Art Day

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.

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.

This was SO FUN to paint!

I have two aesthetics: black and white or RAINBOW EVERYWHERE and this definitely fulfilled my rainbow needs. The fully painted sheet is so satisfying! And a great reference for using these paints in the future.

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.

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!