Portland. It was great to see her. She was selling some paintings, and I bought two of them. Not because sheâ??s…

She’s unstoppable! –alanna

I am on a roll! –alanna

Tom had a dream about an octopus that had escaped from the aquarium. He was rooting for the octopus. Makes me want to paint an octopus today. I want to paint objects, like Lampie. I got so much satisfaction out of painting yesterday, I want the same feeling. Maybe the key is objects and heavy…

I really do heart you lampie. –alanna

I know it’s weird to be addicted to your own blog, but oh well, sometimes you just gotta post. Labcoat Dream Last night I had a dream that I thought of this really great idea for a self portrait. It involved a lab coat. I woke up and had that feeling like “If I don’t…

I couldn’t paint today. I actually unpainted. I started two paintings and then decided they were crap and painted over them. I decided I would go home directly from class and finish my paper (due Thursday) so that I could concentrate on painting all day tomorrow. I instead updated Indiegeek with lots of new reviews…