Parker's, pomegranates and paints.

I’ve been living in Sydney temporarily for the past 18 months or so and one of the perks of living in the city is having access to art supply shops. Where my home is on the Mid North Coast of NSW, art supply shops are pretty scarce. Any supplies I need I have to order online. Generally, I hate shopping but a visit to a good art supply shop is pure pleasure to me. Recently I found Parker's Fine Art Supplies down at The Rocks in the city and it is packed to the rafters full of every single thing an artist could possibly dream of.

Photo of a laneway with steps and Parkers Art Shop on the right — Parkers Art Shop at the Rocks in Sydney

It was time to replenish my paper supply today so Dom and I caught the train into the city. He had his computer tucked under his arm because he needed to have his hard drive replaced. While he was at the Apple shop I waited for him down at The Rocks. I sat in the sun for a while opposite the Opera House and 'people watched'. When the sun disappeared behind the clouds it got a bit chilly so I wandered into the Museum of Contemporary Art.

An art display in the centre of a room with several people walking around — The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

I have to admit, some contemporary art is a little puzzling to me. Some of it I get…...

Weird art of a werewolf like face monochrome in red — Warewolf?

@paintings side by side, the one on the left is a colourful painting of shapes and the one on the right is a naked man painted from behind — The dichotomy of art on display

and some of it I don’t.

While I was puzzling over this one with the antler……..Dom finally found me and we moseyed on up to Parkers.

Louise De Masi standing outside of Parkers art shop looking at the camera — Happy me going to Parkers

Louise standing next to the Parkers sign smiling at the camera — Me getting happier by the second

Uh oh.......look out, in I go.

Louise walking into Parkers — On my way in…

Louise peeking over the display shelves at the camera with a huge smile on her face. — Peek-a-boo

Louise still smiling in another isle of Parkers — I can’t wipe the smile off my face

Lots of brushes in their display stands!!! — Brushes!!!

Dom looking at supplies in one of the isles at Parkers — Even Dom enjoys himself here.

I found this cool stuff. It’s Art Graf Tailor’s Chalk. You can draw with it when it is dry or you can use a wet brush to apply the pigment. I bought this cool little earthy coloured set.

A photo of watercolour squares in a case with a a test painting below — Art Graf Tailors Chalk

Louise carrying her purchased art supplies exiting the art shop — Finito! (That’s finished in Italian) ;-)

This is today’s efforts…… I’m a couple of hundred dollars poorer but my eagerness to paint has well and truly been restored.

Image showing all the products Louise purchased. 2 blocks of watercolour paper, 4 brushes, 4 tubes of watercolour paint and the block or Tailors paints. All arranges nicely on the table. — My supplies

When I'd finished I took Dom to Pablo and Rusty’s for lunch. A trendy inner city café with groovy food like whole roasted mushrooms, lemon ricotta, sorrel, pine nuts and poached eggs on sour dough. Sure beats an avocado and cheese sandwich at home. I had grilled asparagus, burghul wheat, Persian fetta, cucumber, Manzanilla olives and pomegranate tarator washed down with a steamy hot pot of green tea. Dom had some little fried egg number with his flat white. Those little pops of pomegranate left me wanting more. We will definitely return.

A photo of dom sitting across the table from the camera with both lunches visible on the table. — Lunch at Pablo and Rusty’s

All in all, a very good day!

Watercolour Painting, PersonalLouise De Masi26 September 2015Art Supplies4 Comments