Limited palette…..and spanking new mural brushes, big guys, just waiting for a large canvas or piece of wood to dance upon. I set this still life up in a new box, and draped a beautiful multi-green/blue floral fabric behind it…..the challenge was making the brushes pop in front ... Continue Reading
Where to begin, the whole subject of paints and pigments is endlessly, deliriously delicious! PIGMENT AND PAINT RESOURCE Handprint – just gotta visit this site if you love watercolor, gouache, and more about pigments than you could ever imagine. I LOVE GOUACHE If you love gouache li ... Continue Reading
APOLOGIES: I took these pics quickly at my desk this morning, so the color is off….all yellow. UPDATE: What i tried Election nite on this gouache palette did NOT work…..this little palette that i don’t LOVE, just dropped all the gouache from the upper lid into a mess al ... Continue Reading
My mom’s golf bag…..she sure loved golf, and I don’t share that, but I know she would appreciate my using it for something that i do love so dearly. So, this is my small travel kit. Holds quite a bit…..waterbrush, eraser, mechanical pencil, and even my moleskine, ... Continue Reading
This is my bigger travel kit, but i take it on airplanes, and big trips. I purchased a Koi 18 color kit cuz the design is brilliant. Love the way the mixing tray can be attached in multiple ways….nice compact and well made plastic. But didn’t love the paints. So, i soaked ... Continue Reading
I discovered this putty….and with it I am able to add spaces for more paint. See below. In the above (totally cheap hate it) palette, but then again, it was there and empty, might as well use it, you can see on the left hand side where i added 4 more little spaces. Putty epoxy ... Continue Reading
These are my beloved Schmincke pan paints….originally the 24 full pan set, but I purchased a few half pans and squished them in there….and there’s still room for more! What was fun (tho a bit tedious) was painting each square of paint, then gluing them individually ont ... Continue Reading
Watching TV drives me nuts, unless I’m doing something else at the same time. So rather than biting my nails early on when the election looked unsure which way it was going to go, and not feeling inspired to paint or draw anything in particular…..i just played with my paints. ... Continue Reading
Well, the brushes are new (Dragon’s Tongue Kolinsky….just fab from CheapJoes.com) though now upon a closer look only that blue handled round is the actual DTK in the group) and the Ball Jar was fished out of the bottom of Lake George as the story is told…..and I got it ... Continue Reading
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