Sharpie art

I like to draw with Sharpies. Sometimes this is a bad thing, such as when I draw on something and then spend the rest of the time regretting it, and sometimes it turns out awesome. In this case, it turned out awesome.

My brother has a music studio set up and I was keeping him company while he moved things around. He let me draw on one of his broken drums, so in the music spirit I Sharpie'd him up a little drumset. Do you ever draw with Sharpies? What sort of things do you like to draw?

Crystal Bridges Museum

Yesterday the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art had its grand opening. This is a huge deal for this area for several reasons- Arkansas is not known for its culture and this opened that up, and also because WalMart (yes, that WalMart) gave it to us. Alice Walton, daughter of the founder of WalMart, has spent the last 10-15 years collecting art and spending money to build this large museum for Northwest Arkansas. She- and the WalMart Foundation- donated Walton land, personal art collections, and paid for all the work to be done to build this museum, and gave a large enough endowment to keep admission free so everyone can afford to go.

And today I went!

There's an audio tour that I didn't do but will in the spring- it was very crowded today! Also, it would be fun to take my sketchbook and draw some. Such a beautiful museum, and it's almost in my backyard!