#cluttercleanup 2024. Pastel Station, Round 2

Circling back to the pastels problem.

Last week, I gave up on attempting to organize them:

I printed out the sketch and colored it in with the corresponding pastels. I didn't do this on the original sketch because too messy.

As I did that, I put the pastels with their pastel friends in the boxes and drawers.

Lo and behold, I found MORE at the bottom of the pile:

I was ready to give up again, yet I soldiered on.

I have a lot of pastels!

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At some point, I will slowly go through them and sort as a proper rainbow of colors.

Let's pause to examine the retro graphics on the cover of the box in the upper right above:

I cleaned up my drawing area, it was getting very dusty, and I was getting confused with what stick was what color. 

I made myself two trays - one for sunrise sketches, and one for "golden California hills" (the next theme I want to draw):

Ready to go!

Today's pastel drawing:

US101, San Miguel, CA
available

I still have a pile of random sticks - I think this might be the result of a bunch that fell out of a box.

When I'm in a super organizey mood, I'll tackle them.

#cluttercleanup 2024. Paper Work

The shelf that holds my large Epson printer is arm's length from my desk and has an enticing catch-all ledge.
The pile of papers had developed into a precarious stack that I kept brushing with my arm.

So precarious that it fell over while I was adding color to my sketch.

The sketch:

Keep calm and tidy on!

Yes, I'll admit I already put a piece of mail there after taking this photo.
Very difficult to keep horizontal areas clutter-free!

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#cluttercleanup 2024. Recipe for Success

 Some days it's nice to go easy.

Take this pile of recipes:

Sketched it:

And put it away

So satisfying.