Art Stuff :)

Went shopping for art materials for my portfolio today, that's all the stuff I bought in the photo.  Finally got a big A2 sketchbook, art notebook, A3 sketchbook and A4 cartridge paper.  I got a charcoal sketching pencil too, haven't used one before but thought it could be good for my portfolio.

I was about to buy a €5 60ml tube of white paint (rip-off) when I saw these.  They are Reeves acrylic paint (70ml), and only cost €2.50.  I already use Reeves paints and am pretty happy with them.  I tried out the white and pink colours.  The white is quite thick, which is good, but the pink is a lot more sheer.  I think that it's just because of the colour.  Anyway, overall I think these are really good for €2.50.  There were lots more colours too.  I hadn't seen these anywhere before.

Anyway I decided that I'm going to start my portfolio properly now even though there's only one week left of summer.  I've started the mind-map section of the brief (finally lol) and it's actually kinda fun :P

Shopping :)

Tuesday was my 18th birthday :) My party is on Friday though so I went shopping for shoes to go with my dress..

The shoes are from New Look and cost €35.  I also bought loads more things, including the bag in the photo which was €5 from Pennys (Primark)

Birthday party outfit so far..

So after a lot of going around shops in town and looking online too, and finding absolutley nothing, I bought this Rare dress from ASOS today. 

It cost €70 (so it's my birthday present to me, haha).
It's supposed to be here on or before next Tuesday (which is my birthday..eek) so I hope it gets here in time.  I'm not sure if I'm gonna wear it on Tuesday and then at my party the week after, yet but I hope it gets here quick. 

I was going to wear gold shoes/accessories with it but as gold shoes seem to be kinda hard to find (lol) I think I'll get some cream ones instead.  I have cream shoeboots but I want to buy a new pair of heels instead because I wear the boots all the time.  Haven't found any so far though.  Also, I think I'll wear a skinny gold belt (if I can find one..) around the waist to break up the red a bit.

Hope it looks okay...