I managed to finally take a vacation day from work this past week, the first vacation day that hasn't been cancelled since BreyerFest in July, and I chose to make it an art day.
I got some new art supplies a while ago and haven't had a chance to try them out so I dove right in, starting with a set of Jo Sonja paints. I've seen several people recommend these and Blick had a handy set of rainbow colors for sale so I grabbed those and added a few typical horse browns. Let me just say, #NoRegrets.
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| The set came in a nice little box. |
The 20ml tubes are the perfect size to start out with and I love having so many colors to play with. But EVEN BETTER it came with two color wheels! One is a colored printout of the colors but the other was a blank white page for you to paint yourself so you can see what the colors really look like. I jumped on this IMMEDIATELY.
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| This was SO FUN to paint! |
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| Ok I don't actually have the colors for the middle yet. (I'm not arty enough to know how to mix them.) |
I've tried several (mostly cheaper) brands of acrylics so far, and these are my favorites yet. I found the colors really nice and the paint smooth and easy to mix. I also got a SECRET tool which I absolutely love: a flow medium. This stuff is AMAZING!! I just need a tiny drop of paint, a few drops of water, and a drop of this and the paint becomes so much smoother and makes it way easier to minimize brush strokes. It feels game changing.
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| 99% sure this is magic |
I really liked this first taste of these paints and I can't wait to paint a bajillion medallions with them!
