Over a decade ago, a company called Simply Renee came out with a variety of spinning storage racks for stickers, stamps, etc. Pretty much anything you could put on there, you were encouraged to "Clip It Up". At the time, I didn't have any use for an organizer like this. But now, when over a decade later, I desperately wanted something similar... the company and its products no longer exist. A … [Read more...]
Portable 54-tins for OPEN Acrylics
Back a few months ago, I created a plein air palette using some aluminum watch parts tins and a container that I had on hand. I wondered at the time - would the paints stay fresh in the tins? The paints themselves, Golden OPEN are wonderful for plein air painting. I've used them in a closed palette before and had them stay usable for months. But I wondered if re-homing them in these tins … [Read more...]
My Ultimate Watercolor Travel Palette
I love to watercolor when I am traveling. Whether it is a sketchbook or easel practice - one never knows. With the limitations on travel of late, I decided that if I was going to have the luxury of a car trip I might as well put an entire Robax palette into my suitcase. Robax Palettes, stacked on top of each other And let's just say - yeah, don't do that. So I put in the work - and … [Read more...]
Gelli Printing 16×20 Plate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkV0ofmgnK8 I took my 16" x 20" Gelli Arts Printing Plate for a spin, during Tropical Storm Isaias. Some trees came down and the power went out - but by the time I finished it was a pretty amazing print! Links for everything I used in the video are at the bottom of the post. This humongous plate does not come with a clamshell storage container. It would … [Read more...]
Organizing & Storing Paint Brushes
As a mixed-media artist, I have paintbrushes for several different styles of art making. I have brushes for: WatercolorsAcrylics, specifically Golden OPEN AcrylicsOilsMixed MediaAlcohol Ink As well as a large jar of brushes that I don't care about, and are available for anybody in the family to grab OR for me to use in a way I wouldn't want to expose a good brush to. Don't we all have one of … [Read more...]
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