Keeping It Fresh

 This entry was originally posted on Friday, January 20, 2012.

So you have already squirted all your paint into your palette and it is hard and crusty by now. Every time you try to get rich color you have to scrub and scrub at it with your brush, possibly ruining that gorgeous sable and you still can't seem to get a nice rich dark color. What to do?

Instead of chiseling it out and deciding to start over, just spray your palette really well, put a wet sponge inside of it and keep it covered. Leave it for a day or two and viola! your paint is nice and juicy again.

Fresh Paint

 This entry was originally posted on Thursday, January 19, 2012.

I know that there are those artists out there that like to squeeze out the whole tube into their palette. Then the paint is dried in your palette and ready for your next painting adventure.

But I am not one of those. I love fresh paint!! The colors seem so much richer when the paint is fresh and you can get your darks and your blacks quicker and easier. No more wishy washy watercolors!

Just keep your tubes handy and squirt out a little bit at a time. More if you plan to paint more. Is it really that much harder to carry around a few extra tubes of paint?