Author Archive: Suzanna Anderson Creates

It takes practice

Check this out. Great before and after pictures of what years of practice looks like.

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The Letter Project–Letters to and from Whitney

Check out these letters to and from Whitney and the Halloween Mail Art I made for Whitney from a Turkish Map Fold Book.

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The Short List

Trello has done wonders for me this year. But even then I have felt overwhelmed by the number of projects on my to-do list. So I combined my boards for a total of  four: Writing, Short Stories, Artist’s Way, and Art Projects. And I started making goals for the week. Three to five small things …

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The Letter Project–Letter to Theresa

Check out the letter I sent to Theresa. I drew Moomin characters created by Tove Jansson and Zentangles.

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Goals for 2014–June Update

Poems read: 675/365 Poems written: 250/365 Short stories read: 310/365 Short stories written: 15/52 Books read: 60/52 Submissions: 3/24 Videos made: 9/100 Sketches made: 150/365 Art pieces made: 40/52 Bookbinding–made 21 books this year Sketching–in progress! Ink drawings–in progress! Urban Sketching Charcoal–in progress! Markers–in progress! Watercolor–in progress! Finger paint Digital–in progress! Photography–in progress! Music composition …

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Three Year Anniversary

Wow! I’ve blogged about writing for three years. Check out the first post here. I took art classes, continued my list of reading goals, and developed daily writing and daily art habits. I discovered Trello and added gluten-free cooking to my arsenal. Thanks for a great year!

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35 Sketchbooks

Since this has been the year of art, I’ve been organizing my studio, including my art supplies. I have 35 sketchbooks that I would like to fill by the end of the year. –3 marker pads –9 watercolor pads –6 charcoal pads –15 for sketching –2 for projects

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Visit Sunny Chernobyl

What a delightful read! I enjoyed Andrew‘s adventures around the world’s most polluted places. I definitely recommend reading this book for insight about the effects of pollution and how people survive and adapt anyway.

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Poetry Journal–Complete!

I finished a notebook today. The poetry project, “What is Love?” is also going well–I finished “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green and “Not a Match: My True Tales of Online Dating Disasters” by Brian Donovan. This is part one because I started a second poetry journal later that year when I went to …

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Okay? Okay.

I finally sat down and read “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green and then saw the movie. I’ve owned the book since October 2012, but I’ve been distracted by other books to read and writing and art projects. But with the movie looming,  I didn’t want to repeat my mistake of watching the …

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