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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

New Video on homemade watercolor boxes!

It took forever to upload, guess it's pretty big but here it is...spilled coffee and all!

18 comments:

  1. I love seeing your many pallets!! This was great! :):)

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  2. Great video, Kate! The coffee made it even better--now I'm inspired to muddle around with little metal boxes over my next cup of coffee.

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  3. Nice video, goofs and all. You give me some very good ideas and now I am itching to put them into practice.

    Thanks a bunch,

    xoxo

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  4. Thanks for the very informative video on altering palettes. What adhesive works best to hold the half pans and full pans into the bottom of the metal and/or plastic palettes? The blue tack is such a good idea to hold the water container. I assume you can get that at an art store?

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  5. Thanks, all! Maria, I couldn't believe I did that! Oh well...

    Kay, I wish I'd said that! I use good old rubber cement to hold the pans in place...it's light weight, and if I want to change out a pan it's a simple matter to remove one, put a dot of cement on a new one and drop it in. You can get blue tack in art supply stores as well as hardware stores and many discount stores. A package will last forever! (Some people use it to attach their paint pans, but it would add too much weight, for me.)

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  6. I love taking a peek over your shoulder at your different watercolor boxes! I like the blue tack suggestion as well - especially after balancing everything on my knee last time I painted outside. The video was awesome - goofs and all!

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  7. Thanks, Elizabeth! Mine are certainly human, aren't they! Liz Steel was the one who told me about blue tack for that, I think--thanks, Liz!

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  8. Yet another informative video Kate. I love your trick of using the wax paper to draw on for a resist. I'm going to try that for sure. Thanks!

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  9. God bless you for being so real :) Great video, Kate!

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  10. thank you, I just love your little videos!

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  11. I wonder if it´s possible to change watercolors that has dried in other jars- big lumps... And somehow transfer them over to smaller plates... I do want to make those watercolor-boxes to be able to bring with me too!!

    Please advice since it´s so expencive to buy all new Winsor & Newtons..,

    Thank You in advance,

    Tina/Stockholm
    info@tisdagarmedtina.se

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  12. Pam, it's entirely too much work to be phony! And thanks, all, glad you like!

    Tina, I'd spray down your lumps of paint with clear water and then cover with a damp paper towel for a day or so. That should soften them enough to move from one box to another. You're right, I wouldn't want to waste them either!

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  13. What a great video Kate! You're so inspiring. And you have some really great things in miniature in those boxes. I especially love the tac to hold down the water jar and the tiny, weeny ink pen. As always, thanks for posting! :-)

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  14. Cathy~ I have had several of your books in my studio library for a long time. I just discovered this blog and really enjoyed your video about making watercolor kits. I also love little boxes, so I'm sure I have some hiding around here that would make great travel kits! Thanks for sharing!
    http://faypaints.blogspot.com/

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  15. So glad you both enjoyed it! Fay, it's really fun to make your own custom box...even though I love some of my old ones, mostly Winsor & Newton, but one little Kremer and one Schmincke...

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  16. Great video on travel paint sets Kate! I loved seeing all your different ideas. I learned a few new tips too!

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  17. Thank you, Richard! I'm just getting geared up to do a new post with a thanks to YOU, on the palette cups. Work great!

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