To say that I have no artistic ability is something of a vast understatement – I can’t draw to save my life. I’ve never been able to, as much as I wish otherwise. The ability to draw would be awesome. Sure, I can do simple crafty things and write my name in really big letters, but that’s about it. The fine world of “art” escapes me entirely, but not for lack of trying.

A couple weeks ago, I found myself in an XS Cargo; a giant junky warehouse filled with cheap .. excess cargo, I guess. One of the things I found was Art To Be – an art set containing a pre-drawn canvas, brushes, an easel, and paint. It was everything I needed to make an art of my very own! And for only $5!

I was bored tonight, so I set up my art station. I built the easel:

note the smaller easel in the background: i needed something to reference; that's how bad i am at art

Then I laid out my brushes and paints:

only one green makes for sad.

The only thing left to do was to prop up my canvas and let the arting begin!

so arty!

They helpfully included a sample of what the art is supposed to look like for reference:

so much beige

Well, that doesn’t look so hard – let’s start painting!

i expect my gallery showing to open any day now

So that’s what this art stuff is all about! I totally have this down – who wants to buy a Kimli original? I’ll cut off my ear and everything!