Every so often it’s good for viewers to see into our studios at what goes on behind the scenes in addition to painting. For the past few days, I’ve been spending some time getting oil paints from jars into these tubes. Many thanks to my friend Mary and daughter Sarah, who lent a helping hand (or two!) while my right hand recovers from surgery.
Most of these tubes are small to fit easily into my pochade boxes and not add much weight. Usually I carry two tubes of white with me and mix my titanium white oil paint half and half with Griffin alkyd white to speed drying time. So, for the white tubes here, I mixed the two whites before tubing them. Now I’ll only have to carry one tube of white with me. (Actually, my “Studio Assistant” daughter measured, mixed and tubed most of the white.)
Nine jars of various colors down, three to go! That translates to about another 12-14 tubes of paint.
Jamie, could you tell me how you actually went about getting the paint in the tubes and how you sealed the bottoms. Sounds like a stupid question but as a pastel artist who wants to mix my own neutrals to use as an underpainting I need some help. Hope your nearing the end of your recovery. What a nuisance, having a broken hand.
Left by Marianne on October 26th, 2009