Thursday, January 19, 2006

Mini paintkits


I've made several of these: one is Daniel Smith w/c squeezed into an eyeshadow box and the other is W/N half-pans put into a small Altoids tin.

The larger Altoids tin can hold a lot more. When I sketch away from home, I mix in the lid, using a waterbrush.

This is a scan instead of a photo, so they're a little hard to see.
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5 comments:

  1. Kathleen Pequignot1/19/2006

    I've just ordered some half pans from Jerry's when I placed my order for my Julian field easel... so I can't wait to make up a mini kit when they get here. These are great Nita!

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  2. Linda1/19/2006

    I never would have thought of using an eye-shadow pan for watercolors. That's what I love about this group!

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  3. Lydia Velarde1/22/2006

    Thanks for sharing that idea! I have a few lttle Winsor Newton travel kits but sometimes even those aren't discrete enough!

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  4. Sunday Afternoons1/23/2006

    What a great idea!

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  5. Anonymous2/03/2006

    I was totally inspired by your portable watercolor container so I bought a set of half-pan watercolors the other day and disassembled them from their large store-bought case and tucked them into a mint tin. Voila! An insanely portable little watercolor kit. Thanks for the inspiration!

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