Tuesday, July 30, 2013

My new paint tin

 



Some of you may have seen this on other forums I belong to but just in case, I thought I'd share my new watercolor tin. I bought it at a flea market in France and filled it with Sennelier watercolors. It's a little bigger than an Altoid tin but it holds 2 layers! I made a card with the color names to use as a separator and on the top layer I have a pencil, eraser, sharpener, piece of sponge, water brush, and #4 daVinci travel brush! The sketch is of a beautiful 6" dragonfly I found in the garden the other day. He must have been brand new and just drying off his wings 'cause he held real still for a long time. when I checked later, he was gone. Done in a Stillman & Birn Gamma sketchbook.

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  1. Love the tin and the picture. It's a blue darner dragonfly.

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  2. One of my favorite things to do.... Make little palette boxes.. this one is fantastic.. '
    and so is your dragonfly...

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  3. Looks wonderful, Paula, and you obviously used it well.

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  4. Love your new paint box and the dragonfly is dreamy. How big is your little book?

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  5. What a darling tin- can I ask how you attached the paint wells to the tin? I am trying to make one out of a small cigar tin but I didn't want to permanently attach the wells so that I can change them out if I want. And your dragonfly is beautiful!

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  6. Sue, I used glue dots. They hold up well if they get wet but come off easily if you want to change things. Also, I don't think I mentioned it (and you probably know) but I also painted the inside of the tin flat white (Rustoleum spray paint) to use as a palette.
    Thanks--glad you like the dragonfly. He was a beauty.

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  7. FWIW, I use rubber cement to hold my paint pans...I hadn't thought of glue dots, Paula! Brilliant!

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  8. Kate, they're handy little critters. I'm not a scrapbooker but I'm often drawn to those sections in an art supply store for the fun stuff I can find there.

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  9. BTW, Kate, I'm going to switch out the little pencil for a golfer's pencil and sharpen both ends. I thought of that when I saw you sharpening the end of a brush to use for scraping. I'm going to add a sharpened stick for that since my travel brush isn't wooden, but I think it will fit. So, thanks!

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    1. Paula, sometimes I have a pencil sharpened in a mechanical sharpener on one end and sharpened by hand with a knife or eXacto on the other--very versatile!

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  10. Neat tin! What kind of waterbrush are you using? I have not thought about removing the tip for storage on the ones that I use. I use Titanium White acrylic, two layers, for the palette side. Thanks for this post!

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    1. Wanda, thanks. I wish I could tell you which waterbrush this is. I know it came in a package with Asian lettering but I can't for the life of me remember where/when I bought it. I do know it's not a Niji which are the ones I usually use because they don't leak. This one hasn't leaked yet but it doesn't hold but a few drops of water so I'm constantly having to refil it.
      If you take the tip off the ones you use, be sure to empty the barrel before storing it. I've used white acrylic, too, but the spray paint is so easy. Cheers!

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  11. Love your tin Paula. I have two similiat ones and they are so darn handy. LOVE the dragonfly!

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