Creating My Own Hamlet

By Akklemm @AnakaliaKlemm

Anakalian Whims:

Book Love Art

Originally posted on CoffeeScribble:

It amazes me sometimes where inspiration comes from, sometimes from reading, sometimes from music….or sometimes when you’re leaning up against an espresso bar in a dirty apron pouring your blood, sweat and tears into someones no foam latte wondering where you went wrong in life.

I have  to say thank you to my beautiful husband who supports me fully in whatever I decide to do. I hadn’t even finished telling him what I wanted my next painting to be before he grabbed the keys and asked me from where I wanted to buy the canvas.

Books! Book pages! It’s hard for me to do any art without them….

Concept sketch

It didn’t turn out exactly how I wanted it, but I enjoyed fighting with Shawn over where splash marks should go and butting heads with his strict, product design mind and my hippie “ooooo let’s put strokes over here!!!” approach.

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