What Art Tools Would You Be Lost Without?
This weekend I went on a mission to find what had to be a whole missing box of my favorite tools and other art stuff. There were just too many items missing for them to have been inadvertently tossed out.
Persistence paid off and I found all of them in a big plastic storage bin that I had assumed contained only some family photographs. It turns out that we had utilized that bin to pack these remaining art tools, things that didn’t fall into an easy category. This included some oversized brushes, three brayers, cheap plastic putty knives, and a big zipper bag of my best palette peelings.
So I got to thinking about what my favorite tools are, or the things I really need to get my work done.
I’ll show you mine if you’ll show me yours . . .
Various sizes of brayers, paint rollers, squeegees, putty knives, etc.
In the back of the bin is a big squeegee used for silk screen art. I don’t use it as much as I use these . . .
Squeegees made of mat board. I keep these with the color built up on them for inspiration.
Liquitex No. 18 large palette knife — my favorite painting implement of all. It spreads a smooth layer of thick texture or paint like butter over a large area.
OK. What about you?
I saw your tweet and followed you here. Things change for me, but at the moment I have to say aside from paint and ink, I couldn’t do without the plastic wrapping used to wrap supports (canvases, cradled boards, etc.). The other thing which would be difficult to do without would be old plastic cards (like the ones stores issue). I love the way they lay down paint.
I need to come here and explore more.
Kim, I was just looking through your blog and love the way you put ideas out there. I’ll go back and leave a comment.
I love the store cards or old defunct credit cards too.
Thank you, Martha, I love sharing ideas and talking about the processes of making art. I plan on exploring here a bit more, too.
My imagination!
Where can I post my newest medium cross-over sample I told you I would share? It wasn’t an extreme experiment, but it proved successful none the less. (Clay and Acrylic on Canvas)
Next… more PLAYING!
Melany, feel free to send me a jpeg and I will even post it in the blog! My email address is martha(dot)marshall(at)gmail(dot)com.
Scissors, rotary cutter & mat, iron & sewing machine!
Actually Candy, I use some of those things in painting too! All except the sewing machine.
I use my rotary cutter on all manner of evil things that aren’t necessarily fabric. Like paint skins for instance! I use the iron to heat fuse images to a surface.
Another great question, Martha!
Here are mine:
http://gascot.blogspot.com/2009/09/make-your-mark.html
Yay, John. Thanks for the link, and I loved your post about this.
Hi Martha,
Sponges, I love to paint with sponges, especially the natural ones!
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