@lenetg137 that is so funny, about putting stuff away (from the dog). I also find dog and cat hair in wet paint is a real problem. Cats love to walk over artwork, and then sit right on top of all your supplies making it impossible to draw. I’m sure we could both go on and on.
Terri Robichon
WOW! Terri @robichon , your work just keeps getting better.
Sound like you have a nice place too.
I haven’t been that far outside of the Twin Cities, but have been to Minneapolis and spent a day there walking the city. Then the group I was traveling with made a trip to Warroad, MN, where we spent a couple of days exploring the Marvin Window Factory. They make Marvin windows there in a factory that is over 2 million square feet under roof. While there we got to also see Bob Marvin’s “The Shed”, which houses his car collection. At the time, he had a collection of 85 muscle cares from the late 50’s, 60’s and early 70’s. That was something to see. That area of the country is beautiful and I thoroughly enjoyed that trip.
Lenet
Hello Sonia @Meme5. Hope you are feeling better. I love the things you are working on. That small drawing has so much detail for the size. They are all amazing.
Lenet
Hi Emily. It’s nice to see you here in the chat again. Over the years I have worked on several drawings on the kitchen table. I bet it’s the most common place for people to draw. I have a cousin that was an art teacher and the dining room table was the only place he drew.
I also really like your current drawings. Thanks for sharing.
Terri Robichon
Very nice, @Emily . You work with what you have. Thanks for joining the conversation.
Lenet
Hi Lenet. I didn’t know Marvin Windows were made in Minnesota. When I was designing, Grand Rapids, Michigan was the destination for many of my factory tours. A lot of the office furniture giants are there like Steelcase and Herman Miller. Back in the day they had corporate planes and would fly us in so we didn’t waste time on flying commercial. Wow, you stirred up a lot of memories.
I do have a dream hobby space. It’s about 35ft x 35ft, half for my husband and half for me. The full wall of windows overlooks the lake. When we built the addition I wasn’t drawing, but I did have a lot of scrapbooking workshops, that at times accommodated groups of around a dozen. Once a year I even had groups of 35-40 scrapbooking consultants for a full day of play. Now it’s only used by my husband and me. But I remember the kitchen table days.
Terri Robichon
Wow! everyone’s artwork is so wonderful! I enjoyed seeing them all in a thread like this. Everyone’s personalities and unique styles.
We can all just be ourselves!
Here are some pics of my studio - garden - living area - etc. and unfinished projects. And yes, it is a mess most of the time. At least my chair separates the two areas - lol!
Not the best pics - the lights are on my little garden!
My kitchen is my studio. I have a spare bedroom but it is too exhausting for me to rearrange stuff and materials. I’ve developed a little “system “ so I clear everything off the table super easy.
Here’s the picture of some of my stuff.
I really wanted to share my mesh sandpaper disc thingy. If I need a little color saved from my pastel pencils or graphite, i can dab into the sanded powder and use on my drawings. The powder just sifts through. Just an idea 
Hello Teri @TLP , glad to see your space as well. Want to see that finished Zebra!
Lenet
Terri @robichon , You seem to have a great space to work from.
I did the Grand Rapids trip several times. All to Steelcase with Clients, and of course on their private jet. The only way to travel!!!
On most of our architectural projects, I did the interiors also.
We have so many similarities and parallels between us. It is almost surreal.
Lenet
Hi Teri (with 1r) .
Love seeing your multi purpose creative space. I bet you know exactly where everything is.
The zebra is looking great and I like the multiple reference photos. Does that palette work for keeping the oil paints wet, and if so, for how many days.
Terri (with 2r’s) Robichon
Hi Sonia @Meme5 like I said, kitchen tables are perfect for artwork because there is a lot of surface space to spread out. We all seem to buy lots of portable storage units and plastic bins. No corner or cabinet left unused. You can always squeeze in one more thing.
Love the sanding disc idea to get a little extra mileage out of those pastel pencils. And wow, you have a lot of pencil holders for those short pencils. I only have two of them, each for a different diameter pencil. I tend to draw just holding the little stubs.
Terri Robichon
Hello Terri, Teri, Sonia, Emily, Tania, Lenet,
When I wanted to get better at tennis & golf, I played with those who were of higher quality play. Thank you for letting me in your “game” to learn from the best of the best.
One more thought on where to live as I live about 20 miles outside of L.A. My ideal spot would be that the town only has one signal light in the middle of town & it does not work. Hope you all have a blessed day.
Jim
Hello Terri (w2r’s)
Thanks for the compliment on my studio. I actually have one other table in my bedroom for graphite and colored pencils, and when using ink pens like micron or Faber-Castell black and colored ink pens. If you have not tried the Faber-Castell Indian ink pens they are really nice, or in my limited experience opinion.
It is actually a vegetable tray (from zucchini) that I cover the paints on a 5 x 7 glass pallet. I use water-mixable oils so I have a really fine spritzer spray bottle and just spritz it barley over the paint.
I use a knife to pull all of the paint into a pile and it will last three to four days if I have a time, I just can’t get back to it. Some may be a little tacky, but usually this works fine. If I have the energy to check them daily, I can give another really light spritz and they last just fine, even paint not in a pile.
I hope this helped your question. This is a fun thread that you have started.
Teri (w1r)
Lenet,
I will do my best to remember to post it here. One of the subjects I enjoy painting and/or drawing are wild animals. Learn more with each one I do.
This has been a fun chat thread.
Teri (w1r)
Sonia,
Looks like you have a great set-up there. Why go through all the work of rearranging another room. Your artwork is beautiful, so it works well for you.
Teri
Hi Teri (with 1r), I have the Micron pens, but have never used any Faber-Castel pens. I’ll have to think about putting them on a future art supply “wish list”. Since the ones you mentioned are india ink, they might even work with scratchboard.
I use water mixable oil paints too, but haven’t had much luck saving them for more than a day. I’m looking forward to the acrylic paint live lessons to see how well the little containers work that Ashley mentioned for mixed colors. But, seems like you wouldn’t be able to clean them for future use. I’ll just have to watch and experiment.
Thank for participating in this chat. The more the merrier.
Terri Robichon
Hi Terri, great idea to get people sharing …. This is what I’m working on atm. I think it’s almost finished, just a few more finishing touches although it’s hard to know when it’s really finished. It’s my first original graphite drawing, I’ve done a few of Matt’s tutorials previously. I’ve used a reference photo sent by my daughter in law.
Cheers Cathy
I’m late to the party! I will try to catch up on reading this thread and contribute some photos tomorrow or Thursday. Ugh! There are just too many things competing for my time right now! After this weekend, volleyball won’t be one of them for a while. 
Thanks, Terri @robichon, for creating this topic. I look forward to getting up to speed!
Brenda
Hi Cathy @cmhales7 I’m so glad that you decided to join the rest of us. I’m observing your workspace and it’s very sunny and cheery. You can’t be outside with all these supplies so you must be in a sunroom (is my guess). Such a delightful space to create art. Then I wondered where in the world you live. Saw in your member profile it’s in Tasmania. I wasn’t sure where that is (poor geography knowledge on my part) and discovered it’s an island off the southeast corner of Australia. I’m literally making friends all over the world because of The Virtual Instructor and that is pretty great.
It looks like you’re using the grid method for creating your initial drawing. That drawing is wonderful, by the way. I really really like the pattern in the little boys top. You should think about sending it to Matt for the Members Minute.
I guess that you are using PastelMat paper (because of those wax looking sheets that they use to protect each piece of their paper). Did you do the entire drawing with Blackwing pencils, and if so, how do you like them? (The shape of those pencils is pretty destinctive.) How did I do with all my guessing?
Terri Robichon
