i like to paint on wooden panels, cheap and i don't have to stretch anything, just prime. I have the feeling that making your own paints is more worthwhile than your own canvases. A kg of earth colour costs only around 6-7€ for the cheap ones and 1kg gum Arabic around 20€, 1L linseed oil around 10-30€ depending on the quality and Acrylic binder 10-30€ with or without extra water content, depending on whether it is ready for use or not. for me, the color production is also a bit meditative and i can watch videos at the same time.
More than one paint company got started by an artist who experimented with making their own paints! 😀 (Just be careful with the pigments though because some of them are toxic, you don't want to be breathing them in).
"Squeezing out pennies, nickles, dimes . . ." Love it!
Really great tips - many I would never have thought of. Thanks Chris!!!
Great tips, thank you for making this video :)
You’re welcome! 😊
Thanks for the tips! I will definitely try this! I like to cut my paint bottles and scrape them out it saves quite a lot
Thanks for all the great tips!
Wonderful tips. ❤️have a great day.
i like to paint on wooden panels, cheap and i don't have to stretch anything, just prime.
I have the feeling that making your own paints is more worthwhile than your own canvases.
A kg of earth colour costs only around 6-7€ for the cheap ones and 1kg gum Arabic around 20€, 1L linseed oil around 10-30€ depending on the quality and Acrylic binder 10-30€ with or without extra water content, depending on whether it is ready for use or not.
for me, the color production is also a bit meditative and i can watch videos at the same time.
More than one paint company got started by an artist who experimented with making their own paints! 😀 (Just be careful with the pigments though because some of them are toxic, you don't want to be breathing them in).
Thank you! Really helpful tips and tools. Paint extenders are a new discovery to me.
Excellent tips.
What software did you use for the screen capture?
OBS it’s free and it works great.