SECOND HAND FOR A NEW YEAR

Happy New Year to all my friends and followers. I spent the first week of 2019 sorting through our cupboards, to clean the house for our soon arriving holiday guests. I went through our bathroom, bedroom and our kitchen cupboards. You wont believe the junk that one collects over the years and we had to throw a lot away to make extra space. 

Whilst I went through all the odds and ends I relised how many normal household things would work great in my studio, and I thought I share some of these ideas. 

In the kitchen I found old knifes and plastic knifes, which could be used for palette knifes. Little pots and containers are great for storing painting mediums and left over paints. Of course jam jars are always needed for cleaning brushes whilst painting. The cutlery basket from my old dishwasher works well to hold brushes, paints and other utensils.

Old sheets were torn into rags and paint cloths, and I also found little mirrors for my art lessons. Looking at your work through a mirror is a great trick to see any flaws in your painting. It gives the artist a new perspective and works very well.   

So my next project will be to give the studio a good clean.   For me this is a nice way to get back into work mode after the holidays. 

Please let me know if you also have some useful tips.