Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Recycled Trash


Throughout my studio, I rely on trash. I use plastic tubs from yogurt, yummy Cool Whip, butter, etc. to store paints, as water bowls, as a table-top trash cans. In fact, there seems to be endless uses for the various plastic tubs we get containing food.

Some years ago, I also discovered that the plastic cups containing Del Monte fruits are wonderful
to use as "small palettes". The cups have ridges along the sides that can be used to "squeegee" the excess paint from a brush. I sue these for color blending and as single color palettes.