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What?s in your toolbox"
I love to experiment and try out out different types of paints, inks, and painting surfaces, so I have quite a variety of paints ? from oils and acrylics to gouaches, watercolor paints, inks. I just got a new Japanese watercolor set, which is beautiful just to look at, not to mention paint with; each color is in a little porcelain pot. There is nothing like a beautiful, well-crafted tool or paintbrush or a good quality paint ? absolutely a pleasure to use ? so I do invest in some quality brushes (Russian, Japanese, Chinese), and tools and paints, but at the same time, I am not a purist; my purchases are often random, inspired by a color, a new product, or a great price. How can you appreciate the difference if you don’t know how various paints feel and how they behave" Or how the color looks straight from the tube or when you mix it" When I paint, many times I’ll say to myself, “I want that Holbein orange acrylic because it’s so nice to paint with, or that red because I love its transparency, or that blue oil watercolor made by? because it’s the loveliest color as it is, straight from the tube!” I’ll buy art supplies when I find them at garage sales, too. I like mixing mediums, and using additives in paints. I recently bought a canvas stretcher tool to be used for canvas and also for silk on silkscr...