December 2010
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Rusty Robots, Rusty Skills
If you don’t constantly use your skills, they get rusty. I didn’t do much painting for a few years. The main culprit was living in small apartments and me not wanting to clean up every time I was done painting. (I hate cleaning anything!)
I like to spread out and leave things sitting out for a couple weeks or more at a time. I buy mostly cheap brushes, because I’m horrible to them. And most have...
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A Strange Flower in Watercolor
I love ink, and never really cared for watercolor. I never could get the right consistency either from the tubes or pans of watercolor. I’m impatient. My supplies need to be ready to use, and give immediate results. I get frustrated waiting for acrylic paint to dry.
I recently won a set of Dr. Ph. Martin’s Hydrus Fine Art Watercolors. They come in the little glass bottles, just like...