The struggle most artists end up facing at some point is having a lot of paint and not knowing what to with it. Some may go with shoving it a bucket, or throwing them all on a shelf, or maybe just leaving random stashes of paint in every corner of every surface. The problem with these systems is that you have to almost completely undo them in order to find a certain paint or drag a surprisingly heavy bucket out and dig through it like a mole that just got pepper sprayed. Either way, the organization of your paints will never remain neat nor will it be easy to find any shade you want. My grandmother, a professional painter for over 20 years and hobby painter for over 50, has a system that I have yet to find anything better than and it is the most ingeniously simple thing on the planet: a lazy susan. Yep, that spinning, circular, plate thing that most grandmothers have in what seems like every cabinet they own, is the amazing system. It is great because turning the wheel will make paints easier to grab, easier to identify, harder to forget that you own, and it is dirt cheap. They come in pretty much any style and size you could ever want so the only thing holding you back from you dream paint organization system is your internet searching abilities. It works with almost every size of paint bottle and could also probably work with most paints in a tube (the ones that look like metallic tubes of toothpaste) but I recommend just buying some binder clips and clipping the tubes to them and then nail the clips onto a peg board.
The one problem that this system has is that with most brands of paint, it is very hard to see what color the paint is from the top. My grandmother also came up with this simple solution for that: Just paint the top of the cap with the color. I do this with every paint that I get because it makes it super easy to see the shade, color, and finish of any paint in just a glance, and because the stickers that are on the tops of some paints ARE LIES! Sorry, I am just a bit bitter about how many times I have been lied to about the color of a paint by the sticker on top. Disclaimer: All opinions listed are those of the author and may differ from someone else's opinions. All advice given is to be used at one's own risk. The author will not be held liable for any damages done to persons or property as the result of using any statements in this article. The author is not being paid or other wise compensated for what is written within this article.
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Cinder Blackwater
An artist who is constantly looking for new things or new ways to use old things. Honest to a fault. As frugal as a broke college student. Individuals in the Creature Family
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